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In this Document

 Section 1: Preparation
 Section 2: Obsolete Products in Release 12.2.8
 Section 3: Upgrade Database to 11.2.0.4 or higher
 Section 4: Apply Required Database Patches and Update Database Initialization Parameters
o 4.1 Apply Required Database Patches
o 4.2 Set Database Parameter (Conditional)
 Section 5: Apply Consolidated Seed Table Upgrade Patch (Required)
 Section 6: Apply the Latest AD and TXK Delta Release Update Packs
 Section 7: Perform Pre-Update Steps (Conditional)
 Section 8: Apply Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack
o 8.1 Path A — Upgrade and New Installation Customers upgrading to Oracle E-Business
Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack
o 8.2 Path B — Existing Customers (Release 12.2.2, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6 or
12.2.7) upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack
 Section 9: Post-Update Steps
 Section 10: Apply Additional Critical Patches
 Section 11: List of Included Patches
 Section 12: Known Issues
o 12.1 Oracle Human Resources
 Change Log

Section 1: Preparation
For information about known issues associated with specific products in Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.2.8 and possible workarounds for those issues, please reference the Known Issues section
of your specific product Release Note documents.

In Release 12.2.0 and higher, patching is performed by running the new adop (AD Online Patching)
utility. You must use adop instead of the adpatch utility that was provided in previous releases.
Download and unzip all the patches to the default Patch Top location for R12.2
($APPL_TOP_NE/../patch). For more information about the adop utility, refer to Oracle E-Business
Suite Concepts (Part No. E22949) and Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Guide, Release 12.2 (Part
No. E22954).

Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack requires Fusion Middleware Technology Stack
(FMW) 11.1.1.7 (11gR1 PS6) or higher. New Installation and Upgrade (upgrading to Oracle E-Business
Suite Release 12.2.8 from Release 11i, 12.0, or 12.1) customers should use StartCD 12.2.0.51.
StartCD 12.2.0.51 (Patch 22066363, RAPID INSTALL STARTCD 12.2.0.51) installs Oracle Fusion
Middleware 11g PS7 (11.1.1.9.0).

Section 2: Obsolete Products in Release 12.2.8

The following products are obsolete in Release 12.2.8:

 Oracle Demand Planning (obsolete in Release 12.2.5 and above)

 Oracle Manufacturing Scheduling (obsolete in Release 12.2.5 and above)

A migration plan exists for customers who have purchased these products in earlier releases. Contact
your Sales Representative or Account Manager for more information.

Support will be provided to existing customers on earlier releases, in accordance with the Oracle
Lifetime Support Policy.

Section 3: Upgrade Database to 11.2.0.4 or higher

If your Oracle E-Business Suite instance is currently on Database version 11.2.0.3, then you should
now upgrade to Database 11.2.0.4 or 12.1.0.2 before proceeding with next steps, by following
process documented in the appropriate Interoperability Notes:

 My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1926201.1, Interoperability Notes Oracle EBS 12.2
with Oracle Database 12c Release 1
 My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1623879.1, Interoperability Notes E-Business Suite
Release 12.2 with Database 11g Release 2

Note: Database desupport schedules have important operational and planning implications for Oracle
E-Business Suite environments. Oracle recommends that you review the following document that
details the latest database support policies and desupport schedules:

 My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 742060.1, Release Schedule of Current Database

Patch Sets

Section 4: Apply Required Database Patches and Update Database

Initialization Parameters
4.1 Apply Required Database Patches

Before you apply the AD and TXK Delta 10 release update packs (RUPs), you must run the latest
version (available via Patch 17537119) of the EBS Technology Codelevel Checker (ETCC). Use the
command checkDBpatch.sh (on UNIX) or checkDBpatch.cmd (on Windows).
Running the latest version is required in order to:

1. Check that all the required database patches have been applied. To learn more about
the prerequisite database patches needed for applying the AD-TXK Delta 10 RUPs, refer My
Oracle Knowledge Document 1594274.1, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2: Consolidated
List of Patches and Technology Bug Fixes.
2. Ensure all the required ETCC database objects will be found by the AD-TXK Delta 10
RUP installation process. This means that even if you already have all the required database
patches installed, you must still run the latest version of ETCC on your database.

Note: Apply Database Patch 28500816 (required for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.0).

If the Database EBS Technology Codelevel Checker (DB-ETCC) utility (checkDBpatch.sh on Unix)
reports that Patch 28038489 is missing for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.0, do not apply Patch 28038489.
Instead, apply the latest technology one-off Patch 28500816 for Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.0. After
applying Patch 28500816, re-run the DB-ETCC utility.

