TABLE OF CONTENTS DOCUMENT HISTORY 3 UPDATE 18A 3 Revision History 3 Overview 3 Order Management 4 Test to Production Rule Migration 4 Pricing 4 Improve Price List Import 4 Manage Pricing Rules and Pricing Profiles in Spreadsheets 4 Manage Component Pricing Across Configurator Models 4 Configurator 4 Expand Supplemental Structure Maintenance 4 Use Attributes in Page Element Captions 4 Use Web Services to Validate or Copy a Configuration 5 Expand Supplemental Structure with Text Features 5 Simplify Instance Configuration with Improved Page Templates 5 Evaluate the Impact of Releasing a Workspace 5 Global Order Promising 5 Specify Different Item Catalogs for Different Sourcing Rules 5 2
DOCUMENT HISTORY This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table: Date Update Version Notes 12 JAN 2018 Update 18A Delivered new features in update 18A. UPDATE 18A REVISION HISTORY This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table: Date Feature Notes 12 JAN 2018 Created initial document. OVERVIEW This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update. DISCLAIMER The information contained in this document may include statements about Oracle s product development plans. Many factors can materially affect Oracle s product development plans and the nature and timing of future product releases. Accordingly, this Information is provided to you solely for information only, is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or functionality described remains at the sole discretion of Oracle. This information may not be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Oracle specifically disclaims any liability with respect to this information. Refer to the Legal Notices and Terms of Use for further information. 3
ORDER MANAGEMENT TEST TO PRODUCTION RULE MIGRATION Enable the migration of Order Management pretransformation, product transformation, posttransformation, process assignment, and external interface routing rules across instances using the Setup and Maintenance work area. PRICING IMPROVE PRICE LIST IMPORT Use file-based data import with web services to add items to a price list through price import. MANAGE PRICING RULES AND PRICING PROFILES IN SPREADSHEETS Leverage Oracle s spreadsheet-based ADFdi services to modify multiple price lists, discount lists and customer pricing profiles to reflect changes to your pricing policies and profitability targets. You can apply these changes to multiple objects, such as all of your price lists, standard discounts, and customer pricing profiles. MANAGE COMPONENT PRICING ACROSS CONFIGURATOR MODELS Define price for a component of a configurator model in a price list, and then apply this price to all configurator models. You may also define a configurator model specific price which will override the component price. CONFIGURATOR EXPAND SUPPLEMENTAL STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE Leverage Oracle s ADFdi services to maintain the supplemental structure of large numbers of models with complex structure. Download existing structure in a spreadsheet, modify or add to it, and upload the results to the Configurator Models work area. You can maintain: decimal, integer, and text features; the date effectivity of attribute values for item snapshots; new options for an existing option feature across multiple models; and new values of a supplemental attribute. USE ATTRIBUTES IN PAGE ELEMENT CAPTIONS Override the default item display name of a given user interface item by using the UI expression language to replace it with a combination of static text and certain associated model node attributes. This update adds the ability to use supplemental attributes and user-defined attributes when overriding the default display name of a UI element. 4
USE WEB SERVICES TO VALIDATE OR COPY A CONFIGURATION In order capture systems, use web services in product configuration flows. You can use services to: validate a single configuration as a post-configuration event (for example, validate an existing configuration on in-flight quotes and orders to identify end-of-life items); and copy a single configuration as a post-configuration event (for example, copy a configuration within a quote or cart). EXPAND SUPPLEMENTAL STRUCTURE WITH TEXT FEATURES Expand your configurator model definition by adding text features to your model structure. Text features enable you to capture contextual information during Configurator runtime sessions, which in turn may drive business logic and dictate the selection behavior of model components and options. SIMPLIFY INSTANCE CONFIGURATION WITH IMPROVED PAGE TEMPLATES Use page template enhancements to design a user interface that allows for easier configuration of multiple item instances. The inclusion of user interface facets in these templates enables you to add dynamic content about the current configuration. EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF RELEASING A WORKSPACE Assess the impact of releasing a workspace on the many models that might be affected, by running the workspace prerelease report, which simulates the release of a workspace as of a specific date and time, without actually performing the release. Use the report to reduce the risk of inadvertently making changes to your production models that would result in errors or inaccurate orders. GLOBAL ORDER PROMISING SPECIFY DIFFERENT ITEM CATALOGS FOR DIFFERENT SOURCING RULES Select the product catalog to be referenced in an assignment set when making sourcing assignments. You can flexibly define your supply chain structure using assignment sets. For example, you can specify two different product catalogs for two different assignments sets: one for order promising, and the other for supply planning. --- 5
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