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PLUGGED IN
The Newsletter for Oracle Applications Customers
North American Edition

June 2008

Oracle E -Business Suite

Oracle Fusion Middleware
PeopleSoft Enterprise
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
JD Edwards World
Oracle University
User Groups

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News and Notes

ORACLE UNIVERSITY LAUNCHES NEW APPLICATION LEARNING PATHS

Oracle University has added 26 new learning paths for applications, including Oracle E-Business Suite R12, PeopleSoft Enterprise,
Siebel, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Communications, Utilities, and Transportation. The learning paths are tailored to job roles so you
can see at a glance the courses that are recommended for a specific role. Each path suggests a sequence of courses that provide
the knowledge and skills needed for on-the-job expertise.
Get details .

Oracle E-Business Suite Contact Oracle Support

Oracle
ORACLE EXPANDS 11i9 SUPPORT WITH ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR HRMS
Oracle is expanding the first year of 11i9 Sustaining Support to include fixes for Severity 1 PeopleSoft
production issues. Sustaining Support will also include one statutory update: a U.S. 1099
update for 2008 year-end. For more information, contact your support sales representative JD Edwards
or access the Oracle Lifetime Support policy online here .
Siebel
UPCOMING HR EVENTS

IHRIM
June 1-4, Orlando, Florida Support Resources
The Conference Board Employee Engagement and Retention Conference
June 19-20, New York City OracleMetaLink Login

GOT LINUX? FREE LINUX FOUNDATION PODCAST WITH EDWARD SCREVEN PeopleSoft Customer Connection
Whether you're already running your applications on Linux, seriously considering it, or just Login
curious about what Linux has to offer, don't miss an exclusive podcast from The Linux
Foundation with Oracle Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven. Siebel SupportWeb Login
Listen to the podcast .
Acquired Companies Product
MAINTENANCE PACK FOR ENTERPRISE PORTAL RELEASED Support
This Maintenance Pack 1 will allow you to apply all fixes released since the GA'ed version of
Enterprise Portal 9.0. PeopleSoft Portal Solutions Maintenance Pack 1 CDs are now Critical Patch Updates and Security
Alerts
available for the following platforms:

Oracle Support Services Internet Seminars

(Advisor Webcasts)
DB2 z/OS
DB2 UNIX
Oracle Support Newsletters
Microsoft SQL Server
Download the maintenance pack at the Oracle E-Delivery Web site.

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE Oracle Blogs

Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop
through Oracle Web Conferencing.
VP of EPM Strategy Frank
Buytendijk: Blog Q&A , EPM and
ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE Strategy Management, and SOA
July 8 — Drive Success Through Integrated Talent Management What ?

ORACLE SERVER TECH VP and Chief Technologist for

July 16 — Overview of the Transparent Gateway for DB2 SOA David Chappell: Grady Booch
via Second Life! , Nuggets of
Get more details about Advisor Webcasts. Wisdom on Service Definition
Criteria , and ROI by the Ton—
Going Green with SOA, EDA, RIA,
and Web 2.0
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Group VP for No. America Project
Mgmt. Kevin Kinnally: Improving
Consulting Results with a Program
Management Office
Oracle Fusion Middleware
See all Oracle executive blogs

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE

Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop
through Oracle Web Conferencing Oracle AppCasts

Understanding Integration of Oracle Forms in Application Server Control

June 4 — Live with Cliff Godwin:
(EM) - USA & EMEA
July 23 — Approaches to Metadata Design
July 29 — IPM in a Shared Services Environment Announcing Oracle E -Business
Suite R12 Application -Specific
Content for UPK and Tutor (6 min.)
Get more details on Advisor Webcasts (requires login ID and password).
Oracle Solutions for Higher
Education (11 min.)

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Business with Strategic Goals (6
min.)

