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Oracle Advisor Webcast
Inventory Mobile Smart Phone Apps
By Michael Schubert, Suhasini Rayadurgam,
Vishnu Vemulapalli, and James Phipps

November 7, 2017

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Oracle Advisor Webcast
Inventory Mobile Smart Phone Apps
By Michael Schubert, Suhasini Rayadurgam,
Vishnu Vemulapalli, and James Phipps

November 7, 2017

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Objectives
Learn about Features and Benefits of Smart Phone Apps

Understand configuration and Setups

Become aware of common issues

Understand how to approach Debugging and Troubleshooting

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Program Agenda

1 Smart Phone Apps

2 Configuration and Setup
3 Common Issues
4 Troubleshooting

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Program Agenda

1 Smart Phone Apps

2 Configuration and Setup
3 Common Issues
4 Troubleshooting

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Smart Phone Apps
• Inventory
• Mobile Supply Chain Application (App)
• Product Information Management
• Yard Management

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Inventory Related Smart Phone Apps
App Name Doc Description
Mobile Inventory for EBS 1924687.1 View an item’s associated quantities.
Mobile Supply Chain Application (MSCA) 2108155.1 Inquire and transact material.
Product Information Management 1921103.1 View item information such as item attributes.
Yard Management 2160846.1 Look up appointments, equipment, and yard capacity.
Perform yard transactions such as check-in and check-out.

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Mobile Inventory App
• Query inventory quantities:
– Onhand
– Inbound Quantity
– Reservations
• Cycle count items

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MSCA vs. App
• Original Supply Chain Application
(MSCA) is telnet or scanner based.

• App installs on phone or tablet

• App takes advantage of the same
setups.

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Mobile Supply Chain Application: Features
• Inquire:
– Inquire about material on-hand.
• Labels:
– Print labels.
• Transact:
– Perform inventory transactions like move, count, issues, receipts, receive, pick, and ship.
– Execute warehouse management transactions like task-based pick, putaway, count, and LPN updates.
– Perform manufacturing transactions like moving; completing and rejecting assemblies; scrapping and
rejecting items; flow completion; and charging resources.
– Perform quality transactions like viewing specifications and collecting quality data.
– Perform enterprise asset management (EAM) transactions like component issue and return.
– Perform shop floor transactions like material issue and return, and negative component issue and
return.

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Mobile Product App
• View item information such as
standard operational item
attributes and user defined
attributes.

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Mobile Yard App
• Look up appointments, equipment, and yard capacity.
• Perform yard transactions such as check-in and check-out.

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Demonstration
Topic Description

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Program Agenda

1 Smart Phone Apps

2 Configuration and Setup
3 Common Issues
4 Troubleshooting

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Configure the Mobile Applications
• Responsibility: Mobile Applications 2. Enable:
Manager
– Application Name: Inventory
– Bundle: com.oracle.ebs.scm.inv.Inventory

1. Find application and configure: 3. Confirmation:

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Configure the Mobile Applications (Continued)
4. Test

5. Confirmation XML Page:

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Inventory Related Bundles
App Name Role Name Bundle ID
Mobile Inventory for EBS INV_INVENTORY com.oracle.ebs.scm.inv.Inventory
Mobile Supply Chain Application N/A N/A – Not configured here
Product Information EGO_PRODUCTS com.oracle.ebs.scm.ego.products
Yard Manager YMS com.oracle.ebs.scm.yms.YardManager

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Role Based Security
• Mobile requires role-based security.
• Map the role onto existing responsibilities.

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Role Based Security (Continued)
– Navigate to User Management > Roles and Role Inheritance
– Query a responsibility
• Name = Inventory
• Code = FND_RESP|INV|INVENTORY|STANDARD

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Role Based Security (Continued)
– Choose “View In Hierarchy”
– Choose “Add Node”
– Add roles, for example, Inventory and Product Information

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Inventory Related Roles
App Name
Mobile Inventory for EBS
Mobile Supply Chain Application
Product Information
Yard Manager
Role Name Role Code
INV Mobile Inventory App Access UMX|MBL|INV_MBL_INV_APP_ACCESS
N/A N/A – Not configured here
PIM Restful Services Role UMX|PIM_RESTFUL_SERVICES_ROLE
YMS ADF Mobile App Access UMX|UNMX|MBL|YMS_MBL_ADF_APP_ACCESS
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First Login
• Enter URL with http:// and port on first login.
– For example: http://host.domain.com:8000

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Mobile Settings
• Common settings like
connection details
• Each application will have
product specific settings

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Program Agenda

1 Smart Phone Apps

2 Configuration and Setup
3 Common Issues
4 Troubleshooting

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Common Issues
• Error: Unable to connect to the Oracle E-Business
Suite server.
Or Error: Unable to resolve host <>: No address
associated with hostname.
– Ensure VPN enabled on device.
• Error: The URL is invalid. Please enter a valid URL.
– Ensure you include http:// and port number
• Error: An error occurred when downloading updates
from the server.
– Ensure app is configured.

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Common Issues (Cont.)
• How to Change Server?
– Settings > Connection
Details > Change connection
• Or Clear cache/data on the
mobile app
• Or Uninstall and reinstall the
app

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Common Issues (Continued)
• How to Change Server (Continued)
– Clear cache/data on the mobile app
– Or uninstall and reinstall the app

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Common Issues (Continued)
• Error: No Responsibility assigned
– Ensure role-based setup complete.
• No Organizations
– Ensure proper patch levels and configuration.
• No Items
– Compile item keyflexfield.

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Common Issues (Continued)
• Available to Reserve
– Mobile Inventory does not show available to reserve
– Shows onhand and reservations but not allocations
• Refer to Doc ID: 2315974.1

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Program Agenda

1 Smart Phone Apps

2 Configuration and Setup
3 Common Issues
4 Troubleshooting

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Troubleshooting: FND Debug
• FND Debug Profiles
– FND: Debug Log Enabled: Yes
– FND: Debug Log Level: Statement
– FND: Debug Log Module = %
• Check sequence:
– select max(log_sequence) from fnd_log_messages;
• Take actions
• Query
– select * from fnd_log_messages where log_sequence > &log_sequence;

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Troubleshooting: Trace
• Navigate to System Administrator responsibility > Profile > System
– User checkbox = Yes
– Username = Username (where you will be replicating the issue)
– Profile = Initialization SQL Statement - Custom
– Value = BEGIN FND_CTL.FND_SESS_CTL('','', '', 'TRUE','', 'ALTER SESSION SET
TRACEFILE_IDENTIFIER='||''''||’ _XXTestName_' ||''''||' EVENTS ='||''''||' 10046
TRACE NAME CONTEXT FOREVER, LEVEL 12 '||''''); END;

• Refer to Doc ID: 296559.1

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Support Engineer Tips
• Technology Team works issues where cannot login
– Product Team works issues after login
• Internal environments
– Visinv06 / R12.1.3
– Vislog05 / R12.2.6

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Summary
What we covered today
Benefits and Features
Configuration and Setup
Common Issues
Troubleshooting

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Top Articles and Community Links
 Note 2094350.1 - How To Confirm Mobile
Smartphone Patches and Pre-Requisites
Applied?

 Note 1641772.1 - Oracle E-Business Mobile

Apps Documentation Index

 Note 2108155.1 - Oracle Mobile Supply

Chain Applications for Oracle E-Business
Suite Release Notes

 Note 1642431.1 - Oracle E-Business Suite

Mobile Foundation Release Notes
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