4.2 Set Database Parameter (Conditional)

The following database initialization parameter updates should be completed before proceeding with
the next steps and should not be changed thereafter.

a. optimizer_adaptive_features

Oracle Database 12c Release 1 uses cost-based optimization. If you are using Oracle Database
12.1.0.2, the following optimizer parameter should always be set to 'FALSE'.

optimizer_adaptive_features=false

You can verify the parameter was set correctly by running the following command, which
should return the value FALSE:

SQL>show parameter optimizer_adaptive_features

Note (for Windows customers on 12cR1 only): Customers who have applied Patch
27440294 "WINDOWS DB BUNDLE PATCH 12.1.0.2.180417(64bit)" or later should refer to
Table 1.5 in My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1594274.1, Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.2: Consolidated List of Patches and Technology Bug Fixes, for specific instructions
before starting the database.

b. _disable_actualization_for_grant (applicable for Oracle Database 11.2.0.4 and Oracle Database

 12.1.0.2)

"_disable_actualization_for_grant=true"

You can verify the parameter was set correctly by running the following command, which
should return the value TRUE:

SQL>show parameter _disable_actualization_for_grant

For more information about database initialization parameters, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge
Document 396009.1, Database Initialization Parameters for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.

Section 5: Apply Consolidated Seed Table Upgrade Patch (Required)

Note: This step is applicable only for new installation customers and customers upgrading from
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2 to Release 12.2.8.

Note: If you have upgraded to Release 12.2.0 using Consolidated Upgrade Patch 26924710:12.2.0
(CUP9) or Patch 24690520:12.2.0 (CUP8) or Patch 22742071:12.2.0 (CUP7) or Patch 19796566:12.2.0
(CUP6) or Patch 18007406:12.2.0 (CUP5) or Patch 17197281:12.2.0 (CUP4), then you can skip this
step.

1. Stop all application tier services on the run file system.

UNIX:

sh $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adstpall.sh

Windows:

C:\>%ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME%\adstpall.cmd

2. Start up only the Oracle Weblogic Admin Server on the run file system.

UNIX:

$ sh $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adadminsrvctl.sh start

Windows:

C:\>%ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME%\adadminsrvctl.cmd start

3. Apply the consolidated seed table upgrade Patch 26787701:12.2.0 on the run file system using
adop hotpatch mode.
 $ adop phase=apply patches=26787701 hotpatch=yes

Note: For existing non-American languages in the system, skip NLS patch application for this.
It is not required.

4. Start up all application tier services.

Note: This step is applicable only for customers upgrading from Oracle E-Business Suite
Release 12.2.2 to Release 12.2.8.

UNIX:

$ sh $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adstrtal.sh

Windows:

C:\>%ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME%\adstrtal.cmd

Section 6: Apply the Latest AD and TXK Delta Release Update Packs
Note: Review My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1617461.1, Applying the Latest AD and TXK
Release Update Packs to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2, and follow the instructions to apply the
required codelevel of AD and TXK for your system.

Important: If your system was upgraded to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 and you have
already applied R12.AD.C.Delta.10 (Patch 25820806) and R12.TXK.C.Delta.10 (Patch 25828573), then
you must apply the Consolidated Patches for AD and TXK (Patch 27254132:R12.AD.C and Patch
27294892:R12.TXK.C) as directed in the My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1617461.1,
Applying the Latest AD and TXK Release Update Packs to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.

Section 7: Perform Pre-Update Steps (Conditional)

Perform the following pre-update steps only if you have licensed this product:

 Customer Relationship Management tasks:

o Oracle Mobile Field Service

For Oracle Mobile Field Service Store and Forward Multiple Platforms Support, Oracle Lite
is not required and it should be uninstalled. Refer to subsection 'Pre-Installation Step' of
My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2188514.1, Oracle Mobile Field Service for
 Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes, to drop the mobileadmin schema.

 Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Apps tasks:

o Oracle Mobile Maintenance for Oracle E-Business Suite

The Oracle Mobile Maintenance "Disconnected" feature uses the Oracle Mobile Field
Service Multiplatform framework, which does not require Oracle Lite and it should be
uninstalled if it exists. If you plan to implement Oracle Mobile Maintenance for Oracle E-
Business Suite built with Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Foundation Release 7.0 or
above, connect as system user and drop the repository using the following command:

SQL > Drop user mobileadmin cascade;

For more information, refer to subsection 'Step 1: Performing Conditional Pre-Install

Tasks' in Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Apps Administrator's Guide, Release 12.1 and
12.2 (Part No. E64384).

o Oracle Mobile Service Manager for Oracle E-Business Suite

Refer to the subsection 'Pre-Installation Step' of My Oracle Support Knowledge

Document 2107368.1, Oracle Mobile Service Manager for Oracle E-Business Suite
Release Notes, to drop the mobileadmin schema.

