Revision History

With every release, the content in topic files is added, updated, and changed. In addition, content is updated as required; these changes are released as Documentation Updates. Each update includes a table that provides the topic name, location of the topic, and a description of the change.

New topic Denotes new topics

ClosedOLH Update (April 2025)

Location Topic Name Description of Change  
\Migration Migration Packages Added note that dependent packages need to be installed first in the target system before installing the migration package.  

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following document:

  • 25B Patch 2
  • 25B Patch 1
  • 25A Patch 7
 

ClosedUpdate 25B (April 2025)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Options Added new Cache sales user groups for improved BML performance setting.
\Commerce
\Actions
Updated 'Add Coverage' label to 'Associate Product' and updated action description
\Commerce
\Attributes
Transaction Line Attributes

Added Covered Item UoM (_covered_item_uom) attribute

\Commerce
\Attributes
\Attribute | Array Sets
Available Rate Plan Array Set

Added information for:

  • The Requested Rate Plan attribute replacing the Available Rate Plans attribute
  • Multiple rate plans from pricing and Requested Rate Plan selection
\Commerce\Attributes
\Rich Text Editor
Text Library Templates * This page was renamed from Rich Text Editor to Text Library Templates.

\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \
\JET & Legacy

Commerce Layout Editor

Added information for JET Line Item Grid Price Waterfall settings.

\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \
\JET & Legacy

JET Transaction UI

Added information for:

  • GenAI Quote Summaries
  • Preview Price Waterfall for Charges and Product Pricing
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \Redwood
Redwood Quotes List Added information for sorting, filtering, and grouping capabilities for the My Approvals Search in the Redwood Quotes List UI.
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \Redwood
Redwood Quotes UI

Added information for:

  • Actions in Ask Oracle Assist Bar
  • GenAI Quote Summaries
  • Part Custom Fields in Product Search
  • Visibility factors for Add Products
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \Redwood\Quote Designer
Redwood Quote Line Item Grid

Added the following information:

  • Customize Actions > Manage Actions Sets & Add Products.
  • Line Item Grid Section Styles > Show / Hide Overview Bar & Paginate
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \Redwood\Quote Designer
Redwood Quote Sections Added information for section backgrounds and textures for Custom Grid Layout.
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes \Redwood\Quote Designer
Redwood Quote Views Added information for the Custom Grid Layout type orientation.
\Commerce
\Workflow
Standard Process Workflow Steps, Profiles, and Transition Rules Added Awaiting Customer Acceptance > Request Signature action Self Service User
\Configuration Performance Debugger Log Add information for 'Reconfigure and Save' and 'Add to Cart' actions.
\Integrations XML Integration Added support for task filtering to XML Integration.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Order Management Integration

Added information for:

  • Streamlined Renewal Quote Cancellation with Oracle Subscription Management

  • Order Creation for System Configuration Models

  • Setting a coverage item assignment at the component level

\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Commerce Cloud
Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-Service Portal Integration

Added information for eSignature flow automated signature request, OCC self-service checkout upon eSignature acceptance, and eSignature Details and comments to OCC self-service buyers.

\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Oracle CPQ Update 25B cohort schedule.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Added Oracle CPQ Update 25B deprecation announcements.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 25B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 25B What's New
  • 25B Resolved Known Issues
  • 25A Patch 6
  • 25A Patch 5
  • 25A Patch 4
  • 25A Patch 3
  • 25A Patch 2
  • 24D Patch 8
  • 24D Patch 7
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 25B Browser compatibility information.
\Parts Part Custom Fields Added information for Part Custom Fields in Product Search
\Performance New topic Performance Reviewer The Performance Reviewer helps administrators identify site customizations that could contribute to performance issues.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Attributes Added the Extended List Amount charge attribute
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Models

Added the following information:

  • Quantity Aggregation for volume and tier pricing
  • Inline Import / Export of Prices to Price Models
  • Charge-specific price adjustments
  • The Any Item Product type option has been renamed to All Items
  • Product Structure view
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Options

Added the following pricing options:

  • Output advanced pricing structure for non-usage charges
  • Include relevant line items when triggering pricing in quotes
  • Enable charge-specific product price adjustments
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Added information for Applying a Rate Plan
\Users Partner Organizations Added information about Partner Organization User Administration permission.
\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
New topic Commerce Process Setup REST API

This REST API provides web service support managing Commerce Process actions, documents, and integrations.

\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
BOM Item Administration REST APIs

Added the following API endpoints:

\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
Calculate Price API Added the "extendedAmount" field to the Charges object
\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
Migration REST APIs

Migration REST APIs support the following new endpoints:

\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
Parts REST API Added List Price parameter and Keyword Parts Search examples
\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
Performance Debugger REST API Add information for 'Reconfigure and Save' and 'Add to Cart' actions.
\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
Products REST API Added List Price parameter
\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
\Pricing Setup
\Web Services
\REST APIs\CPQ APIs
\Pricing Setup
Pricing Option REST APIs Updated Get Pricing Options example to include new pricing options

ClosedUpdate 25A (January 2025)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce
\Actions
Added new "Add Coverage" actions
\Commerce
\Attributes

Commerce Attribute & Array Sets

Added information for new Transaction and Transaction Line Attribute Sets

\Commerce
\Attributes
Standard Process Transaction Attributes

Added the following attributes: Is E-signature enabled, Checkout Access Enabled, and Prorated Order Level Discount

Customer Status - Added new menu entries for attribute: Awaiting Signatures, Signed, Signature Request Cancelled

\Commerce
\Attributes
Standard Process Transaction Line Attributes

Added the following attributes: Requested Rate Plan, Total Prorated Order Discount, and Unit Prorated Order Discount.

