Validation and deployment definitions

Study validation and deployment use the following terms.

Term	Definition
Approval	Consent to deploy a study directly to the Oracle InForm application, given by a user with the appropriate rights.
Baseline	A snapshot of all components in a study. Validation creates a baseline.
Baselines Browser	A browser in which you view the results of validation and make temporary baselines public so that other users can work with them.
Deployment	The process of sending a study to a target application. To collect data, a study must be deployed into a target application as a complete deployment package. There are two types of deployment: Automated—A study design is moved directly from the Oracle Central Designer application to the Oracle InForm environment. Manual—You must deliver and install a deployment package to the Oracle InForm environment.
Deployment instance	The environment to which you deploy a study.
Deployment request	A request to deploy a study directly to the Oracle InForm application. If your study is configured so that deployment requests require approval, the user who makes the request must have the appropriate rights to deploy the study to the Oracle InForm application. If your study is configured so that deployment requests do not require approval, the user who makes the request does not need to have the appropriate rights to deploy the study to the Oracle InForm application.
Jobs Browser	A browser in which you view the results of asynchronous jobs, such as validation or import.
Pending Approvals tab	A tab on the Home page in which you view, approve, or reject deployment requests that are waiting your approval, and review approval records.
Study validation	The process of checking the status of a study to indicate if the study is ready for deployment. The study validation process determines whether all essential components exist and are consistent.
Target application	The application (for example, the Oracle InForm application) on which a completed deployment package runs.