Oracle Certification Program Exam Topics

Oracle Certification Program

Oracle 11i Workflow Certified Expert

Exam Topics
Oracle 11i Workflow Certified Expert

Introduction to Oracle Workflow

[ ] Explain the advantages of a workflow driven business process
[ ] Explain System Integration with Oracle Workflow

Oracle Workflow Components

[ ] Explain the workflow architecture
[ ] Explain the functioning of a notification system
[ ] Explain Business event system architecture
[ ] Monitor a workflow based business process

Planning a Workflow Process

[ ] Explain the components of a workflow process
[ ] Plan a workflow process

Diagramming a Workflow Process

[ ] Create a new process using both top-down and bottom-up approach
[ ] Use Quick Start Wizard
[ ] Define Item Type
[ ] Define Process Activity
[ ] Diagram a process
[ ] Edit transition
[ ] Define node properties
[ ] Save & review Process Definitions

Defining Item Type Attributes and Lookup Types

[ ] Define item type attributes
[ ] Define lookup types and lookup codes

Defining Messages and Notification Activities

[ ] Define messages
[ ] Define message attributes
[ ] Define notification activities

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Testing and Monitoring Workflow Processes

[ ] Launch a test process
[ ] Use Administrator Monitor
[ ] Use Self-service monitor
[ ] Use workflow monitor in standalone Oracle Workflow
[ ] Check the progress of a workflow using the Workflow Monitor

Viewing and Responding to Notifications

[ ] Respond to notifications from the Worklist Web pages
[ ] Respond to notifications using e-mail
[ ] Define vacation rules

Oracle Workflow Directory Service

[ ] Describe Oracle Workflow Directory Service
[ ] Describe Local directory service tables in Oracle e-Business Suite
[ ] Set workflow preferences
[ ] Load Roles in Oracle Workflow Builder

Defining Function Activities

[ ] Define function activities
[ ] Define activity details
[ ] Define activity attributes

Business Events
[ ] Define events
[ ] Define event groups
[ ] Raise events

Event Subscriptions
[ ] Explain Event Manager Subscriptions Processing
[ ] Explain Local Event Subscription Processing
[ ] Explain External Event Subscription Processing
[ ] Explain Subscription Properties
[ ] Explain Subscription Actions
[ ] Explain Deferred Subscription Processing
[ ] Define Subscription in standalone Oracle Workflow
[ ] Maintain Subscriptions in Oracle e-Business Suite

Systems and Agents

[ ] Define systems
[ ] Define communication agents on systems
[ ] Associate queues and queue handlers with agents
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[ ] Register systems with each other for event message propagation

Defining Event Activities

[ ] Describe event activities
[ ] Explain an event based workflow process
[ ] Define an event activity
[ ] Describe Event Details
[ ] Describe Standard Activities

Workflow Engine
[ ] Describe how the Workflow Engine manages a process
[ ] Describe the processing performed by the background engine

Workflow Process APIs

[ ] Define PL/SQL procedures for function activities
[ ] Define PL/SQL procedures for post-notification functions
[ ] Define Java procedures for function activities
[ ] Apply Workflow Engine APIs

Business Event System APIs

[ ] Describe the abstract datatypes used by the Business Event System
[ ] Define event data generate functions
[ ] Define queue handler procedures
[ ] Define subscription rule functions
[ ] Apply Business Event System APIs

Error Handling
[ ] Explain error handling for subscription processing
[ ] Explain error handling for workflow processes
[ ] Explain the standard error handling processes provided in the System: Error item type

PL/SQL Documents
[ ] Integrate PL/SQL documents into a workflow process
[ ] Include a PL/SQL document in a message
[ ] Explain standard API for a PL/SQL document
[ ] Use PL/SQL document attribute

Forced Synchronous Processing

[ ] Perform forced synchronous processing
[ ] Explain process definition restrictions for forced synchronous processes

Selector/Callback Functions
[ ] Define a selector/callback function for an item type
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[ ] Create a selector/callback function, following a standard API
[ ] Call a selector/callback function

Master/Detail Coordination Activities

[ ] Perform Master/Detail coordination activities
[ ] Explain Continue Flow processing

Customizing Workflow Processes

[ ] Explain the guidelines for customizing predefined workflow processes
[ ] Use the access protection feature for Oracle Workflow
[ ] List the types of customizations that are not supported
[ ] Preserve customizations during an upgrade

Workflow Loaders
[ ] Use the Workflow Definitions Loader to transfer workflow process definitions between a
database and flat file
[ ] Use the Workflow XML Loader to transfer XML definitions for Business Event System
objects between a database and a flat file

Setting Up Oracle Workflow

[ ] Perform the required setup steps for Oracle Workflow
[ ] Explain the optional setup steps for Oracle Workflow

Managing Service Components

[ ] Configure and run agent listeners
[ ] Configure and run notification mailers

Workflow Loaders
[ ] Review Workflow system status information
[ ] Monitor work items in different statuses and purge completed work items
[ ] Run background engines
[ ] Run Workflow control queue cleanup
[ ] Review Business Event System queu propagation and agent activity details

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