Whitepaper List as at December 2016

The following Oracle Utilities Application Framework technicalwhitepapers are available from MyOracle Support at the Doc Id's mentioned below. Some have beenupdated in the last few months to reflect new advice and new features.

Refer to Whitepaper Strategy Now and In the Future for direction of the documentation.

Note: If a link on this page does not work, this means the whitepaper may have been retired. In that case refer to the online documentation provided with your product for more information.

Unless otherwise marked the technical whitepapers in the table beloware applicable for the following products (with versions):

• OracleUtilities Customer Care And Billing (V2 and above)
• OracleUtilities Meter Data Management (V2 and above)
• OracleUtilities Mobile Workforce Management (V2 and above)
• OracleUtilities Smart Grid Gateway (V2 and above) – All Adapters
• OracleUtilities Operational Device Management (V2 and above)
• Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management (V2 and above)
  
• OraclePublic Service Revenue Management (all versions)
• OracleRevenue Management and Billing (all versions)
• Oracle Real Time Scheduler (V2 and above)
  

Doc Id DocumentTitle Contents ConfigLabDesign Guidelines This whitepaper outlines how to design and implement a datamanagement solution using the ConfigLab facility.
This whitepaper currently only applies to the following products:

• OracleUtilities Customer Care And Billing
• OracleEnterprise Taxation Management
• OraclePublic Service Revenue Management
• OracleRevenue Management and Billing

Note: ConfigLab is no longer supported in OUAF 4.3.x, Use Configuration Migration Assistant instead.

TechnicalBest Practices for Oracle Utilities Application Framework Based Products Whitepaper summarizing common technical best practices usedby partners, implementation teams and customers. PerformanceTroubleshooting Guideline Series A set of whitepapers on tracking performance at each tier inthe framework. The individual whitepapers are as follows:

• Concepts - General Conceptsand Performance Troublehooting processes
• Client Troubleshooting -General troubleshooting of the browser client with common issues andresolutions.
• Network Troubleshooting -General troubleshooting of the network with common issues andresolutions.
• Web Application Server Troubleshooting- General troubleshooting of the Web Application Server with commonissues and resolutions.
• Server Troubleshooting -General troubleshooting of the Operating system with common issues andresolutions.
• Database Troubleshooting -General troubleshooting of the database with common issues andresolutions.
• Batch Troubleshooting -General troubleshooting of the background processing component of theproduct with common issues and resolutions.

SoftwareConfiguration Management Series
A set of whitepapers on how to manage customization (code anddata)using the tools provided with the framework. Topics include RevisionControl, SDK Migration/Utilities, Bundling and Configuration MigrationAssistant. The individual whitepapers are as follows:

• Concepts - General conceptsand introduction.
• Environment Management -Principles and techniques for creating and managing environments.
• Version Management -Integration of Version control and version management of configurationitems.
• Release Management -Packaging configuration items into a release.
• Distribution - Distributionand installation of releases across environments
• Change Management - Genericchange management processes for product implementations.
• Status Accounting - Statusreporting techniques using product facilities.
• Defect Management - Genericdefect management processes for product implementations.
• Implementing Single Fixes -Discussion on the single fix architecture and how to use it in animplementation.
• Implementing Service Packs -Discussion on the service packs and how to use them in animplementation.
• Implementing Upgrades -Discussion on the the upgrade process and common techniques forminimizing the impact of upgrades.

OracleUtilities Application Framework Security Overview A whitepaper summarizing the security facilities in theframework. Now includes references to other Oracle security productssupported. LDAPIntegration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products A generic whitepaper summarizing how to integrate an externalLDAP based security repository with the framework. OracleUtilities Application Framework Integration Overview A whitepaper summarizing all the various common integrationtechniques used with the product (with case studies). SingleSign On Integration for Oracle Utilities Application Framework basedproducts A whitepaper outlining a generic process for integrating anSSO product with the framework. OracleUtilities Application Framework Architecture Guidelines This whitepaper outlines the different variations ofarchitecture that can be considered. Each variation will include adviceon configuration and other considerations. BatchBest Practices This whitepaper outlines the common and best practicesimplemented by sites all over the world. TechnicalBest Practices V1 Addendum Addendum to Technical Best Practices for OracleUtilities Customer Care And Billing V1.x only. XAIBest Practices This whitepaper outlines the common integration tasks andbest practices for the Web Services Integration provided by the OracleUtilities Application Framework. OracleIdentity Manager Integration Overview This whitepaper outlines the principals of the prebuiltintergration between Oracle Utilities Application Framework BasedProducts and OracleIdentity Manager used to provision user and user group securityinformation. For Fw4.x customers use whitepaper 1375600.1instead. ProductionEnvironment Configuration Guidelines A whitepaper outlining common production level settings forthe products based upon benchmarks and customer feedback. 1177265.1What'sNew In Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4?  Whitepaper outlining the major changes to the framework sinceOracle Utilities Application Framework V2.2. 1290700.1DatabaseVault Integration Whitepaper outlining the DatabaseVault Integration solution provided with Oracle UtilitiesApplication Framework V4.1.0 and above. 1299732.1BIPublisher Guidelines for Oracle Utilities Application Framework Whitepaper outlining the interface between BIPublisher and the Oracle Utilities Application Framework 1308161.1OracleSOA Suite Integration with Oracle Utilities Application Framework basedproducts This whitepaper outlines common design patterns andguidelines for using OracleSOA Suite with Oracle Utilities Application Framework basedproducts. 1308165.1MPLBest Practices
This is a guidelines whitepaper for products shipping withthe Multi-Purpose Listener.
This whitepaper currently only applies to the following products:

