Next we will create reusable workflows which define the build and deployment processes for Oracle EBS. These workflows can be used by many EBS projects to build and deploy customizations.
Select Workflows from the menu. Click the plus icon in the Workflows navigation tree to create a workflow.
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| When dragging plugin operations into the editor, place them over the downward facing arrow in the desired location and drop them when the light-blue bars indicate that you are within the drop zone. |
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Click the OK button to save the changes.
Expand the Oracle EBS Plugin, and drag the build operation onto the workflow editor (after the export step). Change name to 'Build EBS' and click OK. Verify that the workflow now appears as follows.
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Click the Activate button to save and activate your changes.
When you activate the workflow version (in this case 1.0) it becomes read-only and is unavailable for future edits. To make new changes you must make a copy by clicking the Make Copy button. The active workflow is executed at runtime unless overridden.
Repeat the steps in this section to create the deploy workflow.
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Workflow Name
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Workflow Steps
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DeployEBS
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Oracle EBS -> deploy
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Step Output
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Value
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FDEBS_OUT_DEPLOYED_FILES_LIST
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DeployedFiles
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FDEBS_OUT_SKIPPED_FILES_LIST
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SkippedFiles
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Finally, we must associate the workflow to the EBS instance (note that we skipped this step when we created the EBS Instance). Edit the EBS instance (Topology -> Instances) and associate the BuildEBS and DeployEBS workflows by shuttling them from the list of available workflows on the left to the list of selected workflows on the right.