E1 Tips The Tips & Tricks of a CNC Administrator on Oracle JDEdwards EnterpriseOne

How To Clear The UDC Cache

Did your users add a User Defined Code (UDC) and now they can’t use it?

Well, you have to clear the JAS server cache of UDC values. 

Unfortunately, there isn’t an obvious JDBj Database Cache listing in Server Manager as UDC Cache. 

So, which one needs to be cleared? => JDBj Service Cache

<sarcasm>Wow, that was obvious!</sarcasm>

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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0.2 Standalone Installation Uses Oracle Universal Installer

Deepesh Divakaran has written a great article on how to install JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0.2 Standalone using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).

  1. Go to http://edelivery.oracle.com and sign in with your Single Sign On id registered with Oracle.
  2. Accept the Terms and Restrictions
  3. Search for Product Pack – JD Edwards EnterpriseOne & Platform – MS Windows 32bit
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  4. Now from the search results select “JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Application Update 2 Media Pack”
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  5. The only issue is that the whole download is nearly 5GB. Download the first 4 Files as shown in the screens, for those who do not want languages, else download the last 4.
    image thumb4 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0.2 Standalone Installation Uses Oracle Universal Installer
  6. Now, Unzip the first 2 zip files into a directory say – C:\Standalone_9.00
  7. Unzip the last 2 zip files into the C:\Standalone_9.00\ThirdParty\ORACLE folder

 

That’s it. The installation files are ready for you to start. You can also go through the Oracle Supporting Document for the installation steps, which are amazingly simple and easy. Please read through the MTR’s before you install. If you have Visual Studio 2003/2005/2008 installed, the JDE.INI will automatically update with the settings for Building BSFN’s etc.

  1. Launch the InstallManager.exe . For those on Vista or Win7, right click the InstallManager and select Run as Administrator.
  2. Click the “EnterpriseOne E90 Standalone – OUI 11g”. This will take you to the Oracle Universal Installer
  3. On the OUI Welcome screen, click Next
  4. Accept the Licence Agreement
  5. Select Database Engine and click Next.
  6. For the Database Installation enter the following and click Next (for explanations on these read the pdf)
    Name: JDE_Local_DB_Home
    Path: C:\JDEdwards
  7. On the Installation Summary page, verify the settings, and click Install.
  8. This would take a while. On completion, click the Exit button.
  9. Restart your Machine.
  10. Verify if OracleE1LocalTNSListener and OracleServiceE1LOCAL are started in your windows services (services.msc)
  11. Again start the InstallManager.exe (for Vista or higher select Run as Administrator) and redo through the steps from 1 to 4
  12. Select the EnterpriseOne Client radio button, and click Next.
  13. Select Development Radio Button if you want to modify or build the E1 objects. Else select the Production Radio Button.
    Click Next.
  14. On the Specify Home Details page enter the following and click Next (for more explanations read the pdf)
    Name: JDE_Standalone_Home
    Path: C:\JDEdwards\E900
  15. Select the DEMO package, and click Next.
  16. On the Summary verify, and click Install.
    • The Best part about this is that the JDK, Webserver, VC++ redistributable and all are installed automatically.
  17. Once completed click Exit.
  18. To start the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne DEMO click – (for Vista or higher )
    Start > All Programs > Oracle – JDE_Standalone_Home
    or
    C:\JDEdwards\E900\system\bin32\activeconsole.exe
  19. Most probably you will have a Desktop icon pointing to the activeconsole.exe
  20. Give about 30 secs for the jdenet_n.exe to start and access the services.
  21. That’s it. Login with DEMO – DEMO and you are all set.

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Demo Of Oracle JDEdwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 9.1 User Interface Improvements

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Oracle has significantly improved its EnterpriseOne user interface with their tools release version 9.1 The new user interface does not only look better but offers many new productivity features. Steltix has created a YouTube video and an on-line hands-on experience demo:

Steltix Video is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8Oa_8wh-s

Steltix Public on-line demo is at: http://tools91.steltix.com/jde
user: demo
password: demo

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Oracle Releases JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 9.1

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New Release Includes Updated User Interface, Advanced Reporting Functionality and Improved IT Administrator Functionality

Redwood Shores, CA – December 6, 2011

News Facts

Reinforcing its commitment to helping customers maximize the value of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications, Oracle today announced a new release of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools.

The underlying technology for the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications suite, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 9.1 includes a dramatically redesigned user interface (UI).

The new release also delivers enhanced management capabilities, which help lower the cost of ownership, and expanded choice for the underlying technology infrastructure.

Improved Usability and Management Functionality for Users and IT Administrators

Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is an integrated applications suite of comprehensive enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that combines business value, standards-based technology, and deep industry experience into a business solution with a low total cost of ownership. It is also the first complete ERP solution to offer full support on the iPad.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools help customers maximize the value of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications by providing a comprehensive set of infrastructure tools that optimize installation, updates and management.