\Commerce

\Attributes

\Attribute | Array Sets

Available Rate Plan Array Set Added information the Requested Rate Plan attribute replacing the Available Rate Plans attribute.

\Commerce
\Attributes
\Attribute | Array Sets

Prices Array Set

Added the following attributes: Unit Prorated Order Discount, Total Prorated Order Discount, Tax Price, Tax Amount, Total Price Including Tax, Total Amount Including Tax, Total Price Excluding Tax, Total Price Excluding Tax, Contract Tax Amount, Contract Total Amount, and Contract Total Amount Excluding Tax

\Commerce
\Rules
Standard Process Rules

Added the following rules: Hide Actions if Esign Disabled, Hide Actions if Esign Enabled, and Validate Checkout Access

\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes
\JET & Legacy
Added information for the Commerce Process Status Badge.
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes
\Redwood

New topic Redwood Quote Designer

The Redwood Quote Designer is integrated into the quote layout. Administrators can easily switch between Live and Design modes to view real-time changes. The Redwood Designer advanced customization features allow administrators to tailor the appearance and layout views to match specific customer requirements. CPQ also provides several multiple pre-defined views for standard Commerce processes allowing quick implementation of the Redwood Quote UI.
\Commerce
\Transactions | Quotes
\Redwood
New topic Redwood Quote UI The Redwood Quote UI delivers a simplified and discoverable quoting experience for sales users with predefined and configurable milestone guidance and tracking. It provides in-context guided selling, product selection, and faster access to critical information through improved search & filtering capabilities and the new (Ask Oracle) Assist Bar.
\Integrations XML Integration Added support for task filtering to XML Integration.
\Integrations
\Commerce Integrations
Attribute Mapping Page Added a new attribute mapping in the Commerce Import Revenue Lines integration from the Opportunity Revenue 'inventoryOrgId' attribute to the CPQ transaction line 'model_parner_organization_id' attribute.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Fusion Pricing Integration

Updated information synchronization of price lists for Oracle CPQ - Fusion Pricing Integrations

Alternate path: Pricing > Pricing Portal
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Commerce Cloud
Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-Service Portal Integration

Added information for the following features:

  • Order Capture for Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-service Direct Orders
  • Productized eSignature Flows for Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-Service Integrations
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Oracle Fusion Pricing
New topicOracle CPQ to Oracle Fusion Pricing Synchronization

This topic provides information CPQ-initiated synchronization of price lists for Oracle CPQ - Fusion Pricing integrations

Alternate path: Pricing > Pricing Portal > Pricing Integration
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Oracle Fusion Pricing
New topicOracle Fusion Pricing to Oracle CPQ Synchronization

This topic provides information Fusion-initiated synchronization of price lists for Oracle CPQ - Fusion Pricing integrations

Alternate path: Pricing > Pricing Portal > Pricing Integration
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Oracle Sales
Sales Parts Integration (Oracle Sales Product Information Master Integration) Added information for One-Time Parts and BOM Syncs for Oracle Sales – Oracle CPQ Products Integrations.
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Oracle CPQ Update 25A cohort schedule.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Added Oracle CPQ Update 25A deprecation announcements.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 25A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 25A What's New
  • 25A Resolved Known Issues
  • 25A Patch 1
  • 24D Patch 6
  • 24D Patch 5
  • 24D Patch 4
  • 24D Patch 3
  • 24C Patch 11
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 25A Browser compatibility information.
\Pricing
Pricing Portal

Added 25A pricing enhancements:

  • Extensible Outputs from a Pricing Matrix without a Script
  • High Scalability of Price Models and Matrices
  • Pricing Portal BML Editor Enhancements
  • Streamlined Price List Synchronization from Fusion Pricing to CPQ
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Matrix Templates

Added information for Extensible Outputs from a Pricing Matrix without a Script and updated the sequence of column definition for creating Attribute-based templates.

\Users

New topic Application Administrator

My Profile

Setting Up Groups

Setting Up Users

User Administration Overview

User Permissions

Added Application Administrator permission information.
\Web Services \SOAP APIs SOAP APIs and Web Services 1.0 Added deprecation announcement information.
\Web Services \SOAP APIs Added support of OAuth for SOAP APIs and Web Services 2.0.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Migration Package
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topicPending Configurations This REST API provide web service support to pending configurations.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Performance Debugger Performance Debugger Log REST API enhancement. The Create Performance Debugger Log supports Configuration actions with Commerce interactions.