PeopleSoft Enterprise See all Oracle AppCasts

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR PEOPLESOFT ENTERPRISE

Contact Plugged In
Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop
through Oracle Web Conferencing.
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June 10 — PeopleSoft Enterprise: Procurement Cards in PeopleSoft Purchasing
PeopleSoft Enterprise: Customer Relationship Management - Manage Your Oracle E -Mail
July 10 —
Understanding and Using InfoSync Communications

Get more details on Advisor Webcasts (requires login ID and password).

Note: Some articles offered here

require a PeopleSoft Customer
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login ID and password. For help,
please contact PeopleSoft
Customer Care or OracleMetaLink.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE

CONSOLE
To provide targeted financial performance metrics and compliance information to multiple
stakeholders within the organization, Oracle has delivered Oracle’s JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne Financial Management and Compliance Console. This new application
enables JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers to define role-based views across a
comprehensive set of performance metrics to deliver users relevant information within their
areas of responsibility. Built using core JD Edwards EnterpriseOne technology, the console
extends JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financial Management applications and demonstrates
Oracle’s ongoing commitment to protect and extend customers’ existing investments as part
of Oracle’s Applications Unlimited program.

SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE NOW SUPPORTED BY JD EDWARDS

ENTERPRISEONE REQUISITION SELF-SERVICE 8.12
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Requisition Self Service 8.12 now supports a service-oriented
architecture using native JD Edwards EnterpriseOne business services for the direct connect
and purchase order dispatch processes. To learn more, please refer to the Release Notes
on Customer Connection.

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR JD EDWARDS ENTERPRISEONE

Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop
through Oracle Web Conferencing.
through Oracle Web Conferencing.

June 2 U.S., — JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: Preparing for Australian Payroll

June 3 Australia Year-End 2008
July 2 — JD Edwards EnterpriseOne: MRP Time Series Versus
Supply/Demand Inquiry

Get more details on Advisor Webcasts (requires login ID and password).

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JD Edwards World

JD EDWARDS WORLD A9.1—THE RENAISSANCE RELEASE IS NOW GENERALLY

AVAILABLE
Now that A9.1 is GA, remember to visit our JD Edwards World Upgrade Resources page to
answer any questions that you may have regarding A9.1. Download your copy of the newest
release today. This is a password-protected site and will require a sign-on and ID. If you do
not have one, contact our Global Support Center at 1.800.289.2999 for assistance.

NEW A9.1 UPDATES AVAILABLE FOR JD EDWARDS WORLD

There are new updates available to download for A9.1 Web Enablement and A9.1
Documentation. Check the Software Delivery site to find out what is included in the new
updates.

JD EDWARDS WORLD A9.1.2 STATEMENT OF DIRECTION NOW AVAILABLE

Oracle’s JD Edwards World entered a new age with A9.1, the Renaissance Release. As a
result, JD Edwards World customers can now more confidently consider World as a
centerpiece in their efforts to align business and IT strategies. Fulfilling our commitment to
help JD Edwards World customers protect their investment, by continuously extending and
evolving JD Edwards World capabilities to deliver even more value is proven in our
Statement of Direction for A9.1.2, the next step in JD Edwards World’s “reawakening.”
Building on what was begun with A9.1, solutions for JD Edwards World customer needs are
continuing to come to fruition in A9.1.2.

JD EDWARDS WORLD A9.1 TECHNICAL FOUNDATION UPGRADES NOW AVAILABLE

Reinforcing an ongoing commitment to delivering more value for customers’ upgrade and
maintenance investment, Oracle is pleased to announce the availability of a new update
release of JD Edwards World containing several enhancements to A9.1 Technical
Foundation applications.

Import/export capability has been expanded.

1. World Writer record length limitation has been removed to enable use of
World Writer as a powerful data integration and migration tool. When
coupled with Import/Export, JD Edwards World users can now export
entire single or joined tables as .csv, or .xml files.
2. Import/export now supports export directly to World-created spreadsheet
templates, reducing several steps in the process of exporting and
importing spreadsheet data in a cyclical process.
3. Use of the IFS (Integrated File System) has been enhanced to tighten
security, yet still allow users to set up their own departmental and
individual “sandboxes” and optionally force exports to follow default
placement configurations for each user.