 Supply Chain Management tasks:

o Oracle Flow Manufacturing

If you have a lower version of the file(s) listed below or you have performed
customizations on any of these packages, create a back-up of your file(s) under
$APPL_TOP_NE/.

Package Name File Version

flmkacps.pls
120.3.12020000.2
FLM_KANBAN_CUSTOM_PKG
flmkacpb.pls
120.3.12020000.2

After applying the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack, redo the
customization in the new version of the specification and the body.

o Oracle Install Base

Check your system for possible corruption on the user-defined Installed Base
Transaction SubTypes. If additional Installed Base Transaction SubTypes or changes to
 the user-defined Installed Base Transaction SubTypes are identified, you must fix them
before applying the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack.

Refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1681308.1, Generic Datafix For

Installed Base Transaction SubTypes Data Corruption Caused by csitxnst.ldt, for
instructions.

o Oracle Landed Cost Management

If you have a lower version of the file(s) than the one below and have done
customization, create a back-up of your file(s) under a location outside both APPL_TOPs
or under $APPL_TOP_NE/../log.

Package Name File Version

INLPCUSB.pls
120.6.12020000.7
INL_CUSTOM_PUB
INLPCUSS.pls
120.5.12020000.6

After applying the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack, redo the
customization in the new version of the specification and the body. For more
information, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1211843.1, How to
Proceed for Customizing LCM Hooks INLPCUSB.pls.

o Oracle Warehouse Management

If you have a lower version of the file(s) listed below or you have performed
customizations on any of these packages, create a back-up of your file(s) under
$APPL_TOP_NE/.

Package Name File Version

WMSLACPB.pls
120.0.12020000.3
WMS_LABEL_CUSTOM_PKG
WMSLACPS.pls
120.1.12020000.5
WMSXDCAS.pls
120.2.12020000.5
WMS_XDOCK_CUSTOM_APIS_PUB
WMSXDCAB.pls
120.1.12020000.3
 WMSPPPUS.pls
120.6.12020000.4
WMS_RE_Custom_PUB
WMSPPPUB.pls
120.5.12020000.2

After applying the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack, redo the
customization in the new version of the specification and the body.

o Oracle Work in Process

If you have a lower version of the file(s) listed below or you have performed
customizations on any of these packages, create a back-up of your file(s) under
$APPL_TOP_NE/.

Package Name File Version

wipwsctb.pls
120.9.12020000.19
WIP_WS_CUSTOM
wipwscts.pls
120.3.12020000.17

After applying the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack, redo the
customization in the new version of the specification and the body.

 Value Chain Planning tasks:

o Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning

As an 'APPS schema' user, gather statistics for the MSC_ST_REGIONS table:

exec fnd_stats.gather_table_stats('<MSC product

schema>','MSC_ST_REGIONS', dbms_stats.auto_sample_size);

Example: exec fnd_stats.gather_table_stats('MSC','MSC_ST_REGIONS',

dbms_stats.auto_sample_size);

Section 8: Apply Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack

Having applied the latest available AD and TXK Release Update Pack (RUP) along with required AD-
TXK Consolidated Patches for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 and having also performed the
necessary pre-update steps mentioned in the above sections, you can now proceed with applying the
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack based on your installation type.
 Follow this
If you are...
path...
Upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.8 from Release 11i, 12.0, or
Path A
12.1
Installing a new Oracle E-Business Suite system Path A
Already using Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.2, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5,
Path B
12.2.6 or 12.2.7

8.1 Path A — Upgrade and New Installation Customers upgrading to Oracle E-Business
Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack

1. Source the run edition applications environment.

UNIX:

$ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run

Windows:

C:\><INSTALL_BASE>\EBSapps.cmd run

2. Stop Oracle WebLogic Server's Admin Server and Node Manager services.

To apply a patch in downtime mode, you must shut down all application tier services, including
the Oracle WebLogic Server Admin Server and Node Manager.

a. Stop the Oracle WebLogic Server Admin Server on the run file system.

UNIX:

$ sh $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adadminsrvctl.sh stop

Windows:

C:\>%ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME%\adadminsrvctl.cmd stop

b. Stop the Oracle WebLogic Server Node Manager service on the run file system.

UNIX:

$ sh $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adnodemgrctl.sh stop

Windows:
 C:\>%ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME%\adnodemgrctl.cmd stop

3. Apply Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack Patch 26787767 on the run edition
application environment, using downtime mode.

UNIX:

$ adop phase=apply apply_mode=downtime patches=26787767

Windows:

C:\>adop phase=apply apply_mode=downtime patches=26787767

4. Start all application tier services on the run file system.

UNIX:

$ sh $ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME/adstrtal.sh

Windows:

C:\>%ADMIN_SCRIPTS_HOME%\adstrtal.cmd

5. Perform adop cleanup action.

UNIX:

$ adop phase=cleanup

Windows:

C:\>adop phase=cleanup

6. Synchronize file systems

Synchronize the file systems using the command shown below. This action will copy the new
run edition code and configuration to the other file system, to ensure that both file systems are
in sync before applying patches using the regular adop cycle on the other file system.

