1 Introduction

Welcome to the Oracle Utilities Application Framework Server Administration Guide. This guide outlines the technical concepts for operating and configuring the product on its platforms as outlined in the product installation documentation.

This document includes the following:

This guide applies to the following products:

  • Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing v26.
  • Oracle Utilities Customer to Meter v26.10
  • Oracle Utilities Customer Program Management v26.10
  • Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management v26.10
  • Oracle Utilities Market Settlements Management v26.10
  • Oracle Utilities Operational Device Management v26.10
  • Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway v26.10
  • Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management v26.10

Note:

Oracle Utilities Application Framework refers to the underlying framework on which different Oracle Utilities applications are built. In this document, we use that term when talking about functionalities or features that apply for all the applications listed above.

Other Documentation

This document is part of the product technical documentation. There are groups of manuals that should also be read for additional specific advice and information:

  • Oracle Utilities Application Framework Installation Guide
  • Oracle Utilities Application Framework Quick Installation Guide
  • Oracle Utilities Application Framework DBA Guide
  • Oracle Utilities Application Framework Security Guide

These documents are available from Oracle Help Center.

Reference Papers

A number of supplemental reference papers are available for the Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products from My Oracle Support. At the time of publication the following reference papers are available on specific topics:

Reference Paper Article
Technical Best Practices KB679040
Performance Troubleshooting Guideline Series KB673968
Software Configuration Management Series KB647246
Security Overview KB365464
LDAP Integration KB346924
Interface Integration Overview KB677635
Single Sign On Integration KB621001
Architecture Guidelines KB582569
Batch Best Practices KB504761
Database Vault Integration KB594173
BI Publisher Integration Guidelines KB495605
Oracle SOA Suite Integration KB222901
Oracle WebLogic JMS Integration KB394396
Oracle Identity Management Suite Integration KB228352
Advanced Security Overview KB547261
Integration Reference Solutions KB487427
Oracle Service Bus Integration KB667121
Audit Vault Integration KB666292
Private Cloud Planning Guide KB489719
Migrating from XAI to IWS KB226523
ILM Planning Guide KB606262
Oracle Utilities Application Framework - Batch Scheduler Integration KB404348
Implementing Oracle In-Memory Option in Oracle Utilities Application Framework Products KB503608
Using Groovy Script in Oracle Utilities Applications KB426349

Refer to My Oracle Support for additional reference papers.

Notes

  • All examples and screen captures are used for publishing purposes only and may vary from the actual values seen at your site.
  • This document covers Oracle Utilities Application Framework v26.10.
  • For publishing purposes, the Oracle Utilities Application Framework product will be referred to as “product” in this document.
  • Sections of this manual cover the background processing (also known as batch) aspects of the Oracle Utilities Application Framework for completeness only.
  • This document now covers aspects of the bundling of Oracle Service Bus and SOA infrastructure. The relevant settings for this component are marked with OSB and SOA acronyms. Not all products use the Oracle Service Bus and SOA infrastructure natively; please refer to the installation guide for clarification. Refer to the Oracle SOA Suite documentation for more information about these products.