Installation Options - Algorithms

Select Admin > General > Installation Options - Framework and the Algorithms tab to review or enter the algorithms that should be evoked when a given event occurs.

The grid contains Algorithms that control important functions in the system. You must define the following for each algorithm:

Specify the System Event with which the algorithm is associated (see the table that follows for a description of all possible events).
Specify the Sequence Number and Algorithm for each system event. You can set the Sequence Number to 10 unless you have a System Event that has multiple Algorithms. In this case, you need to tell the system the Sequence in which they should execute.

CAUTION: These algorithms are typically significant processes. The absence of an algorithm might prevent the system from operating correctly.

The following table describes each System Event.


System Event	Optional / Required	Description
Validate Email Attachment	Optional	Algorithms of this type are used to validate the attachments for size and total count while sending attachments using the Email service. Refer to Sending Email for more information
Address Geocoding	Optional	Algorithms of this type use Oracle Locator to retrieve latitude and longitude coordinates using address information.
Attachment Malware Scan	Optional	Algorithms of this type are invoked when adding attachment content. The algorithm receives the attachment ID and is expected to use a malware scanning tool to verify the contents of the attachment. Only one algorithm is allowed. Refer to Enabling Malware Scan for more information.
Global Context	Optional	Algorithms of this type are called whenever the value of one of the global context fields is changed. Algorithms of this type are responsible for populating other global context values based on the new value of the field that was changed. Refer to Global Context Overview for more information.
Guaranteed Delivery	Optional	Algorithms of this type may be called by processes that receive incoming messages that should ‘guarantee delivery’. Refer to Guaranteed Delivery for more information. The business service F1-GuaranteedDelivery may be used to invoke this plug-in spot.
Ldap Import	Optional	Algorithms of this type are called for operations on users, groups, and group memberships after they have been processed.
Ldap Import Preprocess	Optional	Algorithms of this type are called to preprocess data retrieved from LDAP.
Next To Do Assignment	Optional	This type of algorithm is used to find the next To Do entry a user should work on. It is called from the Current To Do dashboard zone when the user ask for the next assignment.
Reporting Tool	Optional	If your installation has integrated with a third party reporting tool, you may wish to allow your users to submit reports on-line using report submission or to review report history online. This algorithm is used by the two on-line reporting pages to properly invoke the reporting tool from within the system.
SMS Receive	Optional	This type of algorithm is used to provide SMS receive service. Only one algorithm of this type should be plugged in.
SMS Send	Optional	This type of algorithm is used to provide SMS send service. If your installation uses the base algorithm that uses BPEL, you will need to create a feature configuration with the SMS Send Configuration feature type to define your Oracle BPEL server and service call details. If your installation has integrated with a third-party SMS service, you may want to override this algorithm type with your own implementation. Only one algorithm of this type should be plugged in.
To Do Information	Optional	We use the term To Do information to describe the basic information that appears throughout the system to describe a To Do entry. Plug an algorithm into this spot to override the system default "To Do information".
To Do Pre-creation	Optional	These types of algorithms are called when a To Do entry is being added. Refer to Refining a To Do Entry's Details at Creation Time for more information.