Creating a Custom Application in Oracle Applications 11i

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Custom Applications are required if you are creating new forms, reports, etc.   

This allows you to segregate your custom written files from the standard seeded functionality that
Oracle Applications provide.     

Customizations can therefore be preserved when applying patches or upgrades to your environment. 

1)  Make the directory structure for your custom application files.

               cd $APPL_TOP

               mkdir fz

               mkdir fz/11.5.0

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/admin

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/admin/sql

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/admin/odf

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/sql

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/bin

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/reports

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/reports/US

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/forms

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/forms/US 

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/$APPLLIB

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/$APPLOUT

               mkdir fz/11.5.0/$APPLLOG 

2)  Add the custom module into the environment

Apply ADX.E.1 and add the entry to topfile.txt as a standard product top entry .   

Customised environment variables can be added to AutoConfig by using the filename specificed by s_custom_file, 

which is then called from the APPSORA.env file. 

If using Forms Listener Servlet, you may also need to add $CUSTOM_TOP to formsservlet.ini in
$APACHE_TOP/Jserv/etc 

3)  Create new tablespace for database objects

     create tablespace FZ datafile '/u01/oracle/visdata/fz.dbf' size 10M default storage(initial 10k next 10k)

4)  Create schema

               create user fz identified by fz

                               default tablespace fz

                               temporary tablespace temp

                               quota unlimited on fz

                               quota unlimited on temp;

               grant connect, resource to fz;

5)  Register your Oracle Schema. 

     Login to Applications with System Administrator responsibility

     Navigate to Application-->Register

               Application = FZ Custom

               Short Name  = FZ

               Basepath    = FZ_TOP

               Description = FZ Custom Application

6)  Register Oracle User

     Naviate to Security-->Oracle-->Register

               Database User Name = FZ

               Password           = FZ

               Privilege          = Enabled

               Install Group      = 0

               Description        = FZ Custom Application User

7)  Add Application to a Data Group

     Navigate to Security-->Oracle-->DataGroup

               Data Group  = FZGroup

               Description = FZ Custom Data Group

      Click on "Copy Applications from" and pick Standard data Group, then add the following entry.

               Application = FZ Custom

               Oracle ID   = APPS

               Description = FZ Custom Application

8)  Create custom request group

     This will act as a placeholder for any custom reports we wish to make available for the Custom Responsibility 

      Navigate to Security-->responsbility-->Request

               Group       = FZ Request Group

               Application = FZ Custom

               Code        = FZ

               Description = FZ Custom Requests

       We will not define any requests to add to the group at this stage, but you can add some now if required.

9)  Create custom menu

      This will act as a placeholder for any menu items we wish to make available for the Custom Responsibility. 

      We will create two menus, one for Core Applications and one for Self Service.

       Navigate to Application-->Menu

               Menu           = FZ_CUSTOM_MENU

               User Menu Name = FZ Custom Application

               Menu Type      = <leave blank>

               Description    = FZ Custom Application Menu

               Seq         = 100

               Prompt      = View Requests

               Submenu     = <leave blank>

               Function    = View All Concurrent Requests

               Description = View Requests

               Seq         = 110

               Prompt      = Run Requests

               Submenu     = <leave blank>

               Function    = Requests: Submit

               Description = Submit Requests

               Menu           = FZ_CUSTOM_MENU_SSWA

               User Menu Name = FZ Custom Application SSWA

               Menu Type      = <leave blank>

               Description    = FZ Custom Application Menu for SSWA 

10)  Create new responsibility.   One for Core Applications and One for Self Service (SSWA)

       Navigate to Security-->Responsibility-->Define

               Responsibility Name       = FZ Custom

               Application               = FZ Custom

               Responsibility Key        = FZCUSTOM

               Description               = FZ Custom Responsibility

               Available From            = Oracle Applications

               Data Group Name           = fzGroup

               Data Group Application    = FZ Custom

               Menu                      = FZ Custom Application

               Request Group Name        = FZ Request Group

               Responsibility Name       = FZ Custom SSWA

               Application               = FZ Custom

               Responsibility Key        = FZCUSTOMSSWA

               Description               = FZ Custom Responsibility SSWA

               Available From            = Oracle Self Service Web Applications

               Data Group Name           = fzGroup

               Data Group Application    = FZ Custom

               Menu                      = FZ Custom Application SSWA

               Request Group Name        = FZ Request Group

11)  Add responsibility to user

       Navigate to Security-->User-->Define

       Add FZ Custom responsibility to users as required.

12)  Other considerations

       You are now ready to create your database Objects, custom Reports, Forms, Packages, etc

Create the source code files in the FZ_TOP directory appropriate for the type of object.   For example forms

would be located in $FZ_TOP/forms/US or package source code in $FZ_TOP/admin/sql for example.

Database Objects, such as tables, indexes and sequences should be created in the FZ schema, then you need to 

               a) Grant all privilege from each custom data object to the APPS schema.

                               For example :  logged in as FZ user

                                              grant all privileges on myTable to apps;

               b) Create a synonym in APPS for each custom data object

                               For example :  logged in as APPS user

                                              create synonym myTable for fz.myTable;

Other database objects, such as views and packages should be created directly in the APPS schema.