\Web Services
\REST APIs

User Management

Added new User Management REST API endpoints:

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
Pricing Matrix and Pricing Matrix Template Added endpoints to build indices for all Pricing Matrix Templates.

ClosedOLH Update (November 2024)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 24D Patch 2
  • 24D Patch 1
  • 24C Patch 10
  • 24C Patch 9
  • 24C Patch 8
  • 24C Patch 7
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
  • Price Models
  • Pricing Matrix Templates

Updated Example Advanced Price Model & Scripting Matrix Template instructions
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Calculate Price REST API Updated Calculate Price REST API schema and examples

ClosedUpdate 24D (October 2024)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration Business Metrics Added information for downloading API, Login, Quoting, and Quoting Performance metrics to a CSV file. This page was renamed from Site Metrics to Business Metrics.
\BML
\Functions
Other Functions Added validatequoteforagreement BML function
\Commerce Commerce Process

Added information for the following:

  • Commerce Process Stages
  • Limit Large Attribute Size on a Transaction
\Commerce
\Actions
Commerce Document Actions

Added the following information:

  • Create Price Agreement type action
  • Show Dialog Loading option
\Commerce
\Attributes
Commerce System Attributes Added Valid Stages (_system_valid_stages) system attribute.

\Commerce
\Commerce Process

Commerce Standard Process Updated Standard Process Actions, Attributes, Data Columns, Integrations, Rules, and Workflows.
\Commerce
\Commerce Process
Collaborative Quoting Added information for read-only operation optimization in Collaborative Quoting
\Commerce
\Commerce Workflow
Commerce Workflow Participant Profiles Added information for Set step as an initial step for the selected participant profile.
\Commerce
\Commerce Workflow
Commerce Workflow Steps

Added the following information:

  • Commerce stage parameter for steps
  • CPQ 24D Standard Process workflow steps
  • Procedures to enable Order and Agreement stage workflows for Pre- 24D Standard Processes
\Commerce
\Transaction Lists
Redwood Quotes List Added information for My Orders and My Agreements saved searches.
\Commerce
\Transactions
\JET & Legacy
JET Transaction UI

Added the following enhancements for 24D:

  • Add Favorite Products to a Transaction
  • Display Status Dialog for In Progress Actions
\Configuration New topic Performance Debugger Log

If an administrator suspects there is an issue with a specific error, they can initiate the Create a Performance Debugger Log REST API call to create a log for the desired action.

\Configuration Product Workbench Added information for structured products and pricing view and cardinality for simple configurators.
\Configuration
\Attributes & Arrays
Configuration Menu Attributes

Added the following information:

  • Cardinality for Multi-Select Menus
  • Updated procedures to set cardinality
\Configuration
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Item Definition Table

Added the following information:

  • Added BOM Item Definition Cardinality Expansion
  • Enable BOM Item Definition Cardinality
\Developer Toolkit Developer Toolkit Overview

Added information about the new CLI commands for site, package, and migration.

\Developer Toolkit Developer Toolkit Set Up Updated the Developer Toolkit install files for Windows and for Linux and macOS.
\Developer Toolkit Using the Developer Toolkit CLI Added the new CLI commands for site, package, and migration.
\Integrations XML Integration Renamed Real-Time Integration to XML Integration and removed WebMethods Connection.
\Integrations
\Integration Center
DocuSign eSignature Integration Added JSON format support for DocuSign Connect messages.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-Service Portal Integration

Added information for the following features:

  • Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-Service Checkout for Buyer Accepted Quotes
  • Share Quote Proposal Documents with Oracle Commerce Cloud Self-Service Portal Buyers
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Order Management Integration Added information for Subscription Amendment Process Flow.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
New topicSales Agreements in Oracle CPQ A sales agreement refers to a formal contract or arrangement between a seller and a customer that outlines the terms, conditions, pricing, and other details related to the products or services being sold.

\Integrations
\Third-Party Integrations

Salesforce Integration Updated content for Managed Package 8.10.
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 24D cohort schedule.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 24D.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 24D What's New
  • 24D Resolved Known Issues
  • 24C Patch 6
  • 24C Patch 5
  • 24C Patch 4
  • 24C Patch 3
  • 24C Patch 2
  • 24C Patch 1
  • 24B Patch 14
  • 24B Patch 13
  • 24B Patch 12
  • 24B Patch 11
  • 24B Patch 10
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 24D Browser compatibility information.
\Overview New topic Using Online Help This topic cover online help components and navigation. It also includes information for searching topics.
\Parts Part Custom Fields Increased number of menu entries for Multi-Select Menus from 30 to 100
\Pricing
Pricing Portal

Added summary information for 24D pricing enhancements.

\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Agreement Attributes Agreement Attributes support the attributes that are used to create a Price Agreement from a sales agreement-type CPQ transaction. Agreement Attributes provide the necessary mapping for Commerce attributes to the corresponding pricing attributes for Price Agreements.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Price Models
  • Added the new Advanced Price Models, the previous legacy Advanced Price Models are renamed to Advanced (Legacy) Price Models.
  • Procedures to create an Advanced Price Model
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing and Charge Attributes

This page was renamed from Pricing Attributes to Pricing and Charge Attributes. Added information for In/Out parameter.

