Oracle SaaS: Publishing a List of Values Source for ESS Job parameters

This post describes about how you can publish a List of Value source in Oracle SaaS. This is primarily done to define an LOV for an ESS job parameter.

1. Login to SaaS - https://ehpg-dev2.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/FuseTaskListManagerTop
   
   
   
2. Go to Setup and Maintenance. Open the side drawer and click on Search.
   
   
   
3. Enter the task name - Enterprise Scheduler Job List of Values Source
   
   
4. Select the task
   
   
5. Create a new List of Values Source by clicking on the '+' sign
   
   
   
6. For eg. For LocationVO, enter the following details and click Save and CloseOpe
1. Application Name - Name of Application defined in the system
2. List of Values Source Definition Name - oracle.apps.hcm.locations.publicView.LocationLovPVO
3. User List of Values Source Name - LocationVO
4. Description - LocationVO
   
   
7. Go back to FSM Task Search page and search for task - Manage Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions and Job Sets for Financial, Supply Chain Management, and Related Applications
   
   
   
   
8. Open the ESS job with parameters where the LOV needs to be defined.
   
   
   
   
9. In the parameter section, select the parameter and click on Edit
   
   
   
   
10. In the edit window, select Page Element as List of Values and select the newly created LOV as the List of Values Source. Select Display Attribute and click Save and Close.
    
    
    
    
11. Go to Scheduled Processes and search for the ESS job. The Parameter will show the LOV field with the values populated in the dropdown.
    
    

Android App Development: Tips and Tricks

This blog talks about some useful tips while building an Android Application

1. How to make your application run using internet
   
   Add this to your AndroidManifest.xml just before the <application> tag.
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
   
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Android Development: Common Issues and Solutions

This page describes some of the common issues I faced while developing an Android App. Hope you find it useful.

I am using Android Studio version 1.4.1

1. Cannot resolve symbol 'R'
   
   Issue: While getting a handle to a component through its id, I used - R.id.<id> and it was erroring out with the message- 'Cannot resolve symbol 'R'
   
   Solution: Build your project and clean gradle. Click on Build > Clean Project.
   
2. You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with the design library
   
   Issue: While selecting an app theme, say, 'Material Light' got the following error-
   
   java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with the design library.
        at android.support.design.widget.ThemeUtils.checkAppCompatTheme(ThemeUtils.java:34)
        at android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout.<init>(AppBarLayout.java:145)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
   
   Solution: Remove tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main" in content_main.xml under RelativeLayout tab. If you are having activity_main.xml, try using 'Empty Activity' instead of 'Blank Activity'.
   
   
3. Issue: couldn't resolve resource @dimen/activity_horizontal_margin (4 similar errors not shown)"
   " @dimen/activity_horizontal_margin " in attribute "paddingLeft" is not a valid format (4 similar errors not shown)
   
   Solution: Set the values for padding to some dp say 50dp. (dp = density independent pixels)
   
   
4. Issue: Error during Sync: EOF
   
   Solution: Restart your AVD (Android Virtual Device)
   
   
5. Issue: CPU acceleration status: HAXM must be updated (version 1.1.4 < 6.0.1)
   
   Solution:
   - Uninstall Intel HAXM from SDK Manager
   - Re-install Intel HAXM
   - Go to location- C:\Users\my_user_name\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager
   - Run intelhaxm-android.exe
   - Run the emulator
   
6. Issue: android.database.sqlite.sqliteexception no such table <table_name>
   
   Solution: This error occurs when an empty database is created in the application with a specific database version. Increment the DATABASE_VERSION by 1 and run the app.
   
   
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