Stat for Oracle E-Business Suite
Manage and automate Oracle E-Business Suite changes
Oracle E-Business Suite is critical to your business. Which is why you need a reliable change management system. Yet most organizations manage Oracle application changes manually, which can lead to tedious rework and audit issues. But what if you could automate the process of managing Oracle application changes and patches? This would save time, reduce risk and support DevOps.
With Stat® for Oracle E-Business Suite, you get complete application change management for your EBS environment in a single tool. Stat makes it easy to schedule Oracle application change deployments by release or target environment, automate pre- and post-migration steps and integrate with existing tools via REST API and business rules. Implement DevOps in your ERP environment, without compromising compliance, with Stat.
Key Benefits
Time-saving automation
Reduce risk and save time by using automation to version, manage and migrate Oracle application setups.
Preventative controls
Define and enforce controls for testing, approvals and compliance to prevent audit issues and rework.
DevOps support for ERP teams
Build and release application changes faster through increased visibility and automation.in audit time
in migration time
in SLA attainment
Features
Off-hours code migrations
Support for third-party version control software
Custom reports
Pre- and post-migration steps on distributed environments
Pre- and post-migration steps on mass migrations
Pre- and post-migration steps for custom commands
Dev tools integration
Customized migration order
Automated patching
Impact analysis
Object compare for object management
Software version control and rollback
Workflow for project and process management
Regulatory compliance management
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Intuitive console
Easily manage change requests, tasks, schedules and notifications.
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Workflow
Configure Stat workflows to enforce your change management process.
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Object control
Add, lock and version objects in the change request.
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Object management
Manage objects in archive sets for versioning, migrating and restoring.
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Change migration
Schedule or migrate (deploy) changes in real time to a target environment.
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Migration details
Captures and logs object migration (deployment) associated with the change.
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Event logs
Stat provides detailed agent and event logs for all object migrations.
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Reporting
Offers more than 200 reports, including migration (deployment) details.
Intuitive console
Workflow
Object control
Object management
Change migration
Migration details
Event logs
Reporting
Specifications
- Stat Repository DBMS
- Oracle 11g R2,12c R1, 12c R2 and 18c (Unicode and non-Unicode support for all Oracle DBMS).
Note: Oracle E-Business is only supported on an Oracle Stat database.
- Character Set with Unicode collation. Database defined with BINARY collation).
- Minimum disk space
- Development database: 4 GB available disk
- Production database: 20 GB available disk (size can grow dramatically)
- Operating system
- Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit), and Windows 10 (32- bit or 64-bit) Windows Server
- Windows Server® 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016
Note: Be aware of the following:
- The Stat Client can run on a workstation or Windows server. In some cases the compatibility mode may need to be set to Windows XP.
- When Stat is running on a Microsoft Server operating system, opening a CSR may cause an Internet Explorer security prompt to appear. To prevent this, add about:security_stat.exe to the Trusted sites zone.
- Beginning with the Stat release after Stat 6.2, the 32-bit Stat Windows Client will no longer be included
- Database connectivity
- To create a successful connection, the architecture (bitness) or the database client/driver must match the architecture (bitness) of the Stat Client. For example, the 64-bit Stat Client requires an applicable 64-bit database client/driver, and the 32-bit Stat Client requires an applicable 32-bit database client/driver.
- Oracle Instant Client
- The client version must be compatible with the RDBMS version. Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.x
- Web browser
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or later
- Oracle E-Business Object Compare
Oracle E-Business object comparison is an optional feature with its own requirements. To enable object compare support for Oracle E-Business objects, a compatible version of Oracle Developer Suite and the Forms Applet Jar Files component must be installed. Additional requirements are needed for the following:
- To enable object compare support for Oracle developer objects in patches, the Oracle JVM and the file stat_db.jar must be installed in the Stat repository.
- To enable object compare support for form library files that have attached libraries, the FORMS60_PATH environment variable must be set to reference a staging directory (FORMS_PATH for FORMS 10).
- Minimum requirements
- CPU: 1.6 GHz or greater
- RAM: 1 Gb RAM
- Disk: 500 Mb for local install (recommended) or <1 Mb w/network install
- with 500 Mb on the network
- Operating System
- Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit), and Windows 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
- Windows Server® 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® releases 6 and 7 Oracle® Solaris Intel 10 and 11 IBM® AIX® 7.1, 7.2 (English-based)
NOTE: Running the Stat Central Agent on the same computer as the SQL Server® Stat Database is not recommended.
- Application Server
The Stat Central Agent uses the Wildfly application server. Beginning with Stat 6.2, Weblogic is no longer supported.
- Java SE Development Kit
- Java 8
- Releases
Stat® supports all products, including custom products, in the Oracle® E-Business Suite Release 12.1.x and 12.2.x. Some Stat features will depend on the AD product release
- Technology stack
- All components of the technology stack for the Oracle E-Business Suite should be in compliance with Oracle's certification requirements
- Stat will be certified with most UNIX® and Intel® based platforms supported by Oracle. Contact Quest® Support for updated platform certification.
- JDK/SDK version 8
Resources
Avoid the Common Pitfalls of ERP Change Management: Part One
In this first chapter, you’ll learn how to define an effective change management process that reduces the potential risks associated with your enterprise resource planning (ERP) application changes.
Read E-bookMastering the Art of Version Control and Migration Management with Stat
Modern corporate IT infrastructures are constantly changing. Maintenance, such as user provisioning and regular updates to operating systems, server software and applications, is just a small part of the picture. IT departments must also frequently change
Read Technical BriefCurtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation: Optimizing change management
Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation has unified and automated change management processes to increase efficiency, lower costs and streamline compliance.
Read Case StudyThree Change Control Challenges You Can Solve with Stat®
Unauthorized changes, manual deployments and governance are all challenges that can be addressed with change control tools and processes. This is because nearly everything that goes wrong with a database is due to human intervention, and can be mitigated or avoided altogether when people are prevent
Read White PaperDevOps Cookbook for ERP Teams
How ERP developers can enjoy the advantages of DevOps without incurring the risk of noncomplianceIf all the cool kids have DevOps, then what’s keeping the ERP teams from getting it? The problem is that progress toward DevOps can introduce the risk of noncompliance to the organization’s f
Read E-bookMigrating Oracle Application Setups | The Stat® Way
Oracle E-Business Suite is the backbone of your organization, which is why it’s critical to manage changes properly. Using manual methods is a common approach, but it’s often an expensive, time-consuming and error-prone process. What if you could use automation to version, manage and mig
Read Technical BriefAutomating Your ERP Application Change Management Process
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