$ adop phase=fs_clone

8.2 Path B — Existing Customers (Release 12.2.2, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6 or
12.2.7) upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack

1. Source the run edition applications environment.

UNIX:
 $ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run

Windows:

C:\><INSTALL_BASE>\EBSapps.cmd run

2. Start an online patching cycle.

$ adop phase=prepare

3. Upgrade Fusion Middleware Technology Stack to 11.1.1.7 (11gR1 PS6) or above.

Upgrade Fusion Middleware Technology Stack (FMW) to 11.1.1.7 (11gR1 PS6) or Fusion
Middleware Technology Stack (FMW) to 11.1.1.9 (11gR1 PS7) on the patch file system by
following the instructions in the below mentioned documents:

o Fusion Middleware Technology Stack (FMW) to 11.1.1.7 (11gR1 PS6) — My Oracle

Support Knowledge Document 2002603.1, Fusion Middleware Technology Stack of
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 to 11.1.1.7 (11gR1 PS6).
o Fusion Middleware Technology Stack (FMW) to 11.1.1.9 (11gR1 PS7) — My Oracle
Support Knowledge Document 1590356.1, Fusion Middleware Technology Stack of
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 to 11.1.1.9 (11gR1 PS7)

Note: Upgrade of Fusion Middleware Technology Stack (FMW) must be done on the patch file
system, as you are currently in an active online patching cycle. However, you should not invoke
any other adop actions, such as finalize, cutover, cleanup, or fs_clone in the patching cycle;
these actions are executed in later steps, as mentioned in the appropriate parts of this
document.

4. Apply the latest application tier technology patches.

On the patch file system, apply the latest application tier technology patches documented in
'Section 3: Application Tier Technology Patches and Bug Numbers' of My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1594274.1, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2: Consolidated List of
Patches and Technology Bug Fixes. This document also describes how to use the EBS
Technology Codelevel Checker (ETCC) to check if all the prerequisite application tier technology
patches have been installed.

Run the Middle Tier EBS Technology Codelevel Checker (MT-ETCC) on the Oracle E-Business
Suite application tier nodes and apply any missing application tier technology patches.

Note: Refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1355068.1, Oracle E-Business Suite
12.2 Patching Technology Components Guide for instructions on how to apply technology
patches.
 Note: Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack Patch 26787767 requires a
minimum Oracle WebLogic Server PSU version of 10.3.6.0.180417 Patch 27395085. If you are
planning an immediate upgrade to Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack (Patch
26787767), you must apply the Oracle WebLogic Server PSU version 10.3.6.0.180417 and then
re-run the Middle Tier EBS Technology Codelevel Checker (MT-ETCC) on the Oracle E-Business
Suite application tier nodes. For more information, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge
Document 1594274.1, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2: Consolidated List of Patches and
Technology Bug Fixes.

Note: As you are currently in an active online patching cycle, you should apply application tier
technology patches on the patch file system. However, you should not invoke any other adop
actions such as finalize, cutover, cleanup, or fs_clone in the patching cycle; these actions are
executed in later steps, as mentioned in the appropriate parts of this document.

5. Apply Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.8 Patch 26787767.

UNIX:

$ adop phase=apply patches=26787767

Windows:

C:\>adop phase=apply patches=26787767

6. Complete the online patching cycle by running the following commands in the order shown.

UNIX:

$ adop phase=finalize
$ adop phase=cutover
$ . <INSTALL_BASE>/EBSapps.env run
$ adop phase=cleanup

Windows:

C:\>adop phase=finalize
C:\>adop phase=cutover
C:\><INSTALL_BASE>\EBSapps.cmd run
C:\>adop phase=cleanup

7. Synchronize file systems

Synchronize the file systems using the command shown below. This action will copy the new
run edition code and configuration to the other file system, to help the next online patching
cycle complete faster.
 $ adop phase=fs_clone

Section 9: Post-Update Steps

Note: If you are upgrading from Release 11i, 12.0.x or 12.1.x to Release 12.2.8, then you must
continue with 12.2.0 post upgrade steps mentioned in the Upgrade guides before performing the
below steps.

1. Apply Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.8 Online Help

Apply Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.8 Online Help Patch 26787780 using adop hotpatch
mode on the run file system.

