How to use Oracle Applications

1. For the first time use

While accessing the application from your PC for the first time ensure the
following

•Contact your system administrator for entering host name details into your PC

•That your machine is loaded with jinitiator tool . This will automatically
down load the tool when the forms are opened .


2. Logging On to your computer

a. Log on to your computer
b. Start your Web Browser
c. Enter the URL for your site below

For Development use the URL below

http://almapp.alm.com:8004/OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp

For Development use the URL below

http://almapp.alm.com:8002/OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp

For Prouction use the URL below

http://almapp.alm.com:8008/OA_HTML/AppsLocalLogin.jsp

d. Click on ------------------------
e. Enter your User Id and Password

User ID:
Password:


3. Changing Your Password

To change your password, use the following steps:
1.Click the Edit menu.
2.Select the Preferences option.
3.Select the Change Password option to display the Password Update window.


4. Getting Started

a) When you log in to Oracle Applications your E–Business Suite Home is
displayed. E–Business Suite Home displays all the responsibilities, which is
assigned to you.

b) Select the responsibility link to view its menu of functions on the adjacent pane

c) Select the functions you want to start working on (Ex: Requests). This will
launch two more windows for oracle forms.


5. Navigation

The forms that you can navigate to are displayed in a navigation list on the left–hand
side of the Navigate window. The navigation list is organized much like the hierarchy of
a file system.

Where ever you can expand, the items begin with a plus sign (+) to further sub–levels
until you find your form of interest. Sub–levels appear indented below the items from
which they are expanded. Items that are expanded are preceded by a minus sign (–).
You can expand no further when an item displays neither a plus or minus sign.


To expand or collapse the navigation list

1. Choose one of the following methods to expand an expandable item to its next
sub–level:
• Double–click on the item.
• Select the item and choose Open.

2. To collapse an expanded item: Double–click on the item.

3. Te following Icons can also be used

Sl. No	Icon	Description
1		To expand an expandable item to its next sub–level
2		To collapse an expanded item
3		Expand All Children: expand all the sub–levels of the currently selected item
4		Expand All: expand all the sub–levels of all expandable items in the navigation list
5		Collapse all: collapses all currently expanded items in the navigation list

6. To Open a Form

Double–click directly on the form to open it.
Ø Open the to any form (Ex supplier form)
Ø Switch to query mode. Retrieve a supplier
Ø Tab through the tabs and sub-screens, including Supplier Sites
Ø Close. Ask the user to do the entire routine by themselves
Ø Do the same with the invoice form.
Ø Have them select a value from a simple LOV.
Ø Have them select a value from a LOV – using combinations. Ex. Account
code.

7. Using the Top Ten List

If there are forms that you use frequently, you can copy them over to a navigation
top ten lists located on the right–hand side of the Navigate window. The top ten lists
display your forms numerically so you can choose them instantly without having to
search for them in the navigation list. You can add a maximum of ten forms to the top
ten lists and you can create a different top ten list for each responsibility you have
access to.

To create navigation top ten list:
a. Select a frequently used form from the navigation list.

b. Choose the arrow pointing to the Top Ten List. The form now appears in the
navigation top ten list preceded by a top ten list number.

c. If you wish to remove a form from the top ten lists, select that form in the top ten

lists and choose arrow pointing away from the Top Ten List.


8. Switching your responsibility


If you have several responsibilities and you want to work in Oracle Applications under
a different responsibility, you can do so without exiting Oracle Applications.

To switch your responsibility:

1. Click in the Navigate window or choose Navigator from the Window menu to make
the Navigate window active.

2. Choose Switch Responsibility from the File menu. If there are windows still open
in your current responsibility, Oracle Applications asks you to save your changes,
if there are any, before it closes those windows. You may cancel switching
responsibilities by choosing Cancel in the save changes window.

Note: The save changes window only appears if there are any changes to save. If
there are no changes to save, all open windows other than the Navigate window close,
and Oracle Applications displays your responsibility list.

Note: If you have only one responsibility, the Switch Responsibility menu item is
disabled.

3. Select a new responsibility from the Responsibilities window and choose OK. The
Navigate window title and contents then update to reflect the new responsibility
you chose.