Integration with Oracle Digital Assistant

Overview

The Oracle Retail Order Administration Cloud Service is integrated with the Oracle Digital Assistant. The Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA) is an AI-powered platform that enables users to interact with various business applications and services through natural conversations via chat interfaces. ODA is being used to bring together information, workflows, and assistance from multiple documentation sources into a single, unified experience.

With ODA, end users can:

Get Answers Quickly: Ask questions and receive timely, accurate responses to common queries about applications, policies, or business processes.

Personalized Experience: Receive tailored information and notifications based on your role, preferences, and recent activity.
Simple Interaction: Use natural language (typing or speaking) to communicate. ODA is designed to understand common phrases and conversational requests.

Digital assistance is not a replacement for a web application but a channel that allows the user to converse and query areas related to Order Administration Cloud Service (OACS).

Accessing Oracle Digital Assistant

Access the Oracle Digital Assistant (ODA) window by clicking the global conversation icon at the bottom left of any Order Administration Cloud Service Modern View screen.

Note:

The ODA access icon is not displayed in Order Administration Classic View screens.

ODA Chat Window and Components

Clicking the ODA icon opens the ODA window.

The following widget options are available:

ICON	DESCRIPTION
<Connection Status>	This label section displays the connection status of ODA and can have the following value: CONNECTED: ODA is connected to the network and responses can be generated from ODA. CONNECTING: This status appears intermittently when the ODA window is opening OR a network disruption occurs. This will also display when user has been logged out of Order Administration in the background and the ODA window is launched. DISCONNECTED: Displayed when you are disconnected from the internet. You will not be able to generate a response from ODA in this status. When submitting a question in this status, ODA displays a message with a Try Again button. Message: “Sorry, the assistant is unavailable right now. If the issue persists, contact your help desk.” CLOSING: May be displayed intermittently when you are disconnected from the internet.
	Shows the available options listed below: : Allows users to listen to the response from ODA. : Clears all the conversations from the current chat session while keeping the window open.
	Minimizes the Chat Window without clearing the conversation.
	Closes the Chat Window and clears the conversations. This button is disabled when ODA is in Connecting or Disconnected status. Use the window to minimize the chat window.
	Greeting and Disclaimer text from ODA displayed by default when the chat window is opened. Note: This is a sample. Order Administration does not own the format and the contents in this section. The text and format depends on ODA settings and can be different in the actual application.
	Question input box: User can enter their questions here to get a response from ODA.
	Enter button. Appears only when if there is a text entered in the Input box above. This button is disabled when ODA is in Connecting status. You can use the keyboard ‘Enter’ button alternatively to submit the message to ODA.

Enter a question and click the enter icon button or Enter on the keyboard to submit the question to ODA. A response to the question is returned in the chat window.

Note:

ODA must be enabled by your administrator before it can be used in Modern View.

Enabling ODA in Order Administration Cloud Service Modern View

A new ADMIN property oms.oda.cloud.service.enabled in the Cloud Properties (PROP) screen in the Order Administration Classic View application controls the visibility of the ODA widget in Modern View. If this property is set to ‘true’, the ODA icon is displayed, otherwise it is not.

This property is set to false by Default.

Note:

The user must exit Modern View (that is, log off or navigate back to Classic View) in order to see a property change take effect.

Using ODA Effectively

For the best experience using ODA and getting better responses to your queries, certain common-to-all AI based chatbot system guidelines can be followed.

Try to state your request or question as a clear and complete statement, with as much as context possible and some hint about what ODA should have in its response for a successful response scenario.
Use phrases like “List out”, “Provide details on”, and so on in your prompts/queries to suggest your desired response depth or format to some extent.
- For example:
  - A request statement like “List out all the pick slip statuses in OACS” is better structured, has more context for looking into “OACS” “Pick Slips” “Statuses”.
    
    This request/question is also informing that a successful response scenario would be to present all the “OACS” “Pick Slips” “Statuses”. in a listed format.
  - On the other hand, asking something abstract like “Pick slip status” to ODA might not always yield desirable response since this is a rather incomplete statement that gives not much context as well anything on the output format or success criteria.
Follow the prompt responses or suggestions from ODA as they appear, and modify your request/question to ODA if the desired response is not received.

Note:

If ODA cannot resolve your request or provide a helpful response, consult the documentation or log a service request to get additional support. In addition, confirm the ODA is showing the ‘Connected‘ status in the window.