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 Store Inventory Operations Cloud Services (SIOCS) 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
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Feature: Provides a description of the feature being delivered.
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Module Impacted: Identifies themodule impacted associated with the feature, if any.
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Scale: Identifies the size of the feature. Options are:
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Small: These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. There fore, the potential impact to users is minimal.
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Large: These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.
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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? |
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Reports |
Large |
Yes |
No |
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Data Seeding |
Large |
Yes |
No |
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Pricing |
Large |
Yes |
No |
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EICS |
Small |
Yes |
Yes (permission) |
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EICS |
Small |
Yes |
No |
New Feature Descriptions
This section describes the new features.
BI Publisher
There is now a single BI Publisher instance across all Oracle Retail products.
Report URLs have been simplified and no longer need to go through the BI Publisher's Guest folder.
Initial Load from RMFCS
By taking advantage of shared Pluggable Database (PDB), the initial seeding of foundation data between Oracle Retail Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service (RMFCS) and SIOCS has been streamlined. A new UI has been added for the initial data load.
Pricing Imports from RMFCS
By taking advantage of shared PDB, the pricing information flows from RMFCS to SIOCS have been rationalized.