Category Archives: Oracle PIM

Oracle PIMDH Change of UI or Would I?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

Is the user doomed to the user interface in Oracle PIM or is there hope? It would not be fair for me to state my personal opinion because I have operated in Oracle forms 2.3 – current and OAF HTML forms for … Continue reading →

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Where is PIMDH R12.PLM_PF.C and when is it going to be released?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Thank you Oracle Support for being there in the same boat as I am.  You sometimes get treated the same way as airline gate and checkin employees do.  But there is a reason why you don’t get to speak to … Continue reading →

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One or Two instances (with or without you EBS)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Oracle PIM Data Hub in R12.1.3 and prior is actually contained in a EBS Applications instance. Therefore, there is a question posed as to whether the PIM data hub should be managed on the same instance as the rest of … Continue reading →

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Single Row or Multi Row?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

Good question came about between myself and a very respected development consultant friend of mine regarding design of Single row User Defined Attribute Groups (UDA groups) and Multi row UDA groups. The SR (single row) are used for those items … Continue reading →

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Your future product will be created on the WEB

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

No matter who you are or what industry that you come from, Your product will someday be designed, demanded, updated, evolved, driven by, directed by, and CREATED by the web community. The WEB market is actually doing this for some … Continue reading →

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Why Phase One in “16 weeks” minimum?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Feel for my clients because they know very well the term 16 weeks. This is usually the minimal time for my firm to lead the internal resources into a great implementation design.  I suddenly come into a client site making … Continue reading →

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Document, Document, Document!!! Monitor, Monitor, Monitor!!!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Are you getting the message? Message to clients and contractors alike: Clients don’t just want good development. They want to know how to move it from instance to instance OR how to adjust it. Price shouldn’t always be the deciding … Continue reading →

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Wrong “off shoring” approaches in Oracle PIM

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

The “cart before the horse” is the expression that comes to mind when I try to explain why people fail to save money with off shoring development resources. I don’t want to anger anyone and say that I don’t believe … Continue reading →

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Importing Metadata into PIM Data Hub 12.1.3

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

According to Oracle Support metalink note 1113543.1: In previous versions: “Oracle Product Hub allows you to create Item Catalog Category (ICC), Attribute Groups and its corresponding attributes, Value Sets and the corresponding values through User Interfaces. “ But in the … Continue reading →

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How many columns for UDA Groups in 12.1.2?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

There are 40 character columns available for 40 character based attributes for Item User Defined Attribute groups (UDA Groups) in Oracle PIM Data Hub. There are 20 number columns available for 20 numerical attributes for Item User Defined Attribute groups (UDA Groups) in … Continue reading →

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