OAF Page Deployment in EBS R12 Server

OAF Page Deployment in R12

File deployment in OAF follows MVC framework as

·       Model: Entity Objects (EO), View Objects (VO), Application Module (AM), View Links (VL), Association Objects (AO)

·       View (MDS i.e. needs to deploy these files in DB server): Page (PG), Regions (RN)

·       Controller: All CO files

Types of files available in OAF from source code point of view: .java, .xml

Application server only recognizes .class file i.e. compiled version of .java files

.XML files -> (MDS) Metadata files

From Local directory, we have to move .class + .xml files to Application server at $JAVA_TOP

Location of files in OAF development

Source Code location	Compiled file location
$JDEV_USER_HOME/myclasses (.java, .xml files)	$JDEV_USER_HOME/myprojects (.class, .xml files)

$JDEV_USER_HOME: Environment variable set for JDeveloper to work.

Steps for deployment:

1.       Copy all the files from local directory to application Server in $JAVA_TOP.

Echo $JAVA_TOP in putty, get the path and open in Server (Winscp path).

2.       Keep the $JDEV_USER_HOME/myclasses folder at left side in winscp and $JAVA_TOP at right side.

3.       Please ensure all the dependent files are kept in sync to migrate in Server.

4.       Copy your folder from Local to JAVA_TOP in Binary Format.

5.       Keep all the xxxPG.xml files in MDS layer i.e. DB Server then only these files will be read reason being View Layer is part of MDS files.

6.       To Achieve above step 5, Go to jdevbin/oaext/bin folder in Jdeveloper Folder directory. Open Command Prompt (CMD) and navigate this whole path in CMD like below.

7.       Give a command ‘Import’ from this location Enter and copy the text from the Field: Example1 in Notepad. Purpose of this command is to deploy your View Component i.e. page.xml in MDS i.e. Database.

8.       Copy the Example1 text and replace with your structure like below.

Example1: import d:\jdeveloper\jdev\myprojects\pages\mypage.xml -rootdir d:\jdeveloper\jdev\myprojects -userId 1 -rootPackage /oracle/apps/ak -username jdr -password jdr -dbconnection "(description = (address_list = (address = (community = tcp.world)(protocol = tcp)(host =incq027bc.idc.oracle.com)(port = 1521)))(connect_data = (sid = des9i2)))" -jdk13

Import C:\A_Shobhit\Donaldson\Development\Development\OAF\p9879989_R12_GENERIC\jdevhome\jdev\myclasses\xyz\oracle\apps\fnd\webui\EmployeeInfoPG.xml -rootdir C:\A_Shobhit\Donaldson\Development\Development\OAF\p9879989_R12_GENERIC\jdevhome\jdev\myclasses -username apps -password apps -dbconnection "(description = (address_list = (address = (community = tcp.world)(protocol = tcp)(host = rdcdxerpdb01.donaldson.com)(port = 1521)))(connect_data = (sid = dev55)))"

Change Your instance specific information, like -rootdir, remove userid 1 -rootpackage, username, password, host and Sid.

Copy this import command and run in CMD again.

This will import your structure.

Importing file "C:\A_Shobhit\Donaldson\Development\Development\OAF\p9879989_R12_GENERIC\jdevhome\jdev\myclasses\xyz\oracle\apps\fnd\webui\EmployeeInfoPG.xml" as "/xyz/oracle/apps/fnd/webui/EmployeeInfoPG".

Import command should deploy View component i.e. Page/Region in MDS or Database.

9.       Let’s verify this in DB tables if import command worked successfully or not.

Jdr_paths, jdr_components, jdr_attributes

SELECT * FROM jdr_paths where path_name ='EmployeeInfoPG';--- Hold information about Page and top Level   

                                                                                                                          structure

SELECT * FROM jdr_components where comp_docid=179149; -- Holds info about all the component in page

Select * from jdr_attributes where att_comp_docid=179149; -- Hold info about the attribute of each component.

10.    Now it’s time to register the OAF file in Oracle Application

 Login in Oracle Apps à Application Developer responsibilityà Applicationà Function

Provide function and User Function name any relevant value.

Select “SSWA jsp function” as Type in Property Tab.

Get the OAF Page URL by running Page from Jdeveloper or its the same string generated in Step 8 above and deployed in DB. “/xyz/oracle/apps/fnd/webui/EmployeeInfoPG”, Suffix it with OA.jsp?page=

OA.jsp?page=/xyz/oracle/apps/fnd/webui/EmployeeInfoPG and provide in Web HTML Tab in HTML Call.

11.   Once Function is created, its time to attach in Menu as usual oracle apps Steps. For testing created one Test menu.

12.   Assign This Menu/Function to Responsibility and Access your New OAF Page.