$ adop phase=apply patches=26787780 hotpatch=yes

2. Verify security configurations (required)

After you apply a Release Update Pack (RUP) or perform an upgrade, your Oracle E-Business
Suite system is locked down until the system administrator configures or acknowledges the
recommended security configurations in the Secure Configuration Console to unlock the system
for normal usage. To access this console, a user must have a responsibility that includes the
Applications System (OAM_APP_SYSTEM) function privilege, such as the seeded System
Administration or System Administrator responsibilities, and must be registered as a local user
with Oracle E-Business Suite. The administrator must log in to Oracle E-Business Suite using
the local login page (http(s)://[host]:[port]/OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp) to navigate to the
console and unlock the system. If a user with local system administrator privileges is not
available, you can access the Secure Configuration Console through a command line utility. For
more information, see "Secure Configuration Console" in the Oracle E-Business Suite Security
Guide, Part No. E22952.

3. Grant flexfield value set access to specific users (required)

Release 12.2 includes a new security feature, flexfield value set security; it controls who can
create or modify flexfield values in the Flexfield Values Setup window (FNDFFMSV). Flexfield
value set security requires some mandatory setup steps before any users can create or update
values in the Values window. You must perform this step if you have not already done so for a
previous version of Release 12.2.

Note: See the 'Flexfield Value Set Security' chapter in Oracle® E-Business Suite Flexfields
Guide, Release 12.2 (Part No. E22963).

4. Register new products (conditional)

The new products below (added in Release 12.2.4) are not automatically registered in your
system. If you intend to use new products, register them using License Manager. For
 instructions, refer to Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Guide, Release 12.2 (Part No.
E22954).

Product Short Name Product Name

yms Oracle Yard Management
cmi Oracle In-memory Cost Management

5. Perform Product-Specific Steps (conditional)

After you have completed the steps to update all nodes with the latest code level, perform the
following post-update steps only if you have licensed this product:

o Application Technology tasks:

 Oracle Application Framework: Release 12.2.5 introduced an updated Look
and Feel for Oracle Application Framework-based pages, the Oracle Alta UI.
Ensure that you either set the Oracle Applications Look and Feel profile option to
"Alta Look and Feel" or to a Look and Feel that extends the Alta Look and Feel, or
leave this profile option blank to use the standard Alta Look and Feel by default.
Oracle supports only this standard Look and Feel, or one that extends it, for
R12.ATG_PF.C.Delta.5 and higher. Oracle no longer supports the Look and Feel
options of previous releases. For more details, refer to My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1315510.1, Oracle Application Framework Profile Options.
Additionally, if you have customized or extended the base functionality of any
Oracle Application Framework-based applications, review My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1927975.1, Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 Upgrade
Considerations for OA Framework-based Applications, to evaluate whether any
adjustments to custom code are needed.
 Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway: Oracle E-Business Suite
Integrated SOA Gateway requires post manual installation steps. If you are using
the Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway feature for web service
generation, deployment, and invocation, perform the steps documented in My
Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1311068.1, Installing Oracle E-Business
Suite Integrated SOA Gateway, Release 12.2.

Note: Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway has product

dependencies on Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter for SOAP
based web services. REST based web services do not have this dependency. You
are not required to install Oracle SOA Suite if you plan to use only the REST
based web services provided by Integrated SOA Gateway.

 Oracle Report Manager: Beginning in Release 12.2.5, you can optionally

choose to create financial report templates and Financial Statement Generator
reports in the Office Open XML (OOXML) format. If you have existing financial
 report templates that were created before you enabled the OOXML format, then
you must migrate these templates to the new format. To do so, submit a
concurrent request for the Template Migration (FRM_TEMPLATE_MIGRATION)
program. For more information, see: Using the Office Open XML Format, Oracle
Report Manager User's Guide.
 Oracle Workflow:
a. If your Oracle Fusion Middleware version is earlier than 11.1.1.9, then you
must enable JSSE SSL in the Oracle E-Business Suite context file. This step
is required for the Oracle Workflow Status Monitor to be displayed. Use
Oracle Applications Manager to update the Oracle E-Business Suite context
file.
 Log in to Oracle E-Business Suite as a system administrator.
 Navigate to System Administration: Oracle Applications Manager >
AutoConfig.
 Select the application tier context file, and choose Edit Parameters.
 Search for the s_enable_jsse variable by selecting OA_VAR in the
search list of values and entering s_enable_jsse in the search text
box. Then choose the Go button.
 By default, the s_enable_jsse variable is set to false. Change this
value to true to enable JSSE SSL. Refer to the description of the
context variable for more information.
 Choose the Save button.
 Enter a reason for the update, such as Enabling JSSE SSL. Then
choose the OK button.
 Execute AutoConfig and restart all application tier services. For more
information about AutoConfig, see: Technical Configuration, Oracle
E-Business Suite Setup Guide.
b. Verify the required Oracle Workflow directory service assignments for the
SYSADMIN user, and run the Workflow Directory Services User/Role
Validation concurrent program (FNDWFDSURV) to update the assignment
records if necessary.

