About this Course

Implement Oracle Configurator

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 Objectives

After completing this topic, you should be able to:

• Identify the goals, prerequisites, assumptions, and
high-level topics in this course
• Describe where to turn for more information about
Oracle Configurator
• Use the terminology used in this course for
describing configuration models

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 Course Goals

• This course teaches you how to build

configuration models using Oracle Configurator
Developer.
• After completing this course, you should
– Know where to turn for more information, details,
and training on Oracle Configurator
– Advance to the Oracle Configurator Model Design
online class for instruction in designing an optimal
configuration solution

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 Audience

This course is for:

• Project leaders and configurator architects
• Database and system administrators supporting
configurator development and deployment, and
runtime configurator maintenance
• Implementers of configuration models
• Designers and developers of configurator UIs
• Staff supporting implementers, maintainers, and
end users of Oracle Configurator

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 Assumptions

This training course is about implementing Oracle

Configurator and assumes that you have:
• A working knowledge of your business processes
• A high-level familiarity with the Oracle eBusiness
Suite of Applications

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 Prerequisites

This training course builds on knowledge of the

following products and features:
• Oracle Inventory, especially Item and Catalog
Descriptive Element
• Oracle Engineering, especially Bills of Material
(BOM) Models

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 Available Course Modules

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Configurator Data
• Model Structure
• Rules
• User Interfaces
• Publishing
• Summary

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 Key Course Topics

The course modules cover the following key topics:

• Conceptual overviews of implementation tasks,
configuration models, and configurations
• Getting started in Configurator Developer
• Preparing, importing and verifying Configurator
data
• Creating and testing Model structure
• Creating and testing configuration rules
• Creating, editing, and testing Configurator User
Interfaces
• Publishing configuration models

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 Using this Course Most Effectively

To use this training course most effectively, follow the

high-level Implementation Flow Chart that appears at
the beginning of each lesson:
• The flow chart shows the sequence of
implementation decisions and steps
• Each lesson focuses on specific implementation
steps, which are highlighted in the flow chart to
indicate where you are in the implementation flow

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 Supplement this Course with Self-Paced
Online Learning

To enhance your learning, supplement this course with

the Oracle Configurator suite of online classes at
Oracle University.
Classes are available in the Online Library to:
• Provide context and reviews for this course, which
further prepare you for implementing Oracle
Configurator
• Broaden your Configurator expertise with
additional information
• Address optional details and advanced topics not
covered in this course

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 Available Online Classes

Oracle Configurator online classes are upgraded

frequently and may cover such areas as:
• Overview
• Preparing to implement
• Implementation
• Model design
• Advanced topics

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 Terminology

The following terms are used throughout Oracle

Configurator training and documentation:
• A configurator is the part of an application that
provides configuration capabilities for products
and services.
• A configuration session is the time from launching
to exiting Oracle Configurator, during which
end users make selections to custom configure an
orderable product or service.

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 Terminology

• A configuration model is built in Configurator

Developer and consists of structure, rules, and
one or more user interfaces. It is typically based
on a bill of materials (BOM) model and presents
options for selection in a configuration session.
• A configuration is a set of selections supported by
the structure and rules of a model and
representing a configured item (product or
service)

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 Summary

In this topic, you should have learned that:

• The goal of this course is to train you in using
Oracle Configurator Developer to create, test, and
publish configuration models
• A working knowledge of your business processes
and familiarity with the Oracle eBusiness Suite are
prerequisites for this course.
• This course prepares you for designing
configuration models and developing additional
Configurator expertise

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 For More Information

• Oracle Configurator suite of classes at the Oracle

University Online Library:
http://www.oracle.com/education
• Oracle Configurator documentation:
– Oracle Applications Online Library
http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/
– Oracle Store
http://oraclestore.oracle.com/
– Oracle Support
http:// metalink.oracle.com/
Search for Notes 91798.1 and 264934.1
Scroll to Configurator documentation links

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 Please advance to the next section of this
course.

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