Registering UserResponsibility-FormFunction-Menu

Topics
Forms
Forms
How control flows
Registering form
Functions
Functions
Registering functions
Menus
Menus
Registering Menus
Creating a responsibility and assigning to User.

Navigation

Control Flows
Following figure shows flows among forms, functions, menus,
responsibility and application user.

Forms
Form is an area on screen that helps user to enter data.
It is an interface through which user input necessary
information like employee details, purchase order
details.

Forms

Registering Forms
Oracle application developer must register a form before it is
called from menu.
To register a form :
Navigation Application Developer -> Application->Form.

Registering Forms(Cont.)

Registering Forms(Cont.)
Click on Form and you will see following screen.

Fields
Form : Enter the file name of your form (the name of the .fmx
file) without extension. Your form filename must be all
uppercase, and its .fmx file must be located in your
application directory structure.
Application : Enter the name of the application which will
own this form.
Oracle Applications looks for your form in the appropriate
language directory of your forms directory, based on the
application owning your form. For example, if you are using
American English on a Unix platform, Oracle Applications
expects to find your form files in the directory /<Your

Fields(Cont.)
User Form Name : This is the form name that is displayed
when selecting a form using the Functions window.
Description : Enter a suitable description for form.

Example

Functions
A function is a part of an applications functionality that is
registered under
a unique name for the purpose of assigning it to, or excluding
it from, a responsibility.
After registering a form , it is associated with function while
registering a function. Each function under a menu opens a
form when clicked upon. Functions are interface between
menus and forms.
There are two types of functions :
1) Form fuctions
2) Subfunctions (Non-form functions)

Functions(Cont.)
Form functions :
A form function (form) invokes an Oracle Forms form. Form
functions have
the unique property that you may navigate to them using the
Navigator window.
Sub functions (Non-form functions) :
Sub function is a function executed within a form.
A developer can write a form to test the availability of a
particular sub function, and then take some action based on
whether the sub function is available in the current
responsibility.

Registering functions
To register a function :
Navigation Application Developer -> Application>Function

Registering functions
Fields :
Function : This is
unique function
name. This function
name can be used
while calling this
program
programmatically.
This name is not
visible to the user
through other forms.

Registering functions
User function Name : This is unique name that describes
function. This name is displayed while assigning functions to
menus.
Description : Enter a suitable description for function.

Registering functions
Click on the form tab and you will see following screen

Registering functions
Fields :
1) Function : This is unique function name. This function name
can be used while calling this program programmatically. This
name is not visible to the user through other forms.
2) Form : Select the form name which you have registered.
3) Application : Select the application name for your form.
4) Parameters : Enter the parameters you wish to pass to your
function.

Registering functions
Fields :
1) Function : This is unique function name. This function name
can be used while calling this program programmatically. This
name is not visible to the user through other forms.
2) Form : Select the form name which you have registered.
3) Application : Select the application name for your form.
4) Parameters : Enter the parameters you wish to pass to your
function.

Registering functions
Click on the properties tab and you will see following screen

Registering functions
Fields :
1) Type : Type is a free-form description of the function's use
(function type will be validated in a future version of this
form). A function's type is passed back when a developer
tests the availability of a function. The developer can write
code that takes an action based on the function's type.
Standard function types include the following:
1) FORM: Oracle Applications form functions are registered
with a type of
FORM. Even if you do not register a form function with a
type of FORM,
Oracle Applications treats it as a form if you specify a valid

Registering functions
Fields :
1) Type(Cont.) :
2) SUBFUNCTION : Subfunctions are added to menus
(without prompts) to
provide security functionality for forms or other functions.
3) JSP : Functions used for some products in the Oracle
Self-Service Web
Applications. These are typically JSP functions.
4) WWW: Functions used for some products in the Oracle
Self-Service Web
Applications. These are typically PL/SQL functions.

Registering functions
Fields :
1) Type(Cont.) :
6) WWR or WWL : Functions used for some products in the
Oracle Self-Service
Web Applications.
7) WWJ : OA Framework JSP portlet.
8) SERVLET: Servlet functions used for some products in
the Oracle SelfService Web Applications.
9) DBPORTLET: Database provider porlet.
10) WEBPORTLET: Web provider portlet.

