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1. Personalization

OA Personalization Framework allows you to personalize your user interface (UI) of

Oracle Self-Service Web Applications without modifying any underlying code.
Following are some common types of personalizations you can accomplish with OA
Personalization Framework:

Change the prompt for a field or other text on a page

Hide or show a field on a page
Make the fields mandatory and non mandatory
Reorder fields or items on a page
Restrict data that a user can access
Add new buttons, links, text items, images, etc. (Creation of Items)

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Personalization Levels

There are different Levels available at which the Personalizations can be made are

Function Custom/Seeded
Site
Organization and
Responsibility Level

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Function Level:
You can create personalizations for a region at the Function level, such that the personalizations
are visible only when you display the region by selecting a specific function. For Example,
suppose you have an updatable region and you want that region to be updatable when accessed
from FunctionA in the menu, but to be read-only when accessed from FunctionB in the menu. To
accomplish this, you create a Function level personalization that makes all the fields read-only
for FunctionB. You can have only one set of personalizations per region per function.

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Site Level:

A site refers to an installation of Oracle Self-Service Web Applications. Personalizations that

you make at the site level affect all users of the current installation.

Organization Level:

Depending on the context you choose, an Organization can be a plant, a unit, a department, a
division within a company or even a complete company (BG). Personalizations that you make at
the Organization level affect all users of that Organization.

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Responsibility Level:

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When you make personalizations at the responsibility level for a specific responsibility, the
changes are effective only for the users of that responsibility.

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4. Personalization Icons

To Reorder the Fields

To Create a New Item
To delete the Items

Choose the Context levels to where exactly the personalizations have to be

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You can either Activate, Inactivate, or Delete existing personalizations at the

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5. Personalization Features/Properties:

5.1 Rendered:

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required levels

We can either enable or disable a field using Rendered option

Select the value from the poplist which generally displays Inherit, true, false and SPEL.

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For Example: To disable Alias field click on Personalize Name

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Select the Pen icon and disable the field in Self Service Page

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Select the Value from the Poplist.

The poplist generally displays the choices Inherit, true, false, and SPEL,

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And also select the levels where you want to personalize the field

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Once you click on Apply, it takes you to the main personalization page
So now click on Return to Application

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Alias field is no more visible in this region.

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5.2 Hiding a Region

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To hide the region select the region you want to hide

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For Eg: to hide OTHER

Click on Personalize Other

Click on Personalize Default Single Column Basic Details

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The region is hided.

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5.3 Required

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Similarly to make the field mandatory or non mandatory select the values from the Poplist

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5.4 Read Only

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To make to non updatable select read only

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5.5 Prompt
To change the prompt

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5.6 Maximum Length

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Example: To set the Maximum Length of Proxy Name, click on personalize page

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So the user can enter only 2 characters.

5.7 Tip Message:

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To add additional instructional text for users in the form of tips.

Select Application Developer Responsibility -> Application -> Messages -> Add a New
Message

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Select Tip Type as longMessage from the Poplist

Select the Message Name which we have created in the Message form through Application
Developer Responsibility

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Apply

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5.8 Initial Value

To specify a default value. Incase if it is a free field you can directly give the default value.
Note: This does not work in all cases if you want to default a value for a free field
Prerequisite:

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Set the Profile Option FND:OA:Enable Defaults to Yes

To default a value from a List of Values
For Example: To default the Title as Mr

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Query the Lookup

Select the code from the of Mr.

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And in Initial Value paste the code of Mr.

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Select the Add Blank Value as False

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Click on Personalize Page

Search for the required flex

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Change the value for the Rendered to True at the required Level and click on apply and return to
application.

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Now you can see the segments in the DFF displayed:

If you want enable only some segments in DFF then go to

Personalize Page-> Search for the Required Flex-> Click on the Pencil -> In the Segment List
Enter the Code of the structure and the required segments in that structure of the DFF
Example: For Further Contact R'ship Information in the segment list we need to enter
IN|Guardian Name|Guardian Birth Date

Descriptive Flex Field:

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Click on apply and return to application: Now you can see only two segments of DFF displayed :

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If you want to display segments only in Read only mode then go to Personalize Page-> Search
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Example: IN|Guardian Name($RO$)|Guardian Birth Date

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Click on apply button and return to application:

Now the Guardian Name will be in read only Mode

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6. Creation of Items

6.1 Create Button

A button item style creates a push button, which allows the user to trigger some action in
response to a click. The button fires an "onclick" event when it is activated

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Enter Component Id: Button

Enter URL
: javascript:void window.open("http://www.oracle.com")
(in order to display this in a new page)
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Click on the Button and it opens the url

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The Message Check Box itemP
style is a combination of the checkBox and inlineMessage
controls.
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6.2 Message Check Box

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Enter Component Id : Message Check Box

Prompt
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Initial Value
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The separator item style creates a horizontal separator. A dotted line appears on the screen.
Enter Component Id : Separator
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6.4 Creating Flex

Check for the available flex fields in the Flex field Reference

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Copy the item name of the required flex and go the page definition and click on the Expand ALL

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Search for the VO for the required flex field. Search (CTRL TAB+ F TAB) and paste the copied
item name and click on the find next

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Copy the VO
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Click on Return to page Hyperlink which is on left corner of the page :
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Click on the Personalize page at required level :

Click on Create item :

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Select the level as function Level

And item style as Flex

Enter the Value for ID

: Flex1
In the Appl Short Name field : PER (For Human Resources)
In the Name field
: Enter the DFF Name
In the Prompt Field
: Enter the Prompt Name for Flex item
In Read only Field
: Select False from LOV
In the Rendered field
: Select True from LOV
In the View Instance
: Copy the VO copied against the flex item

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Click on Apply .In the personalization structure you can find the flex created .

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Click on Return to application Hyperlink:

You can see the segment displayed on the webpage:

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6.5 URL include

The urlInclude item style allows you to includes HTML content loaded from an external source
under the parent region.
Enter Component Id : Urlinclude
Source URI
: Enter the url
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6.6 Create Static Styled Text

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When you click on the Link, it takes you to the tag

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A text field that can be updated and have a default value.

Enter Component Id : MessStyledText

Destination URL
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6.8 Create Message Styled Text

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6.9 Message Text Input

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The Message Text Input item style is a Text Input field.

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Enter Component Id : Hobbies

Prompt
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7 Reorder

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You can reorder the items either for a particular region or at the page level at different
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Functional Administrator Responsibilty Functions:

You can use this responsibility incase if you come across any errors while doing the
personalizations. Using this responsibility you can either deactivate or delete personalizations

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Select the Document Name of the particular page where you are getting an error and go to
Go to Functional Administrator Responsibility -> Select Personalizations Tab
In Application : Select Human Resources from the List of Values
And in the Document Path give the document name of the particular page where you are getting
an error

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Click on Manage Personalizations and it takes you to that particular page where you have
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Shows you the levels where you have done the personalizations.
So either delete or deactivate and retest the same.

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