1. Release Readiness Guide
  2. Feature Summary

1 Feature Summary

This chapter describes the feature enhancements in this release.

Noteworthy Enhancements

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in the Oracle Retail Data Store update and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

Column Definitions

  • Feature: Provides a description of the feature being delivered.

  • Module Impacted: Identifies the module impacted associated with the feature, if any.

  • Scale: Identifies the size of the feature. Options are:

    • Small: These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.

    • Medium: These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is moderate.

    • Large: These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.

  • Delivered: Is the new feature available for use immediately after upgrade or must the feature be enabled or configured? If no, the feature is non-disruptive to end users and action is required (detailed steps below) to make the feature ready to use.

  • Customer Action Required: You must take action before these features can be used. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them.

Scheduled Noteworthy Enhancements for Retail Data Store (RDS)

Feature Module Impacted Scale Delivered Customer Action Required?

Golden Gate Lag

All custom schema (*_RDS_CUSTOM)

Small

Available after update

No

New and Updated Options for RDS

Golden Gate Lag

Access is now granted to the following objects to all RDS custom schema:

  • GG_HEARTBEAT_SEED

  • GG_HEARTBEAT

  • GG_HEARTBEAT_HISTORY

  • GG_LAG

  • GG_LAG_HISTORY

Refer to https://www.ateam-oracle.com/post/oracle-goldengate-integrated-heartbeat for details on how to use these objects to assess replication lag.