Perform the following three checks to verify the directory service

assignments:

 Log in to Oracle E-Business Suite as the SYSADMIN user and check

whether the Application Diagnostics responsibility appears for this
user in the navigator. If not, then run the Workflow Directory
Services User/Role Validation concurrent program with the
parameters listed below.
 Execute the following SQL query:

SELECT ASSIGNING_ROLE, LAST_UPDATE_DATE, USER_ORIG_SYSTEM,

USER_ORIG_SYSTEM_ID, ROLE_ORIG_SYSTEM, ROLE_ORIG_SYSTEM_ID
FROM WF_USER_ROLE_ASSIGNMENTS WHERE USER_NAME = 'SYSADMIN'
 AND ROLE_NAME =
'FND_RESP|FND|APPLICATION_DIAGNOSTICS|STANDARD';

If the originating system or originating system ID is null for either

the user or the role in any of the records returned by this query,
then run the Workflow Directory Services User/Role Validation
concurrent program with the parameters listed below.

 Execute the following SQL query to obtain the originating system ID

of the Application Diagnostics responsibility in your Oracle E-
Business Suite instance:

SELECT ORIG_SYSTEM_ID FROM WF_LOCAL_ROLES WHERE NAME =

'FND_RESP|FND|APPLICATION_DIAGNOSTICS|STANDARD';

Next, execute the following SQL query, replacing <RESP_ID> with the
originating system ID returned by the previous query:

SELECT * FROM FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS WHERE RESPONSIBILITY_ID =

<RESP_ID> AND USER_ID = 0;

If this query does not return any rows, then run the Workflow
Directory Services User/Role Validation concurrent program with the
parameters listed below.

To update the assignment records for the SYSADMIN user, run the
Workflow Directory Services User/Role Validation concurrent program with
the following parameters:

 Batch size: 10000 (the default value)

 User name: SYSADMIN
 Role name: FND_RESP|FND|APPLICATION_DIAGNOSTICS|STANDARD
 Fix dangling users: No
 Add missing user/role assignments: Yes
 Update WHO columns in WF tables: Yes
 Number of Parallel Processes: Optionally specify the number of
parallel processes you want to use when running the program.

For more information about this program, see: Validating Directory Service
Information, Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide.

o Customer Relationship Management tasks:

