Forgot your Password?

Almost every website that uses username & password have a "forget password" functionality to retrieve users passwords, and so also the Oracle E-Business Suite. This is a very useful functionality since it reduces the number of SR's opened to the helpdesk team regarding login problems and moreover satisfying the customers which can get a new password in a very short time with no helpdesk intervention. The implementation of this functionality is very simple and easy. To enable it you should: set the profile "Local Login Mask" to the current value plus 8 (e.g. current value is 32 -> set value to 40) Bounce Apache The "Local Login Mask" profile used to customize some attributes of the login page (AppsLocalLogin.jsp), one of them is the "forgot your password" link. You should set the value of this profile to the sum of all attribute's mask values you are interested in. The full attributes list is: Attribute Mask Value Binary value Hint for Username 01 00000001 Hint for Password 02 00000010 Cancel button 04 00000100 Forgot Password link 08 00001000 Registration link 16 00010000 Language Images 32 00100000 Corporate Policy Message 64 01000000   Setting the Forgot Password link mask value will add the following TIP to the login page: The reset password process: - Click on "Forgot your password?" link will ask for a username to which reset the password. - After typing the username and click OK, a new workflow process is started (Item type UMXUPWD) and you'll get this confirmation message: - Shortly you'll get this email - "Password reset required approval" (expired after 4 hours). - Click on "Approve" to confirm you are interested in a new password. - Shortly you'll get an email with a temporary password which you have to change on first login. Very nice and easy to implement functionality, which could be very beneficial. Related Note 399766.1 - Reset Password Functionality FAQ You are welcome to leave a comment Aviad

Upgrade from Jinitiator 1.3 to Java Plugin 1.6.0.x

Lately Oracle announced the end of Error Correction Support for Jinitiator 1.3 for E-Business Suite 11i, effective July 2009. This is the sign it’s about time to upgrade to the native Java Plug-in… :-) Among other things, one of the main advantages of upgrading from Jinitiator to the native Java Plug-in is the prevention of conflicts between them. This upgrade is great news to all are working with Oracle Discoverer Plus (with Java plug-in) and Oracle EBS 11i (with Jinitiator) and experiencing those conflicts. I’ll skip all the others advantages and disadvantages of upgrading to Java Plug-in as they are well described in Steven Chan’s post - Jinitiator 1.1.8 To Be Desupported for Apps 11i and in Metalink Note: 290807.1 - Upgrading Sun JRE with Oracle Applications 11i. So I will focus on the upgrade process itself - step by step. I tested the upgrade on the following test environment: EBS 11.5.10.2 Database 10.2.0.3 ATG Rollup 5 Developer 6i patchset 18 OS RHEL4. Be aware that before upgrading to Java Plug-in you must upgrade to Developer 6i patchset 18 or later (currently the latest patchset is 19). * You can use my previous post in order to Upgrading Developer 6i with Oracle Apps 11i to patchset 18. Download JRE plug-in Oracle E-Business Suite interoperability patch - 6863618 Download the Sun JRE Plug-in  Select Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update X (select the latest available update, currently it’s 5) Select Windows offline installation, multi-language Rename the downloaded installation file jre-6_uX-windows-i586-p.exe to j2se1600x.exe In my case rename jre-6_u5-windows-i586-p.exe to ==>> j2se16005.exe Copy the j2se1605.exe file to $COMMON_TOP/util/jinitiator on the Apps Tier node If you are on Developer 6i patchset 18 you should apply forms patches 6195758 & 5884875. ** Skip this step if you are on Developer 6i patchset 19. Download Patches 6195758 & 5884875 Apply patch 6195758 Stop all applications processes by adstpall.sh Unzip p6195758_60827_GENERIC.zip cd 6195758 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/UICommon.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/UICommon.class.PRE_BUG6195758 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/ oracle/forms /handler/ComponentItem.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/ComponentItem.class.PRE_BUG6195758 cp oracle/forms/handler/UICommon.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/UICommon.class cp oracle/forms/handler/ComponentItem.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/ComponentItem.class Apply Patch 5884875 Unzip p5884875_60827_GENERIC.zip cd 5884875 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/engine/Main.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ engine/Main.class.PRE_BUG5884875 cp -r $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/ oracle/forms/ handler/AlertDialog.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ handler/AlertDialog.class.PRE_BUG5884875 cp oracle/forms/engine/Main.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/engine/Main.class cp oracle/forms/handler/AlertDialog.class $ORACLE_HOME/forms60/java/oracle/forms/ engine/AlertDialog.class Run adadmin -> Generate Applications Files menu -> Generate product JAR files Apply the Interoperability patch 6863618 Make sure all applications processes are down Enable maintenance mode: Execute adadmin -> Change Maintenance Mode (5) -> Enable Maintenance Mode (1) Unzip p6863618_11i_GENERIC.zip Cd 6863618 Run adpatch to apply patch driver u6863618.drv cd [PATCH_NUMBER]/fnd/bin Execute the following command where X represent the update number: $ txkSetPlugin.sh 1600X In my case: $ txkSetPlugin.sh 16005 Disable maintenance mode: Execute adadmin -> Change Maintenance Mode (5) -> Disable Maintenance Mode (2) Start all applications processes by adstrtall.sh Verify installation by sign in Oracle EBS and select a forms based responsibility. For those who worry about performance, take a look at this benchmark: Benchmark comparison test with Jinitiator 1.3.1.23 and Java Plug-in 1.5.0_05 – performance whitepaper For more information - Note: 290807.1 - Upgrading Sun JRE with Oracle Applications 11i Aviad