User experience

In release 25.1, we made significant user experience enhancements in Oracle Site Select and the Site portal that improve navigation, simplify tasks, and make site selection easier.

Navigation and usability

With release 25.1, Oracle Site Select introduces a redesigned user interface that reflects Oracle design standards throughout. We also updated the user experience with enhancements that improve navigation, simplify tasks, and make site selection easier. The Site portal (previously called Oracle Site Select LITE) also introduces an enhanced, modern user interface and improvements.

Accessibility improvements:

  • enhanced color contrast to improve readability
  • ability to keyboard tab and control every page
  • consistent design principles to ensure ease of navigation and predictable layout

Common design updates you’ll see in Oracle Site Select and the Site portal include:

  • Oracle’s standard color palette, font, icons, and input controls
  • Browser tabs that show the page name
  • Responsive pages that fit on phones, tablets, and desktops with no width limits

Note:

These release notes spotlight key updates (i.e., improved navigation, new features, and redesigned pages) but are not an exhaustive list of every change. Some updates in this release changed the appearance of certain features (such as colors, fonts, or icons) without affecting how they work. Those visual-only changes are not included in these release notes.

EPIC: SEL-17685

Global and persistent menus

This release includes several updates to improve navigation and give you quick access to frequently used pages.

Global Menu

We’ve moved the global menu (previously at the top of the page) to a new left-side drawer. Toggle the drawer open and closed by clicking menu hamburger menu at the far left in the page header. The drawer organizes your available menu options into expandable sections based on your permissions:

  • Dashboards
  • Study
  • Setup
  • Account

Use the expand/collapse control in the drawer’s lower left corner to open or close the drawer as needed.

Page and persistent headers

We also made a few helpful updates to the page and persistent headers:

  • A click on the Oracle "select" logo now takes you to the My Dashboard feature, which lists all your studies with your favorite on top with key information on CDA status and site communications.
  • The study selector is now easier to find in the page header.
  • A new message icon message count shows the number of new messages across your studies. See the Site Communications section in these release notes for details.
  • Your profile link now says “Hello, <username>.” Click your avatar to access your profile, help, a link to API documentation, or log out.
  • A new home icon study home in the persistent header lets you return to the study home page with one click.

For the selected study, the persistent header still shows the Favorite toggle, Protocol, and Status.


Home page showing updated header and new menu drawer

EPIC: SEL-17685

Site and study loading messages

We’ve improved the page loading experience on the site grid, PSV tracker, and My Dashboard pages by adding clear messages for two common scenarios: when data is loading and when no results are available.

On the site grid, for example, you’ll now see:

  • While data is loading: "Please wait. The page is loading the sites."
  • When no results are available: "There are no sites to display."

Similar messages display on the PSV tracker and My Dashboard pages to help you understand loading progress for the PSV or study grids.

EPIC: SEL-17867

Parent topic: What's new