 Oracle® Advanced Scheduler and Field Service: If you plan to leverage
real-time travel calculations for geo-coding and routing in Advanced Scheduler
and Field Service, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1560522.1,
Navteq ODF Installation Steps For Advanced Scheduler 12.2.2 or later, for Navteq
 ODF data installation and configuration steps. Note that the installation of ODF
data and the corresponding deployment configuration is a one-time setup.
 Oracle® Incentive Compensation customers: If you are implementing
Oracle Incentive Compensation Analytics, refer to the appropriate My Oracle
Support knowledge document below, for the complete deployment and
configuration steps of Oracle Incentive Compensation Analytics for ODI:
 Fusion 11g Middleware
 Document 1580131.1, How to deploy and configure Oracle Incentive
Compensation Analytics for Oracle Data Integrator 11g?
 Fusion 12c Middleware
 Document 2123153.1, How to deploy and configure Oracle Incentive
Compensation Analytics for Oracle Data Integrator 12c
 Oracle® Price Protection customers: For complete installation, configuration
and deployment steps, refer to the My Oracle Support knowledge document that
is relevant to your Oracle SOA Suite version:
 Document 1951625.1, Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with BPEL
in SOA Suite 12c
 Document 1584883.1, Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with BPEL
in SOA Suite 11g R1
 Oracle® Spares Management customers: If you have implemented or plan
to implement the Application Developers Framework (ADF) based Planners
Dashboard, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1925014.1, Spares
Management: 12.2.4+ ADF Planners Dashboard Deployment Guide for the
complete installation and configuration steps.
o Oracle Projects Suite tasks:
 Post Deployment Steps For Microsoft Project Integration Changes (Conditional)
 If you have implemented Microsoft Project to Oracle Projects Integration,
re-install the Microsoft Project Integration.
o Financials tasks:
 Oracle® Enterprise Command Center Framework: If you plan to use any of
the Enterprise Command Center dashboards in Oracle® Payables, Oracle® Fixed
Assets and Oracle® Receivables (Oracle Payables Command Center, Oracle Fixed
Assets Command Center and Oracle Receivables Command Center, respectively),
refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2409163.1, Installing Oracle
Enterprise Command Center Framework, Release 12.2, to complete the
installation and configuration steps.
 Oracle® Subledger Accounting: Re-validate all Applications Accounting
Definitions (AAD) in the system by running the concurrent request, Validate
Application Accounting Definitions, after applying this patch for the changes to
become effective. Refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1406203.1,
Steps to Run Import And Validate AAD (Application Accounting Definition) with
troubleshooting for instructions on how to validate AAD.
o Human Resources tasks:
 Human Resources Legislative customers only: Refer to My Oracle Support
 Knowledge Document 1469456.1 for details on the patches supplying the latest
legislative data definitions and for instructions on how to actually apply this data
to your system.
 Single Latest Balance Table Upgrade (For Payroll customers only): If one
or more business groups have not been upgraded to the single latest balance
table, run the concurrent program 'Generic Upgrade' for 'Single Latest Balance
Table Upgrade' to upgrade to Single Latest balance table.
 The upgrade is executed by the business group. Refer to My Oracle
Support Knowledge Document 1937092.1, How to determine which
business groups need to be upgraded to "Single Latest Balance Table", for
information about the SQL command that enables the display of business
groups that were not executed.
 Submit the Update Action Type of Assignment Action (For Payroll
customers only): If the Upgrade Action Type was not executed globally, run the
'Generic Upgrade' concurrent program for 'Update Action Type of Assignment
Action'. If the Assignment Action Type is set in the Assignment Actions table, the
performance improves for payroll processes.
 Refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1947737.1, How to
determine which business groups need upgrade "Update Action Type of
Assignment Action" for more information.
o Procurement tasks:
 Oracle® Purchasing with Oracle® Transportation Management: Oracle
Purchasing is integrated with Oracle Transportation Management. If you have
licensed both products and would like to use Oracle Transportation Management
with Oracle Purchasing, execute the post-update steps listed in My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1362803.1, About Oracle Transportation Management
Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2+.
o Supply Chain Management tasks:
 Oracle® Complex Maintenance Repair and Overhaul: If you are using or
plan to use Enigma 3C with Oracle Complex Maintenance Repair and Overhaul
(CMRO), refer to the following My Oracle Support knowledge documents for the
required post-update steps:
 Document 1584883.1, Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with BPEL
in SOA Suite 11g
 Document 1951625.1, Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 with BPEL
in SOA Suite 12c
 Oracle® Enterprise Command Center Framework: If you plan to use any of
the Enterprise Command Center dashboards in Oracle® Order Management,
Oracle® Inventory and Oracle® Enterprise Asset Management (Oracle Order
Management Command Center, Oracle Inventory Management Command Center
and Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Command Center, respectively), refer to
My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2409163.1, Installing Oracle Enterprise
Command Center Framework, Release 12.2, to complete the installation and
configuration steps.
  Oracle® Flow Manufacturing: If you are using or plan to use electronic
kanban, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1517173.1, 12.2
Electronic Kanban Deployment Guide for the complete deployment setup.
 Oracle® In-Memory Cost Management for Discrete Industries or
Oracle® In-Memory Cost Management for Process Industries: Refer to
My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1632072.1, Oracle In-Memory Cost
Management Installation and Configuration Guide for Release 12.2, for complete
installation and configuration steps.
 Oracle® Manufacturing Operations Center: Refer to My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 2395797.1, Oracle Manufacturing Operations Center
Installation Note, Release 12.2.8, for the complete installation and configuration
steps.
 Oracle® Shipping Execution: If you have licensed the Oracle Transportation
Management and use or plan to use the International Trade Management
integrated with Global Trade Management, apply Global Trade Management Patch
18472094.
 Oracle® Shipping Execution with Oracle® Transportation Management:
If you have licensed both Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Shipping
Execution and are already using or plan to use Oracle Transportation
Management with Oracle Shipping Execution, refer to My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1362803.1, About Oracle Transportation Management
Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2+, for the required post-update
steps.
 Oracle® Warehouse Management with Oracle® Transportation
Management: If you have licensed both Oracle Transportation Management and
Oracle Warehouse Management and are already using or plan to use Oracle
Transportation Management with Oracle Warehouse Management, refer to My
Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1362803.1, About Oracle Transportation
Management Integration with Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2+, for the required
post-update steps.
 Oracle® Yard Management: If you plan to use Oracle Yard Management, refer
to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1672903.1, Oracle Yard Management,
deployment steps for ADF components, for the deployment steps.
o Value Chain Planning tasks:
 Oracle® Value Chain Planning: Oracle Value Chain Planning includes
Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization,
Global Order Promising, Collaborative Planning, Production Scheduling, Strategic
Network Optimization, Service Parts Planning, Advanced Planning Command
Center, and Demand Signal Repository. If you have licensed any of these
products, perform the steps outlined in My Oracle Support Knowledge Document
1361221.1, Release 12.2.x Oracle Value Chain Planning Installation Notes –
Known Issues, FAQ and Latest Patch Information to enable these applications.
o Oracle® E-Business Suite Information Discovery customers: Refer to My Oracle
Support Knowledge Document 2344818.1, Installing Oracle E-Business Suite Information
 Discovery, Release 12.2 V9, for the complete installation and configuration steps.
o Oracle® E-Business Suite Mobile Apps customers: Refer to My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1641772.1, Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Apps, Release 12.1
and 12.2 Documentation Index, for guidance on installing and configuring your app.
6. Perform NLS-related Step (conditional)

