Running Oracle EBS on a Virtual Machine
I’d love to hear any comments on your experiences with running Oracle EBS on a VM, read below for our plans!We maintain quite a few Oracle EBS systems in house in order to support the development our software. At last count we have 5 R12 instances, 3 11i10 ... read more
How to Burst and Deliver Documents from BI Publisher Enterprise
To continue with one of my previous posts on creating templates the easy way in BI Publisher Enterprise, let’s talk about bursting in BIP. If you are familiar with the bursting control file concept in EBS, Oracle has set up BI Publisher Enterprise a bit ... read more
Caching in BI Publisher Enterprise
Here’s a quick tip for BI Publisher Enterprise based on some first hand experience.I was demonstrating bursting and delivery functionality in BIP Enterprise a couple weeks ago at VOUG and I had created a simple/quick report to assist in the ... read more
OA Framework Personalization – Modifying the Submit Request Train
Since I discussed Forms Personalization last week, thought I’d share another interesting solution we came up with for a customer a couple weeks ago…this time using OA Framework Personalization.To give some background, as part of the AventX Attachment ... read more
Forms Personalization to the Rescue
Ted, Systems Engineer Extraordinaire at STR Software, always goes the extra mile for his customers. Knowing I cannot pass up a good challenge, Ted came by my desk today to discuss a question a customer asked him that was not necessarily related to our product but ... read more
You want to do what?
As mentioned, I was given the opportunity to speak at Virginia Oracle Users Group yesterday during 2 sessions. Both went really well with a lot of good questions from the audience. I tag-teamed the first session on printing attachments (Word/PDF/Images/etc..) ... read more
BI Publisher Enterprise – Creating Starter Templates The Easy Way
I’m currently working on a presentation that I will be giving at the annual VOUG show here in Richmond, VA. If you’re in town for this show and you’re reading this, please stop by and say hello. I’ll be in the ‘Roanoke’ room on Tuesday at 1:15 assisting with a ... read more
Oracle Open World 2009 – Day 4
Well, Oracle Open World is officially over and after a red-eye flight I’m back home. No keynotes or any special events on Thursday, just a final blitz of sessions and then back to work to apply what I’ve learned.What I enjoy most about Open World is the ... read more
Oracle Open World – Day 3
Good day today, just getting in from the Oracle Appreciation Night that included Aerosmith and Roger Daltrey (The Who). I can only hope I have as much hair as Steven Tyler when I'm 61, but I can guarantee that I will not be wearing zebra striped tights at any ... read more
Oracle Open World 2009 Day 1
As always, Oracle Open World 2009 remains as intense ever. After a few flight delays, we made it into San Francisco on Sunday in enough time to pick up our conference materials and make it ‘close’ to Fisherman’s Wharf to see the Blue Angels flying in various ... read more
Confirmed Email Solution Reduces Administrative Costs at Media Buying Agency
The Company:Willis Felton of Richmond, Inc. (WFofR) is a media buying agency located in Richmond, Virginia. WFofR specializes in purchasing local television time on a regional and national basis which allows their clients to reach a greater number of market ... read more
Entertainment & Media Producer Chooses AventX
Navarre Corporation (New Hope, MN) needed an automated faxing solution for both SAP and desktop-generated documents. In addition, they required that the solution be easy to use and quick to implement while also providing acknowledgements and error-redirection. The ... read more