The Web-enabled interface delivered with A9.1 has been optimized to accelerate
performance for Java server-based deployments.

More information pertaining to the import/export update can be obtained by searching the
World Support Web site for Update 8380520 and for the Web-enabled optimization update,
A91Web. JD Edwards World customers can also call World Global Customer Support at
1.800.289.2999 for assistance.

JD EDWARDS WORLD A9.1—SINGLE EURO PAYMENT AREA (SEPA) LOCALIZATION

FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW NOW AVAILABLE
The SEPA (Single Euro Payment Area) Credit Transfer Scheme provides benefits to
companies such as reduction of bank fees and number of bank accounts and
standardization of banking platforms. Support for SEPA Credit Transfers in JD Edwards
World is available for A7.3 and A9.1. Listen to the newly recorded Transfer of Information
(TOI) to find out more information regarding SEPA.

JD EDWARDS WORLD CUSTOMER BRIEFINGS, DENVER, COLORADO 2008

We will continue to offer JD Edwards World customer briefings in Denver throughout the
year. See the 2008 schedule below. Please contact Fabio Araujo to register and for
additional information.

June 19-20
July 17-18
October 16-17
 November 21-22
December 18-19

For more information on JD Edwards World products, training or support, e-mail.

UPCOMING ADVISOR WEBCASTS FOR JD EDWARDS WORLD

Expert information on services, products, and technologies comes straight to your desktop
through Oracle Web Conferencing.

June 3 — JD Edwards World: Activating and Maintaining Search Type and Action
Code Security
June 5 — JD Edwards World: A9.1 Language Upgrade
June 17 — JD Edwards World: Using Takeoff Functionality in Homebuilder

Get more details on Advisor Webcasts (requires login ID and password).

GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT JD EDWARDS WORLD?

For answers to your questions about JD Edwards World products, support, or training,
please e-mail.

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Oracle University

PEOPLESOFT CERTIFICATION
Take the new Oracle PeopleTools certifications to ensure that your PeopleTools skills are
recognized. The certification titles include PeopleTools Developer Certified Expert and
PeopleTools Advanced Developer Certified Expert.

You must complete the following exams to be certified:

PeopleSoft Application Developer I: PeopleTools & PeopleCode

PeopleSoft Application Developer II: Application Engine & Integration

Courses that will help you prepare for the exams include:

PeopleTools I Rel 8.48

PeopleTools II Rel 8.48
PeopleCode Rel 8.44
Application Engine Rel 8.48
Integration Tools Rel 8.48

JD EDWARDS
Take these online courses to build strong skills with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne. See below
for complete course descriptions, schedules, and to register online.

Price Management 8.0 to 8.9 Delta - RWC

Define the Organizational Structure - RWC
Common Foundation 8.9 - RWC
EnterpriseOne Business Service Development Rel 8.97 - RWC
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne CNC Net Change Rel 8.97- RWC
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Migrating from WSG to Business Services Release 8.97
- RWC
EnterpriseOne Embedded BI Publisher Rel 8.97 - RWC
Advanced CNC Functions Rel 8.96 RWC
EnterpriseOne Server Manager Rel 8.97 - RWC
EnterpriseOne Change Assistant for Applying ESUs Rel 8.97 - RWC
EnterpriseOne Security Net Change Rel 8.97 - RWC
EnterpriseOne Pay Types, Deductions, Benefits, and Accruals - RWC

Other available courses:

EnterpriseOne Console Basics Rel 8.12 - RWC

Common Foundation Rel 8.12 - RWC
Items and Supplies Rel 8.12 - RWC
Plant Manager Dashboard 8.12 - RWC

E-BUSINESS SUITE R12

Gain improved insight into Oracle E-Business Suite R12 applications. See below for
complete course descriptions, schedules, and to register online.