• OracleUtilities Customer Care And Billing
• OracleEnterprise Taxation Management
• OraclePublic Service Revenue Management
• OracleRevenue Management and Billing

Note: MPL has been deprecated in OUAF 4.3.x. Please use Oracle Service Bus as an alternative

1308181.1OracleWebLogic JMS Integration with the Oracle Utilities Application Framework This whitepaper covers the native integration between OracleWebLogic JMS with Oracle Utilities Application Framework using thenew Message Driven Bean functionality and real time JMS adapters. 1334558.1OracleWebLogic Clustering for Oracle Utilities Application Framework This whitepaper covers process for implementing clusteringusing OracleWebLogic for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products. 1359369.1IBMWebSphere Clustering for Oracle Utilities Application Framework This whitepaper covers process for implementing clusteringusing IBM WebSphere for Oracle Utilities Application Framework basedproducts 1375600.1OracleIdentity Management Suite Integration with the Oracle UtilitiesApplication Framework This whitepaper covers the integration between OracleUtilities Application Framework and OracleIdentity Management Suite components such as OracleIdentity Manager, OracleAccess Manager, OracleAdaptive Access Manager, OracleInternet Directory and OracleVirtual Directory. 1375615.1AdvancedSecurity for the Oracle Utilities Application Framework This whitepaper covers common security requirements and howto meet those requirements using Oracle Utilities Application Frameworknative security facilities, security provided with the J2EE WebApplication and/or facilities available in OracleIdentity Management Suite. 1486886.1ImplementingOracle Exadata with Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing This whitepaper covers some advice when implementing OracleExaData for OracleUtilities Customer Care And Billing. 878212.1OracleUtilities Application FW Available Service Packs This entry outlines ALL the service packs available for theOracle Utilities Application Framework. 1454143.1CertificationMatrix for Oracle Utilities Products This entry outlines the software certifications for all theOracle Utilities products. 1474435.1OracleApplication Management Pack for Oracle Utilities Overview This whitepaper covers the Oracle Application Management Packfor Oracle Utilities. This is a pack for OracleEnterprise Manager. 1506855.1IntegrationReference Solutions
This whitepaper covers the various Oracle technologies youcan use with the Oracle Utilities Application Framework. 1544969.1NativeInstallation Oracle Utilities Application Framework Thiswhitepaper describes the process of installing Oracle UtilitiesApplication Framework based products natively within OracleWebLogic. 1558279.1OracleService Bus Integration  Thiswhitepaper describes direct integration with OracleService Busincluding the new OracleService Bus protocol adapters available.Customers using the MPL should read this whitepaper as the OracleService Bus replaces MPL in the future and this whitepaper outlineshowto manually migrate your MPL configuration into OracleService Bus.

Note: In Oracle Utilities Application Framework V4.2.0.1.0 and above,Oracle Service Bus Adapters for Outbound Messages andNotification/Workflow are available 1561930.1UsingOracle Text for Fuzzy Searching This whitepaper describes how to use the Name Matchingand  fuzzy operator facilities in OracleText to implemement fuzzy searching using the @fuzzy helperfucntion available in Oracle Utilities Application FrameworkV4.2.0.0.0 1606764.1
AuditVault Integration This whitepaper describes theintegration with OracleAudit Vaultto centralize and separate Audit information from OUAF products. AuditVault integration is available in OUAF 4.2.0.1.0 and above only.
1644914.1
MigratingXAI to IWS
Migration from XML ApplicationIntegration to the new native Inbound Web Services in Oracle UtilitiesApplication Framework 4.2.0.2.0 and above.
1643845.1
PrivateCloud Planning Guide
Planning Guide for implementingOracle Utilities products on Private Clouds using Oracle's CloudFoundation set of products.
1682436.1
ILMPlanning Guide
Planning Guide for OracleUtilities new ILM based data management and archiving solution.
207303.1
Client / Server Interoperability Support Matrix
Certification Matrix.
1965395.1
Cache Nodes Configuration using BatchEdit utility
Using the new Batch Edit Wizard to configure batch quickly and easily
1628358.1
Overview and Guidelines for Managing Business Exceptions and Errors
Best Practices for To Do Management
2014163.1
Oracle Functional/Load Testing Advanced Pack for Oracle Utilities Overview
Overview of the new Oracle Utilities testing solution. Updated for 5.0.0.1.0.
1929040.1
ConfigTools Best Practices
Best Practices for using the configuration tools facility
2014161.1
Oracle Utilities Application Framework - Keystore Configuration
Managing the keystore
2014163.1
Oracle Functional/Load Testing Advanced Pack for Oracle Utilities Overview
Outlines the Oracle Application Testing Suite based testing solution for Functional and Load Testing available for Oracle Utilities Application Framework based products
2132081.1
Migrating From On Premise To Oracle Platform As A Service
Outlines the process of moving an Oracle Utilities product from on-premise to Oracle Cloud Platform As A Service (PaaS)
2196486.1
Batch Scheduler Integration
Outlines the Oracle Utilities Application Framework based integration with Oracle’s DBMS_SCHDEULER to build, manage and execute complex batch schedules
2211363.1
Enterprise Manager for Oracle Utilities: Service Pack Compliance
Outlines the process of converting service packs to allow the Application Management Pack for Oracle Utilities to install service packs using the patch management capabilities
2214375.1
Web Services Best Practices
Outlines the best practices of the web services capabilities available for integration