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?
Additional Updates to Site Form

Supplier

Medium

Yes

 No

Additional Updates to Site Form

As part of the ongoing transition to the JET UI framework, additional changes for the JET UI site form are included in this release. The additional updates include Linked Sites and Process Links.

With JET UI enabled, the new JET UI Site form can be enabled with the JET UI Forms Enabled system parameter; or individual users can enable the forms using the new Preview JET UI Forms setting in their User Preferences.

Note:

This enhancement applies to environments that have the JET UI enabled.

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.

Note:

See the Noteworthy Resolved Issues document for 26.2.301.0 for additional post release tasks.

Permissions

There are no new permissions in this release.

System Text

The following feature includes new system text:

  • Additional Updates to Site Form

System text records are added automatically during the release process, however any translation overrides must be added manually, by the retailer administrator.

Post Release Configuration and Testing

The following feature has post release configuration and testing requirements:

  • Additional Updates to Site Form
Additional Updates to Site Form

  • Configuration

    No configuration is required. The updates to the form are automatically available following upgrade.

  • Testing Guidance

    Customer release acceptance testing should include a general review of the Site form and its key features to ensure creating and editing functionality behaves as expected.

Application Program Interfaces (APIs)

There are no updates to APIs in this release.

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.