Oracle Application Express 4.0

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APEX 4.0 New Features Websheets Improved Charting REST Web Services Improved Application Builder Improved Interactive Reports Declarative Tabular Forms AJAX Client-Side Validations Improved Tree Controls Improved Error Handling © 2009 Oracle Corporation

APEX 4.0 New Features Dynamic Actions Plug-Ins Integrate jQuery and jQuery UI Improved Item Properties Additional Attributes Textareas: Resizable Combo Box (editable select list) Javascript Date pickers © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Introducing Websheets Editable data grid Single point of truth Multi-user data tracking Designed for Business Users No programming required Multi-tenanted and self-service Incorporates “sharing” model (ACL) Includes validations, LOVs, column typing Consolidates data within an Oracle Database © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Why Websheets Designed so “anyone” can build & deploy web based data entry and reporting applications Experienced APEX developers can develop even faster Broadening the APEX Community No need to create Tables, Triggers, Sequences Simplified declarations: Report layout Form layout / List of values Validations ACL’s “Builder” integrated with “Runtime” Integrated attachments, tags, notes…

© 2009 Oracle Corporation APEX Applications vs Websheets APEX ApplicationsWebsheets Database ObjectsCreated using SQL Workshop Automatically managed (APEX$ tables) Primary Key Management Triggers and sequencesAutomatically managed ValidationsCreated using wizardsDefined using runtime UI Report LayoutCreated using SQLDefined using runtime UI List of ValuesSQL or StaticDefined using runtime UI Page FlowControlled by branchesLimited Form LayoutItems and regionsColumn groups Look and FeelThemes and templatesBasic control

Improved Charting New charting engine (AnyChart 5.1) = faster, better graphics and decreased rendering time Support for Maps & Gantts New Features: Scrolling support Interactive labels Markers in legends Multiple data markers Context menu localization All chart types can be combined within an interactive dashboard: Charts, gauges, maps, Gantt, etc. © 2009 Oracle Corporation

REST Web Services Incorporating new declarative APEX component Utilizes a simpler architecture than SOAP style Web services Typically parameters are passed to a REST Web service as part of the URL and an XML document is returned Many popular public Web services provided by Google, Yahoo, Amazon and PayPal use the REST architecture Some Web Service providers use the REST architecture exclusively © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Improved Application Builder New look and feel Improved navigation Improved Administration screens IR’s everywhere Integrated ‘Application Search’ capabilities © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Improved Interactive Reports Integrated Report, Icon & Detail Views Calendar Views Inline Edit Hooks Compound filter expressions notifications Group By Saved Reports Developer Supplied Personal (Existing) Shared Download to searchable HTML More granular printing capabilities © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Dynamic Actions Provides a way to define client-side behavior declaratively within Application Express, without the need to know JavaScript Simple Wizard to create Select Page Item Select Condition (e.g. equal to, greater than, is null, in list, JavaScript expression, etc.) Enter value Select Action (Show, Hide, Enable, Show Item Row) Enter list of items Add Condition (Optional) © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Plug-Ins Easy way to enhance the existing built-in functionality of Oracle APEX with new item types, region types, dynamic actions, etc. Developers use in similar fashion to native widgets Wizard support and declarative setting of attributes Included in APEX application export By providing this plug-in system in APEX, we want to engage the APEX community to create a rich ecosystem around Oracle APEX © 2009 Oracle Corporation

Oracle APEX Listener Java based mod_plsql replacement Support latest APEX releases File system caching * FOP transformations to PDF * Improved file upload * To be certified against Web Logic, Tomcat and OC4J Extensible Workload Capture * * Requires APEX 4.0

© 2009 Oracle Corporation Teamspace - Packaged Application First “professional grade” packaged application Designed as collaborative environment enabling users to track tasks and events, share documents and links, and participate in discussion forums Example of a rich Web 2.0 UI that can be built with Application Express You can deconstruct it to learn how the user interface works or customize it for your organization

APEX 4.0 Summary Continues the APEX Vision Express-ier Declarative Web 2.0 Magic Greater Extensibility © 2009 Oracle Corporation

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