Registering functions
Fields :
2) Maintenance Mode Support : This value indicates the
type of access to this function during a downtime process.
For functions, this value indicates the level of support:
1) NONE: No maintenance mode support. This function is
accessible in Normal
Mode only.
2) QUERY: Query-Only access allowed in Maintenance
mode. In Normal
mode, the function is executed normally.
3) MAINT : In Maintenance mode, the function is
accessible, but the

Registering functions
Fields :
2) Maintenance Mode Support(Cont.) :
4) FUZZY : This function is available in Fuzzy mode, as well
as Normal and Maintenance. The function supports
maintenance mode and can be run with incomplete or
inconsistent data.

Registering functions
Fields :
3) Context Dependence :
Some functions are controlled by profile options that affect
what the user can
perform within the current context.
Types of context dependence are:
1) Responsibility : The function is controlled by the user's
responsibility
(RESP_ID/RESP_APPL_ID (includes ORG_ID)).
2) Organization: The function is controlled by the user's
organization
(ORG_ID).

Registering functions
Click on the Web HTML tab and you will see following screen

Registering functions
Click on the Web HTML tab and you will see following screen
The fields in the
Web HTML and
Web Host are
only required if
your function will
be accessed from
Oracle
Applications
Framework. You
do not need to
enter any of
these fields for
functions based

Registering functions
Fields :
1) HTML Call : The last section of your function URL is the
HTML Call. The
HTML Call is used to activate your function. The function
may be either a
static web page or a procedure.

Registering functions
Click on the Web Host tab and you will see following screen

Registering functions
Fields :
1) Host Name : The URL (universal resource locator) or
address required for
your function consists of three sections: the Host Name,
Agent Name, and the
HTML Call. The Host name is the IP address or alias of the
machine where
the Webserver is running.
2) Agent Name : The second section of your function URL
is the Oracle Web
Agent. The Oracle Web Agent determines which database
is used when

Registering functions
Fields :
6) Encrypt Parameters : Checking Encrypt Parameters
adds a layer of security
to your function to ensure that a user cannot access your
function by altering
the URL in their browser window. You must define
Encryption Parameters
when you define your function to take advantage of this
feature.

Example : Registering functions

Example : Registering functions

Menus
Menu: A menu is a hierarchical arrangement of functions and menus
of functions that appears in the Navigator. Each responsibility has a
menu assigned to it.
Following figure gives idea of how registered menu is displayed.

Registering Menu
To register a menu :
Navigation Application Developer -> Application -> Menu

Registering Menu

Registering Menu
Fields :
1) Menu : Enter the descriptive name for the menu. This name is not
visible to the user.
2) User Menu Name : The user menu name is used when a
responsibility calls a menu.
3) Menu Type : The options in menu type include:
Standard - for menus that would be used in the Navigator form
Tab - for menus used in self-service applications tabs
Security - for menus that are used to aggregate functions for
data security or
specific function security purposes, but would not be used in
the Navigator form.
4) Sequence : Enter a sequence number to specify where a menu

Registering Menu
Fields :
5) Prompt : Enter the prompt that the users will see for the menu.
6) Submenu : If you want another menu to be called from this menu,
then enter this menu
name in this field.
7) Function : Call a function you wish to include in the menu. A form
function (form)
appears in the Navigate window and allows access to that
form. Other nonform functions (subfunctions) allow access to a particular
subset of form
functionality from this menu.
8) Description : Enter Descriptions that appear at the top of the

Registering Menu
Fields :
10) View Tree : Click on
View Tree Button and you
will see screen with the full
hierarchy of the menu.

Example : Registering Menu

A Concurrent request is
submitted when you create
a Menu

Creating Responsibility

Steps

Name: we can give any name we want to our responsibility

Date: Set effective date

Application: Define an application for which we want the

responsibility to be operated i.e. Human Resource

Menu: select the navigator menu style

Request Group: Used to register EITs and other requests in HRMS

Creating User

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