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 Supplier Evaluation Cloud Service 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.

Note:

Where new fields, User Interface (UI) changes, or glossary entries are introduced as part of a change, the portal owner may need to apply their own translations of the core system text.

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.

Table 1-1 Noteworthy Enhancements

Feature Module Impacted Scale Delivered Customer Action Required?

Import/Export File Formats

All

Small

Yes

Yes

Import/Export File Formats

Certain file import/export facilities within the system use Excel xls format files. Since xls is superseded by xlsx, a new feature allows for the xlsx format to be used as an alternative.

The feature must be enabled, using a new Import/Export File Format parameter in the Global page of System Parameters. An option is provided to select xls (the default) or xlsx. The selection controls the following import/export facilities according to how the parameter is set:

  • Glossary Export - within the list views of glossaries in the Admin area to export the contents. This currently generates an xls file; it will now create either an xls or xlsx file accordingly. For the corresponding import option, the supported formats for import remain unchanged: xlsx, xls, or csv regardless of the setting of the system parameter.
  • List View Download to Excel - within list views to export the contents. This currently generates an xls file; it will now create either an xls or xlsx file accordingly.
  • Download Blank Spreadsheet - in the User, Supplier, and Process list views to export a template spreadsheet for use with the corresponding import option. These currently generate an xls file; they will now create either an xls or xlsx file accordingly.
  • Record Import - in the User, Supplier, and Process list views to create new records using the downloaded template. These currently generate an xls file; they will now permit the import file to be either xls or xlsx format regardless of the setting of the system parameter.

  • Extract Assessments - in the Assessments list view to export the details of a range of Assessments. This currently generates an xls file; it will now create either an xls or xlsx file accordingly.

    In existing systems, the SCORE2 email template has a file name included in the software code, which can be changed to replace it with the $fileName parameter, if required, to indicate whether the file is xls or xlsx format. See Post Release Tasks.

  • Alert Recipients Import - in the Alert record to populate the contents of the Suppliers and Sites tables as recipients of the alert. This currently expects an xls file; it will now permit the import file to be either xls or xlsx format regardless of the setting of the system parameter.
  • Site Manager Global Change - in the Global Changes section of the Admin area to change the Technologist for multiple Sites by uploading a spreadsheet. This currently expects an xls file; it will now permit the import file to be either xls or xlsx format regardless of the setting of the system parameter.
  • Permissions Download - within the Permissions page in the Admin area to apply changes to the system's Permissions rules. This currently creates an xls file; it will now create either an xls or xlsx file accordingly. The corresponding process option will now permit the import file to be either xls or xlsx format regardless of the setting of the system parameter.

Notes:

  • Any import/export facilities not listed above will continue to operate as currently.

  • If the parameter is set to xls (the default), the import/export facilities continue to operate as currently.

  • Any export routines which currently use xlsx format will continue to do so; they will not switch to xls.

  • As part of the enhancement, there are some changes to system text. See Post Release Tasks.

Post Release Tasks & Impact on Existing Installation

The following post release tasks and impact on an existing installation must be taken into account as part of this release.

System Text

  1. The fix for missing system text in the Supplier Registration page (item 35919259) introduces the following system text:

    registrationWizard.dataProtectionCheckbox=Please tick this box if you do not wish Oracle to send you information about other software and services which may be of interest to you.

  2. The Import/Export File Format feature includes some changes to the following System Text records:

    Area Code
    Project briefExtractConfirmSubmissionMessage
    Xapl extractDataSubmissionMessage
    Xapl xapl.Dialog.ExtractTransactionData.BatchJobGeneratedSuccessDetail

Email Templates

For the Import/Export File Format enhancement, in existing systems the Assessments/Scorecards Extract file export notification email has a file name included in the software code. If required, the email template can be updated to reference the actual generated file name, to indicate whether xls or xlsx format.

Edit the SCORE2 email template and in the Body field, replace the See attached file: Scorecards.xls or See attached file: Assessments.xls text to See attached file: $fileName.

Database Update Scripts

The performance improvement to the User REST API (item 36289591) includes logging to identify performance-based bottlenecks. Where required, the logging must be enabled by Oracle, by setting the USER_API_NEWUSER_PROCESS_LOGGING environment variable to TRUE.

Enabling Identity Management Notifications

As an IDCS or OCI IAM Administrator, verify that Notifications are enabled in the corresponding Stage / Production tenant.

Enabling User Roles

If they do not already exist, configure the Power User, Account Administrator, Assistant Technologist, and Site Inspector user roles, and assign to the appropriate users.

The instructions for downloading and uploading the amended Permissions spreadsheet are as follows:

  1. Log in as an Oracle Authorized Administrator user and go to Company > Admin > Roles & Permissions.

  2. Open the Permissions page.

  3. Download the active spreadsheet by selecting the row with true in the Active Permissions column, click Download Selected, and save locally.

  4. Edit the downloaded spreadsheet, make the changes described above, then save the spreadsheet.

  5. Upload the edited spreadsheet by clicking Upload Permissions, select the spreadsheet, and click Ok.

  6. Apply the changes by selecting the uploaded spreadsheet row, click Process Selected, and then click Ok to confirm.