R12 Oracle: Install, Patch, and Maintain Oracle Applications

R12 Oracle Applications System Administrator Fundamentals
R12 Oracle HRMS System Administration Fundamentals
R12 Oracle E-Business Suite Essentials for Implementers
R12 Oracle Financials Functional Foundation
R12 Oracle Financials Functional Migration Fundamentals
R12 Oracle Financial Applications Overview
R12 Oracle Manufacturing Functional Foundation
R12 Implement Oracle Workflow

SIEBEL 8 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE COURSES

Oracle University listened and we have revamped the following courses to better suit your
needs. See below for complete course descriptions, schedules, and to register online.

Oracle BI 10g: Analytics Overview

Oracle BI 10g: Analytics Overview OLC
Oracle BI Suite EE 10g R3: Create Reports and Dashboards
Oracle BI Suite EE 10g R3: Build Repositories

To speak with an Oracle University representative, call 1.800.787.2047.

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User Groups

ODTUG KALEIDOSCOPE 2008

June 15-19
New Orleans, Louisiana | Sheraton New Orleans
ODTUG Kaleidoscope is THE conference for real-world technologists using APEX, Oracle
Fusion Middleware, Business Intelligence, Hyperion, and more.

Three full-day symposiums—Oracle Fusion Middleware, Application Express,

Oracle (Hyperion) Essbase Developer
Three in-depth half-day sessions—APEX vs. ADF, Business Intelligence, Essbase
Infrastructure
More than 100 technical sessions, including: Oracle Fusion Middleware, Application
Express, PL/SQL, BI/DW, Java EE and SOA, Essbase, Developmental DBAs, and
Traditional Tools
Install Fest—Install Enterprise Linux and configure it for installing Oracle Database
and Fusion Middleware, and OracleVM
Expert panels, Community Service Day, special events, and more

Attention Hyperion Essbase Developers: An entire Hyperion track has been added on
Essbase. Presenters include experts such as John Kopcke and Robert Gersten from Oracle,
Edward Roske from interRel, and Tim Tow from Applied OLAP. Get more information on
ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2008.

REGISTER NOW FOR QUEST NORTHEAST 2008

July 16-18
MGM at Foxwoods, Ledyard, Connecticut
Join Quest and six of our affiliated users groups in the Northeast area for the second annual
Quest Northeast Conference. Registration is live now, as well as hotel reservations, so
make sure you register before early bird ends on June 24 and the rates increase. Our
education sessions are also posted online. More details are always being added to the
agenda—so make sure you check our Quest Northeast page over the next few weeks.

LEARN MORE ABOUT QUEST INTERNATIONAL USERS GROUP

Quest International Users Group is a worldwide community of more than 50,000 PeopleSoft,
JD Edwards, and Oracle Utilities users. Quest and its affiliated user groups are a catalyst for
maximizing members' business investments through the power of our community, tools, and
experiences. Get more information about Quest, or e-mail us.

VIEW UPCOMING USER GROUP MEETINGS ONLINE

With 70+ affiliated user groups, Quest International Users Group has plenty networking
opportunities year-round. Go to our events page to see if there is a regional meeting in your
area or a meeting that would fit your interest, product, or industry. You can also find out
more information about Quest's affiliated user groups.

PARTICIPATE IN QUEST’S ENHANCEMENT PROCESS

The Enhancement Process gives Quest's community a way to submit and discuss their
ideas and proposals for enhancements to the Oracle products they use. The best part is that
you don’t have to know everything about your idea or problem. The point of involving the
Quest community is to help explain your issues in more detail. The tool is not only easy to
use, it is also easy to collaborate with other users. Get started and make a difference in the
products that end up at your organization. Be part of the Quest Enhancement Process—
Submit. Subscribe. Comment. Prioritize.

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