Implementation

Cloud Services Documentation

Refer to the Deployment chapter for a complete list of documentation, training materials, and information about the Oracle Retail community.

Cloud Services Access

Set up accounts for users who will be part of implementing the service. This includes, but is not limited to, business owners, implementation partners, IT personnel, planners, and approvers.

You need to determine the groups and level of access for each user, depending on their roles. For example, implementation partners need access to Online Administration Tools to build the RPAS CE domain, and may need to be part of the administration group.

Access My Oracle Support

Validate access to the My Oracle Support portal (see Register Customer Support Identifier for registration and access instructions) to ensure you have access to log Service Requests, view the knowledge base, and download content.

Cloud Service Policies and Release Process

As part of the initial orientation, your Customer Success Manager provides an overview of Cloud Service Policies and Cloud Service Release Process (also known as Blueprint to Cloud).

For the Planning & Optimization cloud services, this information is available in My Oracle Support DOC ID: 2492295.1

For Insights and AI Foundation cloud services, this information is available in My Oracle Support DOC ID: 2539848.1

Starter Kit

The Planning & Optimization Cloud Services come with a Starter Kit that provides the necessary tools to successfully implement your service. The Starter Kit can be downloaded from My Oracle Support under Patches & Updates for your respective cloud service.

Note:

If you have issues downloading the Starter Kit package from My Oracle Support, log a Service Request through which Oracle will provide a link to access the Starter Kit package.

The Starter Kit includes:

Configuration Tools

The Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Cloud Edition (RPAS CE) Configuration Tools provide a flexible means to configure and build RPAS CE-based applications with retailer-specific business parameters.
RPAS CE Virtual Machine

The Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server Cloud Edition (RPAS CE) Virtual Machines (VMs) provide a preinstalled/preconfigured VM that can be deployed on a PC. This toolkit is designed to be used by partners to get quick access to the application and UI for learning and/or configuration design purposes.

RPAS CE VMs are not meant to be a replacement or substitution for pre-production Cloud Environments.
GA Configuration and Sample Data

Depending on the cloud service type, the starter kit will include GA configuration and sample data.

Data File Preparation

The Retail Analytics & Planning solutions are data-driven applications that operate primarily through the consumption of daily or weekly input files from your other Oracle and non-Oracle software solutions. There are several key resources you need to be aware of, which should be shared with the project team that will be responsible for data generation and integrations.

There is a chapter in the RAP Implementation Guide dedicated to Data File Generation which covers the most commonly used files, the business rules for creating the data, and any special considerations. Go to the Retail Documentation library, access one of the pages for a Retail Analytics & Planning solution, then go to the Implement task and select the Retail Analytics and Planning Cloud Service Implementation Guide. Navigate to Chapter 8, “Data File Generation”.
A comprehensive interface file specification document can be downloaded from My Oracle Support that provides the field-level details of every interface file used by RAP applications. In My Oracle Support, go to DOC ID: 2539848.1 and locate the download link for the Retail Analytics and Planning Cloud Services Data Interfaces Guide.
Also available in My Oracle Support is a set of sample data files for foundational inputs (files that are commonly used in RAP solutions). In My Oracle Support, go to DOC ID: 2539848.1 and locate the download link for Data Samples.
A data validator utility is available for download and install to an on-premise database to aid you in building data files for RAP interfaces. The utility is listed in the Patches & Updates section of My Oracle Support under the product Oracle Retail AI Foundation Cloud Service, patch number 35300100.
Your implementation partner should review the enablement trainings available through the Oracle Partner Network (OPN). Learning paths are available that group together relevant trainings for easy access, including data file requirements and preparation guidelines. Partners can access one of the following links and scroll down the page to the section titled Retail Analytics and Planning Architecture for an initial set of technical overviews.