You may have languages other than American English installed on your Release 12.2.0 system.
If so, you must apply the Release 12.2.8 NLS software patch for each of the existing languages
in the system. After applying the Release 12.2.8 NLS software patch, apply the Release 12.2.8
Online Help patch for the language, if available. Refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge
Document 405992.1, Oracle E-Business Release 12.2, 12.1 and 12.0 Translation Scope and
Availability for scope of Online Help languages.

Note: If you plan to install new languages after you apply Release 12.2.8 Patch 26787767,
refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1314621.1, Oracle E-Business Suite NLS
Release Notes.

7. Run the Patch Wizard for current recommended and high priority product patches.

Patch Wizard is a tool included with Oracle Application Manager. Patch Wizard reviews
recommended and high priority patches against those that have been applied on your system.
Patches can be downloaded and merged using the tool. You can review patch impact to
determine how a specific patch or several patches will affect your system. Refer to My Oracle
Support Knowledge Document 976188.1, Patch Wizard Utility.

Note: If your environment does not allow the patch wizard utility, review My Oracle Support
Knowledge Document 1400757.1, How to Find Oracle E-Business Suite Recommended Patches.

Section 10: Apply Additional Critical Patches

None at this time. You should periodically check this Document 2393248.1 on My Oracle Support for
updates.

Section 11: List of Included Patches

The table in this section lists product families that have patches included in the Release 12.2.8 and
provides links to details about those patches. For more information about the products associated with
each product family, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 2393176.1, Oracle E-Business
Suite Product Specific Release Notes, Release 12.2.8.

The July 2018 Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update for Release 12.2 Patch 28018169:12.2.0
is also included in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.8. For more information about July 2018
Oracle E-Business Suite Critical Patch Update for Release 12.2, refer to My Oracle Support Knowledge
Document 2379675.1), Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Critical Patch Update Knowledge
Document (July 2018).

To view the documentation resources that are available for a specific product, refer to the links in the
following table:

Product Family
Patch Product Family
Readme Document
R12.ATG_PF.C.DELTA.7 Patch 24690680 + Applications Technology
Document 2230914.1
Patch 26924701:R12.ATG_PF.C (ATG_PF)
Customer Relationship
R12.CC_PF.C.DELTA.8 Patch 26946316 Document 2393112.1
Management (CC_PF)
R12.FIN_PF.C.DELTA.8 Patch 26918799 Financials (FIN_PF) Document 2393172.1
R12.HR_PF.C.DELTA.12 Patch 26787667 + Human Resources
Document 2393232.1
Patch 27270096:R12.HR_PF.C (HR_PF)
R12.PJ_PF.C.DELTA.8 Patch 26924444 Projects (PJ_PF) Document 2393238.1
R12.PRC_PF.C.DELTA.8 Patch 26954044 Procurement (PRC_PF) Document 2393210.1
Supply Chain
R12.SCM_PF.C.DELTA.8 Patch 26945233 Document 2393128.1
Management (SCM_PF)
Oracle Value Chain
R12.SCP_PF.C.DELTA.9 Patch 26943871 Document 2393150.1
Planning (SCP_PF)

Section 12: Known Issues

12.1 Oracle Human Resources

Customers upgrading to the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack, while creating
trigger PER_KR_ADDRESSES_F3, will encounter the following error for the file
PER_KR_ADDRESSES_X3.sql in the adworker log. This error can safely be ignored.

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

ERROR:
ORA-24344: success with compilation error
ORA-06512: at line 44
Warning: PL/SQL compilation errors.
Commit complete.

Change Log

Date Description of Change

  Removed a reference to My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1358550.1, How
2019- to reinstall Microsoft Project to Oracle Projects Integration from Section 9: Post-
07-19 Update Steps > Step 5 > Oracle Projects Suite tasks

 Updated a typo within subsection 4.2 Set Database Parameter (Conditional) > Step
2019-
b.
05-20

 Corrected the syntax in subsection 4.2 Set Database Parameter (Conditional) >
2019-
Steb b.
03-18

 Updated a notebox within subsection 8.2 Path B — Existing Customers (Release

2018- 12.2.2, 12.2.3, 12.2.4, 12.2.5, 12.2.6 or 12.2.7) upgrading to Oracle E-Business
10-12 Suite 12.2.8 Release Update Pack > Step 4

2018-  Initial publication.

10-05

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