\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Matrix Templates Added the Scripting Price Model type Pricing Matrix Templates
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Options Added Apply context-dependent data source in Pricing Attribute Mapping pricing option
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
\Pricing Integration
Oracle Fusion Pricing Integration Added information for the automated integration of Fusion base price lists to CPQ Pricing Engine.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Calculate Price REST API Renamed parameters to align with pricing document attributes and consolidated header, line and charge attributes.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Commerce REST APIs
  • Added new endpoints to support Sales Agreements and OCC Self-Service Checkout

  • New "Stage" Resource Path Parameter for Commerce process stages

  • Endpoints for modify-type actions now support adding favorites to a transaction.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topicMetrics REST API This endpoint allows administrators to retrieve business metrics, including API, Login, and Quoting metrics.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topicPerformance Debugger REST API The REST API enables customers to collect granular performance logs for Configuration actions, including the timing for associated rules and conditions.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
New topicAgreement Attribute REST API This REST API supports Sales Agreements and Pricing Agreement Attributes
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
Added support for Advanced Price Models and Scripting Price Matrices
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
Pricing Attribute REST APIs Added support for Charge Attributes
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
New topicPricing Bulk Service REST API This REST API supports pricing export, import, and bulk data services using web services.

ClosedUpdate 24C (July 2024)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce Commerce Actions Added "Always Run Pricing of All Lines' option.
\Commerce Commerce Options

Added information for the following options:

  • Remove all Recommended Items from Quote Line Item Grid on Parent Model Removal
  • Duration in minutes a task can wait in the queue before it gets cancelled on collaborative transactions
\Commerce Custom Variable Name Conventions Added information about submitting an SR to disable the "_c" suffix on variable names for custom Commerce entities.
\Commerce JET Transaction UI

Added information about adding unconfigured models to a transaction

\Commerce
\Commerce Process
Collaborative Quoting

Added the following information:

  • Collaborative Quoting Enhancements
  • Updating the collaborative quoting job queue time limitation
\Commerce
\Commerce Process
Commerce Standard Process Added new attributes, actions, rules, data columns, and workflow steps for 24C
\Configuration Configuration Settings Added settings for cascading configuration of newly added models.
\Configuration System Configuration Added information for cascading configuration of newly added models.
\Configuration Product Workbench

Added the following information:

  • Product Workbench for CPQ administrators
  • Editing and viewing configurations
  • Auto generation of BOM simple configurators
\Configuration
\BOM Mapping
Add BOM validation enhancements.
\Integrations
\Commerce Integrations
Attribute Mapping Updated predefined attribute mappings for CPQ - Oracle Sales integrations.
\Integrations
\Login & Security
Single Sign-On (SSO) Added support for enable/disable SSO drop-down from the Company Administration List page.

\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Commerce Cloud

New topic Self-Service Portal Integration This integration provides the ability to publish a quote from Oracle CPQ to the Oracle Commerce Cloud self-service portal to enable buyers and sellers to collaborate on a common open platform.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
\Oracle Sales
Oracle Sales Integration Added overview and set up information for Sales and Financial Accounts integration
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 24C cohort schedule.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 24C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 24C What's New
  • 24C Resolved Known Issues
  • 24B Patch 9
  • 24B Patch 8
  • 24B Patch 7
  • 24B Patch 6
  • 24B Patch 5
  • 24B Patch 4
  • 24B Patch 3
  • 24B Patch 2
  • 24B Patch 1
  • 24A Patch 11
  • 24A Patch 10
  • 24A Patch 9
  • 24A Patch 8
  • 24A Patch 7
  • 24A Patch 6
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 24C Browser compatibility information.
\Pricing Pricing Portal

Added summary information for 24C pricing enhancements:

  • Dynamic Attribute-Based Matrix Pricing for Price Models and Price Agreements
  • Price Effectivity for Line Item Prices
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Data Compliance in CPQ Pricing
  • Support BML Scripting Before and After Pricing Engine Calculations
  • Incremental Pricing for Commerce Actions
  • Pricing Administration UX Enhancements
    • Access Pricing Portal using the Admin Navigation Menu
    • Consolidated Product Selector
    • Export and Import Matrix Pricing Data
  • Sales Agreement Authoring Support in CPQ Pricing
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal

Price Agreements

Added the following information

  • Dynamic attribute pricing for Price Agreements
  • Export and Import Matrix Pricing Data
  • Sales Agreement Authoring Support in CPQ Pricing
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal

Price Models

Added the following information

  • Dynamic attribute pricing for Price Models
  • Export and Import Matrix Pricing Data
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Attributes Added Line Price As Of standard attribute
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Matrix Templates Added dynamic matrix pricing information for Price Models and Price Agreements.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Options

Added the following options:

  • Enable Pricing Portal Administration Logging
  • Enable incremental pricing in quoting
  • Pricing Script: Before Pricing Engine Execution
  • Pricing Script: Before Pricing Engine Execution
\Users eCommerce Registration Added support for enable/disable SSO for quick registration company in the Company Administration List.
\Users Partner Organizations Added support for enable/disable SSO for quick registration company in the Company Administration List.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topic Collaborative Quote REST APIs These endpoints allow administrators to manage the collaborative quote queue using web services.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topic Groups REST API Added Groups endpoints for host company and partner organizations.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topic Product Search REST APIs These endpoints retrieve and search for Oracle CPQ products. Products consist of both stand-alone parts and product structures (i.e. BOM hierarchies).
\Web Services
\REST APIs
BOM Item Administration REST APIs Added Generate Configurator endpoints
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Commerce REST APIs Added endpoints for new Commerce process level actions and to manage transaction archives.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Sales Company, Group, and User REST APIs Added Sales Company endpoints.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
New topic Price Item REST APIs These endpoints support pricing products and BOM items from the Product Workbench.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
Added new endpoints to support matrix grids and updates to support SOX compliance.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
Pricing Action REST APIs Added new endpoints for Export & Import Pricing Entities and Submit Fusion Contracts Synchronization Task.

ClosedUpdate 24B (April 2024)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Best Practices Application Boundaries and Magic Numbers

Added Bulk Upload and Migration and updated the currency attribute magic number information.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts
Added html() BML function to the string functions.
\Commerce Commerce Options

Added information for the "Preferred keyword search method" and "Honor Advanced Validation setting for Timer and SOAP calls" options.

\Commerce

Added information for Applied Agreement attributes to the Commerce sub-document Price Attribute Set.

\Commerce
\Transaction Manager
New topic Quotes List UI The new Quotes List page using Redwood design standards to enhance the user experience and align with other Oracle products. When enabled, the new Quotes List page replaces the existing legacy Transaction Manager.
\Commerce

Commerce Layout Editor

Added information for the following options:

  • Line Item Grid Settings: Allow Table Height Control, Collapse All By Default, and Display Actions on Line
  • Line Item Grid Attribute Setting: Show help icon
\Commerce
\Transactions

JET Transaction UI

Added the following information:

  • Sales Agreement Pricing in Commerce
  • Line Item Grid: Allow Table Height Control, Collapse All By Default Option, Help Icon for LIG Attributes, Line Action Icons, and View File Attachments.
\Commerce
\Rules
Commerce Access Rules
(previously named Hiding Rules)
Oracle CPQ 24B expands the functionality of Commerce Hiding Rules to allow administrators to dynamically control read/write permissions for Commerce attributes.
\Configuration
\Page & Flows
Punch-ins Updated to reflect external source punch-in requires username and password entry for authentication.
\Configuration Configuration Settings Added information for the "BOM Exchange Rates", "Layout Attributes Caching", and "Configuration Flows" options.
\Configuration Product Workbench Updated procedures to include Any Products, Adjustment Types, and Dynamic Attribute-based Matrix Pricing
\Configuration
\Rules

General Rule Elements

Added information about using the Config Operation Context Configuration system attribute for rule conditions

\Integration
\Integration Center

DocuSign eSignature Integration Added OAuth 2.0 support for DocuSign Integration.
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 24B cohort schedule.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Added 24B deprecation announcement.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 24B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 24B What's New
  • 24B Resolved Known Issues
  • 24A Patch 5
  • 23D Patch 4
  • 23D Patch 3
  • 23D Patch 2
  • 23D Patch 1
  • 23D Patch 9
  • 23C Patch 8
  • 23C Patch 7
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 24B Browser compatibility information.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Price Agreements The new Price Agreements module to allow customers to specify agreement pricing within the Pricing Engine.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Price Models

Added the following information:

  • Discount or Markup All Products
  • Uplift and Markup Pricing
  • Dynamic Attribute-based Matrix Pricing for a Product
  • Updated procedures to include Any Products, Adjustment Types, and Dynamic Attribute-based Matrix Pricing
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Attributes Added pricing lookups for pricing attributes
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Pricing Matrix Templates The new Pricing Matrix Templates module supports pricing that requires the Pricing Engine to use a custom dynamic matrix as the basis for calculating estimated charge revenues at runtime.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Migration Added details about how migration handles Pricing objects
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Options

Added the following options:

  • Enable Currency Conversion in Pricing Engine
  • Apply multiple charges in a price list as a whole
  • Apply adjustments on existing charges only
  • Observe commerce process Steps for the pricing action in quoting
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Pricing Preview The new Pricing Preview module to allow pricing administrators and product managers to validate pricing during or after setup.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Rate Cards Added information about Rate Card type Pricing Matrix Templates
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
\Pricing Integrations
New topic Oracle Sales Contracts Integration Oracle CPQ 24B provides productized integration to synchronize sales agreement pricing between the Oracle Sales Contracts and CPQ Pricing Agreements.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Commerce REST APIs Added the Group Transactions endpoint that returns a list of transaction grouped by columns specified in the request.
\Web Services \REST APIs Company REST APIs