Enhancements within JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 9.1 include:

  • Optimized user interface: New capabilities including a configurable homepage, new menu options and updated process maps that enhance the user experience and increase productivity.
  • New reporting functionality: Advanced end user query capabilities help users to easily get access to the data they need to make the best business decisions.  In addition, users can now quickly view the status and output of reports using a drop down menu.
  • Improved IT administration functionality: In conjunction with Oracle Enterprise Manager, new management options enable administrators to define memory usage thresholds and alerts to remediate runaway processes for higher stability.
  • High availability and disaster recovery enhancements in this latest tools release increase the resiliency of business services and transaction servers, helping to eliminate a single point of failure. 
Supporting Resources
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Changing A Package Status Using SQL

We have been trying to setup multi-foundation on Oracle JDEdwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 and have run into some issues with  package manifests and such.  So, once in a 2 full packages for the same pathcode show up as “deployed” in the package assembly screen.  So, since the package is “deployed”, you can not delete it.  Below is the SQL statement that I use to mark the package as not deployed:

update sy900/f9603
set PHISPTF=0
where phpkgname='<PACKAGENAME>'
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JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 Standalone Installation

11.03.2011 · Posted in Uncategorized

Here is a great tutorial published by Deepesh M Divakaran:

Install JD Edwards EnterpriseOne™ 9.0 Standalone Demo (Oracle version) on your PC, with this step by step guide.

Based on the directions from the PDF in the Oracle Installation Downloads, and other websites following are the steps done

*Before you start with anything, Please Turn OFF your Antivirus and Firewalls
*For Microsoft© Windows™ VISTA or Windows 7 Users, you need to Turn Off UAC (User Access Control), and stop the firewall.
*You may also want to have a look at the Installation Methods for Windows Vista in this website.

  1. Download the Standalone Oracle Zip files from http://edelivery.oracle.com
    • Use the following criteria to search
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    • Select the E9 Applications – 8.98 Tools media pack as shown above.
    • Download the V14837-01_1of2.zip: 1.3G, V14837-01_2of2.zip: 1.01G as shown below
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  2. Unzip the 2 zip files into a temporary directory say “C:\E9Standalone\TEMP“
  3. Create Directories – “C:\Oracle\E1Local“
  4. Start the EnterpriseOne install by running the “C:\E9Standalone\TEMP\Installmanager.EXE“
  5. Once Local Oracle instance is installed, restart the system.
  6. Again restart the Installation (as mentioned in step 4), and it will complete itself with ease, It may give us an error that JDK/ Java compiler was not installed. But Ignore it and go ahead.
  7. Once the Setup is completed we will have to edit the “tnsnames.ora” file only if we already have earlier instances of Oracle server/client on the machine (C:\Oracle\E1Local\Network\ADMIN\tnsnames.ora)
    1. So to retrieve the Earlier instance, we need to edit the tnsnames.ora file to include the server paths of the earlier instance (e.g. TEST & PRODUCTION). As far as information gathered, the original or old tnsnames.ora does not hold good, as a new tnsnames.ora was created by the E1 Local instance.
  8. Download JDK 1.5.0.17 from here or you may also download J2SE JDK 1.5.0_XX from the java.sun.com site. The Support and downloads for JDK 1.5.0 has been stopped from Nov 3rd 2009 in the Sun website.
  9. Install the JDK into a folder in C: (say C:\TEMP\JDK)
  10. Once the Java setup finished, copy the directories bin, include, jre, & lib into the “C:\E900\System\JDK” directory. You may have to create the “JDK” directory in the path. Also copy the same folders into “C:\E900\system\oc4j\system“
  11. Now Copy the “C:\E900\DEMO\ini\sbf\jdbj.ini“ file into the windows folder.
  12. Similarly, edit the “jde.ini” file in the windows folder to include
    1. BDSEC=ROBIN in the [DB SYSTEM SETTINGS] section
    2. Also change the “StartAppServer=IMME” to “StartAppServer=ONDEMAND” . This disables the Webserver start as we load the E9 Client.
      DO THIS ONLY IF YOU FEEL THAT E1 LOADING IS SLOW.
  13. Copy the ojdbc5.jar file from “C:\E9Standalone\TEMP\ThirdParty\WebDevFeature\JDBC” into the “C:\E900\system\OC4J\j2ee\home\lib” and “C:\E900\MISC” folder.
  14. Run the OH4A1013_setup.exe for the web server located in “C:\E9Standalone\TEMP\ThirdParty\WebDevFeature“.
  15. Make sure the Registry is updated correctly for the JDBC driver using REGEDIT at the following location: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JDEdwards\HTML” and WebServer should be pointing to “C:\E900\MISC”
  16. Once completed, Restart the Computer, and now we are ready to login.
    1. The Oracle Guide itself says that we need to wait for atleast 30 secs before logging in. So once the Login screen comes, go for a coffee. Come back type in “demo” as the password and then login.
    2. Once logged in, again wait for few secs (30 s), before we launch the Web E1 via TOOLS – ENTERPRISEONE MENU.
  17. Make it a point that you read the 9_0_with_8_98_Standalone_Installation_rev1.pdf file included in the installation folder.
  18. The OC4J Application server manager console web site is http://localhost:8888/em/
    You may login into the same using user: oc4jadmin password: oc4jadmin
  19. You can access the E9 Standalone Web client from any other system in your network. The Steps for the same are given here.
  20. The TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE for Installation of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne guide is given here
  21. Please do read all the comments given below too before you ask for help.

Thanks Deepesh!

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SAP Pay $20 Million In Fines To Oracle

09.20.2011 · Posted in oracle, SAP, TomorrowNow

Well, it looks like the TomorrowNow case has finally been decided.

SAP plead guilty to 11 felony counts of unauthorized access of Oracle’s computer system and one felony count of criminal copyright infringement. It will pay the fine of $20 million to Oracle and be under probation for three years.

It only took 4 years!

via ITJungle.com

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