Avoiding and resetting expired passwords in Oracle databases
Introduction Doing a default database installation will install a feature that all passwords will expire after 180 days. Not being aware of that can cause problems in applications as they cannot...
View ArticleFusion Applications Clone – Troubleshooting a Weblogic Startup Error
Introduction As noted in the Oracle® Fusion Applications Cloning and Content Movement Administrator’s Guide, the Fusion Applications (FA) Clone tool helps to create another new environment from an...
View ArticleWebCenter Sites Demo Integration with Endeca Guided Search
In early 2014, WebCenter Sites engineering produced a demo Sites + Endeca Guided Search integration for the A-Team to review. The use case for such a demo is quite compelling: pretty much any large...
View ArticleIssues Faced in Installing WCSites11gR1on Exalogic
This paper can be downloaded by clicking: Installing WebCenter Sites on Exalogic Ver1.0 Issues Faced during Installing WebCenter Sites on Exalogic Background: Recently I had the opportunity to...
View ArticleExporting rendered assets from WebCenter Sites
In this blog post I explain how you can publish rendered assets from WebCenter Sites into other systems. This allows assets to be exported in a rendered form, so they can be consumed by external...
View ArticleAn alternate approach to integrating WebCenter Sites with WebCenter Portal
Over the years there have been many attempts at integrating WebCenter Sites with WebCenter Portal (and vice versa). None of these attempts were without significant issues and none have met with wide...
View ArticleHTTP Server configuration in Fusion Applications
Overview One of the most powerful features provided by Fusion Applications is the out-of-the-box configuration of the HTTP Server at Provisioning time. This feature comes in different flavors, enabling...
View ArticleOne-Way Authentication Policies in OSB
Introduction Sometimes, using OSB, it may be necessary to attach credentials, such as username and password, on an outbound SOAP request to a remote server for authentication. While the OWSM policy...
View ArticleOracle Fusion DOO – Integrating External Systems using EIL
Introduction One of the core features of the Oracle Fusion Distributed Order Orchestration (DOO) is its ability to integrate with external applications for routine orchestration tasks such as...
View ArticleNew Oracle whitepaper on Commerce MAA
I am pleased to announce the availability of a new whitepaper on Oracle Maximum Availability Architecture, titled “Oracle Commerce MAA With a Case Study on Exadata and Exalogic”. As the name suggests...
View ArticleDouble Buffered Caching with inCache in WebCenter Sites 11gR1
To download this paper click on: Double Buffered Page Caching with inCache Double Buffered Page Caching with inCache in WebCenter Sites 11gR1 Introduction Page Caching is a very important in...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Endeca CAS & EAC APIs
Introduction I’ve always felt that the best way to understand something is to take it apart and try to put it back together. In this blog we’ll be doing that by deconstructing the Endeca application...
View ArticlePart 1: Getting under the covers of Detached Credential Collector (DCC)
Introduction This post is part of a larger series on Oracle Access Manager 11g called Oracle Access Manager Academy. An index to the entire series with links to each of the separate posts is available....
View ArticleManaging the performance impact of OID last login tracking
Does your environment have demanding performance requirements? High volume, customer-facing applications such as eCommerce or Internet banking, with business critical requirements for low response...
View ArticleOracle BPM 12c just got Groovy – A Webcenter Content Transformation Example
Introduction On the 27th June 2014 we released Oracle BPM 12c which included some exciting new features. One of the less talked about of new features is the support of BPM Scripting which incorporates...
View ArticleBPM 10g-12c Migration: Handling Excel Files as Input
Introduction With the introduction of BPM 12c comes the long-awaited migration tool to migrate BPM 10g projects to BPM 12c. The A-Team have been heavily involved with the effort to create collateral...
View ArticleUnderstanding the BI Web Catalog Patching Process
Introduction Following on from a recent blog article for trouble-shooting RPD Patching issues, which you can find here, this article will cover the BI Web Catalog Patching process. In addition to an...
View ArticleExposing User System Attributes in OIM 11gR2PS2 GUI Customization
Introduction Recently while working with a customer to help with an upgrade from OIM 11gR1 to 11gR2PS2, one interesting request came up regarding OIM GUI customization. The requirement was to expose...
View ArticleOAM11g — The Redirect Infinite Loop
INTRODUCTION This post is part of a larger series on Oracle Access Manager 11g called Oracle Access Manager Academy. An index to the entire series with links to each of the separate posts is available....
View ArticleCloning of Fusion Applications using Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control 12c
Introduction Cloning is a recurring requirement in almost every Oracle Fusion Applications environment. Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c (OEM) is an effective tool to create and automate the repeatable...
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