Added new company end points for retrieving, adding, and updating host company and partner organization data including support for company style sheets and translations.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topicGet Commerce Settings REST API This REST API returns Commerce Settings and applicable General Site settings.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Extract Data REST APIs Added new data store endpoints for the Extract Data REST API allow a customer to identify data stores (i.e., objects) and data store attributes that can be extracted from Oracle CPQ.
\Web Services \REST APIs New topicGlobal Branding REST API Added new global branding endpoint for retrieving the global branding properties for a site.
\Web Services \REST APIs New topicGlobal Dictionary REST API Added new global dictionary endpoints for retrieving, adding, replacing, and deleting global dictionary values for a site.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
New topic Price Agreements REST APIs These endpoints enable administration of CPQ Price Agreements, Price Agreement Items, Price Agreement stand-alone Charges, Price Agreement Rate Plans, and Price Agreement Rate Plan Charges using REST API services.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
New topic Pricing Matrices & Matrix Templates REST APIs These endpoints enable administration of CPQ Pricing Matrices and Pricing Matrix Templates using REST API services.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Pricing Setup
New topic Pricing Previews REST APIs These endpoints enable administration of CPQ Pricing Previews using REST API services.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topic Saved Search REST APIs The Saved Search REST APIs allow administrators to manage CPQ Quotes List Saved Searches using REST web services.
\Web Services \REST API New topicUser Navigation Links REST API The User Navigation Links REST API endpoint retrieves the user navigation links defined in the Navigation Menu for a site

ClosedOnline Help Update (January 2024)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Best Practices Application Boundaries and Magic Numbers Added BML magic number information.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Price Models Added additional Block Pricing examples.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Learn More

Added information for the new "skipRules": ["HIDING"] request body parameter.


ClosedUpdate 24A (January 2024)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce Commerce Documents Added information to enable Coverage Products.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
Commerce Attribute and Array Sets Added the Available Rate Plan Set sub-document array set.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attributes
Commerce Dynamic Menus Added Transaction Arrays as additional dynamic menu resource.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attributes
JET Inline Rich Text Editor Added information about accessing shared administrator-defined and legacy RTE templates from the JET Inline Rich Text Editor.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Other Attributes

Commerce Line‑level Attributes

 

Added the following attributes:

  • _transactionLine_id sub-document system attribute
  • _availableRatePlans sub-document menu attribute
  • _is_coverage_product sub-document attribute
\Commerce
\Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added the following features:

  • Added Applied Rate Plan Selection for Transaction Lines
  • Display Volume and Tier Pricing in Transaction Charge Details
\Commerce
\Process

Commerce Standard Process

Added the following information:

  • Added 24A updates to the Standard Process Upgrade Summary

  • Added the Available Rate Plan Set

  • Added the following attributes:

    • renewDraftSubscriptionNumber_t main document attribute
    • _transactionLine_id sub-document system attribute
    • _availableRatePlans sub-document menu attribute
    • _is_coverage_product sub-document attribute
\Configuration Added Override Constraint Value Display information
\Integrations Integration Center Added new Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Integration.
\Integrations \Integration Center New topic Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Integration

Added new Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Integration.

\Integrations \Integration Center Microsoft Dynamics 365 Integration

Added new Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Integration.

\Integrations \Integration Center Salesforce Integration

Added information about Oracle CPQ Connector for Salesforce Managed Package (MP) v8.7.

\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Order Management Integration

Added Coverage Products Use Case and information to enable Coverage Products.

\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 24A cohort schedule.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Updated deprecation announcements.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added link for Update 24A.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 24A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 24A What's New
  • 24A Resolved Known Issues
  • 23D Patch 6
  • 23D Patch 5
  • 23D Patch 4
  • 23D Patch 3
  • 23D Patch 2
  • 23D Patch 1
  • 23C Patch 11
  • 23C Patch 10
  • 23C Patch 9
\Overview Supported Fonts Updated the list of supported fonts.
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 24A Browser compatibility information.
\Parts
\Partner Parts Integration
Oracle Sales SPIM Integration Added information for synchronization log enhancements and procedure to Create and Map CPQ BOM Tables.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Pricing Migration and Bulk Services This topic contains information about migrating and using bulk services for pricing items.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Oracle Fusion Pricing Integration

Added information for integrated Oracle Fusion Pricing values for Integration Ids, related lookups, and default partner price list.

\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Price Models Added information for Block Pricing and Service Durations.
\Pricing Pricing Portal Added summary of 24A Pricing enhancements.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Commerce REST APIs

Added new Commerce REST API endpoints to Archive Transactions, Unlock Transactions, and for My Approval Search.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Configuration Layout & Metadata REST APIs

Added new Get Configuration Layout Attribute Data endpoint that returns a consolidated list of Product Family, Product Line, and Model attribute metadata from a Configuration layout.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Product Administration REST APIs

New Product Administration endpoints to enable administration of single select and multi-select menu items using REST API web services.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic User Personalization REST APIs

The User Line Item Grid User Personalization provide web service support for Line Item Grid User Personalization.


ClosedUpdate 23D (October 2023)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Options Added the maximum number of characters supported for the Allowed IP Ranges field.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
Commerce Attribute and Array Sets
  • Added Applied Rate Plan attributes to the sub-document Price Attribute Set
  • Added Rate Card and Charge Definition attributes to the sub-document Charge Array Set
  • Added service-related attributes to the sub-document Parts Attribute Set for CPQ sites that are integrated with Oracle Sales.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
Array Sets (Transaction Arrays) Added information about sorting and filtering Transaction Arrays
\Commerce
\Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added 23D enhancements:

  • Transaction support for Rate Plans, Rate Cards, and Charge Definitions for subscription products and usage-based charges.
  • LIG Personalization
  • Default Collapsed Mode for Hierarchical Products in LIG
  • Adopt Oracle Sales Custom Variable Name Conventions in Commerce
\Commerce
\Process
Commerce Standard Process

Added the following information:

  • Standard Process Upgrades Summary 
  • Added Applied Rate Plan attributes to the sub-document Price Attribute Set
  • Added Rate Card and Charge Definition attributes to the sub-document Charge Array Set
  • Added service-related attributes to the sub-document Parts Attribute Set for CPQ sites that are integrated with Oracle Sales.
\Configuration New topic Configuration Actions Added topic for new Configuration Actions that function as triggers to invoke Recommendation Rules.
\Configuration New topic Product Workbench
(previously named Product Launch)
Added new Product Workbench topic to support product launch and product pricing flows for Oracle CPQ sites integrated with Oracle Sales.
\Configuration
\Pages & Flows
Configuration Layout Editor Added procedure to Add Actions to Configuration Layout.
\Integrations \Integration Center New topicSalesforce CRM Integration Added new Salesforce CRM Integration with support for managing certificates.
\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations
Salesforce Integration Added information about custom login domain support.
\Integrations
\Data Transfer
Data Cube Export Integration Added information for using Transaction Arrays in DataCube Export
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Order Management Integration Added Rate Plans support for Oracle Order Management - CPQ Integrations
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 23D cohort schedule.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Removed deprecation announcements.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 23D.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 23D What's New
  • 23D Resolved Known Issues
  • 23C Patch 8
  • 23C Patch 7
  • 23C Patch 6
  • 23C Patch 5
  • 23C Patch 4
  • 23C Patch 3
  • 23C Patch 2
  • 23C Patch 1
  • 23B Patch 7
  • 23B Patch 6
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 23D Browser compatibility information.
\Parts Setting Up and Managing Parts Added new service-related standard parts fields for CPQ sites that are integrated with Oracle Sales.
\Parts
\Partner Parts Integration
Oracle Sales SPIM Integration Added information for Near Real Time Synchronization for Oracle Sales SPIM Integration
\Pricing Pricing Portal Added information for 23D Pricing enhancements.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Charge Definitions Charge Definitions can be used to standardize charge categories.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Oracle Fusion Pricing Provides a productized integration to synchronize price definitions between the Oracle Fusion Pricing and Oracle CPQ.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Rate Cards and Rate Card Templates Rate Cards and Rate Card Templates can be used to support subscription-based pricing for industries such as communications, utilities, and cloud services.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Rate Plans and Charges Rate Plans and Charges can be used to define groups of charges that can be optionally applied to the pricing for a subscription product.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Price Models

Added the following 23D enhancements:

  • New Price Model Items
  • Combine Volume, Tier, and Static Pricing in the Same Price Model
  • Effective Dating for Price Models, Charges, and Rate Plans
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
Pricing Options Added information for Enable Charge Definitions option.
\Users Setting Up Groups Added information about deactivating user groups.
\Web Services \REST APIs \
\CPQ APIs
Migration Package REST APIs

Added Util Library Namespaces to Migration Package REST APIs to aid in package lifecycle management.

Added support for granular content in the request payload when creating or updating a migration package.

Added the following new endpoints:

  • Get Migration Package Content Dependencies
  • Get Dependencies for Selected Migration Resources or Migration Package from Source Site
  • Migrate Selected Migration Resources or Migration Package from Source Site
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
BOM Mapping REST APIs

Added enhancements for: new Pricing features, product structure synchronization with Oracle Sales, and case insensitive searching for BOM items

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Calculate Price REST API Added support for support Charges and Rate Plans.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Commerce REST APIs Added Get History endpoint to retrieve historical changes for a transaction.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Configuration Product Administration REST APIs Added new endpoints for Configuration Actions and to deploy Product Families.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Configuration Run-Time Data REST APIs Added the Last Deploy Date of the product family to the Configure Model REST API response when Configuration cache is enabled.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Pricing Administration REST APIs Added new endpoints to support Charge Attributes, Charge Definitions, Charges, Rate Plans, Price Model Items, and Oracle Fusion Pricing price definition synchronization.

ClosedUpdate 23C (June 2023)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce Commerce Options Added "Enable Fixed Product Structure expansion on Commerce transactions" option.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
Commerce Document Attribute Sets Added Sub-Document Charge Array Set information.
\Commerce
\Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added the following 23C enhancements:

  • Add Products with Fixed Structure to a Commerce Transaction
  • Transaction Support for Multiple Charges
\Commerce
\Process
Commerce Standard Process Added Standard Commerce Process Upgrade Support note.
\Configuration Configuration Settings

Added information for Unified Products Sync options.

\Configuration
\ Pages & Flows
JET Configuration UI

Added the following 23C enhancements:

  • Multi-Charge Price in Configuration
  • Rollup in Configuration
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Sales Integration Added information for the Product Launch UI for Oracle CPQ sites integrated with Oracle Sales. Product Launch is a new solution designed for product managers, with the goal of making the definition and management of their products and services more intuitive and seamless.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Order Management Integration Added information for CPQ - Oracle Order Management integration using the CPQ Standard Process released in 23B.

Integrations

\Integration Center

Docusign eSignature Integration Updated the Configure DocuSign Properties procedure.
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 23C cohort schedule.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Updated the deprecation notices.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 23C Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 23C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 23C What's New
  • 23C Resolved Known Issues
  • 23B Patch 5
  • 23B Patch 4
  • 23B Patch 3
  • 23B Patch 2
  • 23B Patch 1

\Overview

Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 23C Browser compatibility information.
\Parts
\Partner Parts Integration
Partner Parts Integration Added information for Oracle Fusion CRM Integration.
\Parts
\Partner Parts Integration
New topicOracle Sales Product Information Master (SPIM) Integration

This topic provides information for Oracle Sales SPIM integration. This integration provides pre-defined scheduled synchronization of parts from Oracle Sales to CPQ and single source control of parts management.

\Performance Site Metrics Added note that user license counting is modified to exclude Web Services Only users in the count. Also, once the maximum number of licenses is allocated, Web Services Only users can still be added to the site.
\Pricing
Pricing Portal

Added the following information:

  • Multiple Charges for a Product
  • Product Launch Support
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Charge Attributes Provides information for standard and custom charge attributes. Charge attributes define the charge schema that is available in Product Launch, Quoting, and the Calculate Price REST API.
\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Pricing Lookups Provides information for pricing lookups and lookup values. Pricing lookups define the provides a single place for defining the domains of values for pricing-related attributes.
\Users User License Count Added note that user license counting is modified to exclude Web Services Only users in the count. Also, once the maximum number of licenses is allocated, Web Services Only users can still be added to the site.
\Users User Permissions Added note that user license counting is modified to exclude Web Services Only users in the count. Also, once the maximum number of licenses is allocated, Web Services Only users can still be added to the site.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Calculate Price REST API

Beginning in Oracle CPQ 23C, customers can use this web service to calculate and return both product prices and any charges defined in Pricing Engine

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Extract Data REST API

The Extract Data REST API sends bulk transaction and transaction line data to the Fusion Analytics Warehouse (FAW) to produce advanced reports and dashboards.

\Web Services \REST APIs \CPQ APIs Migration Package REST APIs Oracle CPQ 23C introduces Migration Package REST API endpoints to aid administrators in the creation, distribution, and deployment of migration packages to different environments and Migration Resource endpoints retrieve the data source entities that are required for successful migration.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Parts REST APIs Updated the Parts REST APIs to include the variable name of the root BOM item, part configurable flag, and product status to support Product Launch.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Parts Administration REST APIs Introduced the Update/Insert action for the Parts Setup REST API to update or create CPQ Parts.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Pricing Administration REST APIs

Added new Pricing Setup REST API endpoints to support pricing lookups for charges.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
User Management REST APIs Introduced the Add, Replace, or Remove User Information action for the SCIM-Compliant User REST API.

ClosedUpdate 23B (March 2023)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options

Added information for the following:

  • CPQ 23B Pricing Options
  • Network Settings

\Commerce
\Commerce Process

New topic Standard Process

Oracle CPQ 23B introduces the new Standard Process to standardize the quote object with seeded and systemized functional logic making it much easier for customers to adopt new commerce features and provides a unified solution for Oracle Sales, Subscription, and Order Management.
\Commerce Commerce Documents Added information for Standard Process documents and overriding default values.
\Commerce Commerce Options

Added information for CPQ 23B Pricing Options

\Commerce
Commerce Process Added information for the Standard Process.
\Commerce
Commerce Attributes & Arrays

Added information for Standard Process attributes and overriding default values and modify behavior.

\Commerce
Commerce Actions

Added information for Standard Process actions and overriding default values, modify behavior, and destinations.

\Commerce
Commerce Rules Added note that Standard Process rules cannot be deleted or modified, but they can be inactivated. For Validation type rules Linked Actions can be updated
\Commerce
\Commerce Attributes & Arrays
Attribute Sets

Added information for attributes that are not included in the new Standard Process sub-document Price Attribute Set.

This change only impacts new sites and newly created Standard Processes, existing attributes are not removed.

\Commerce
\Commerce Workflow
Workflow Steps Added information for Standard Process workflow steps.
\Integrations Commerce Integrations

Added the following information:

  • New Custom Line Filter Type to the REST - Export Lines integration
  • Standard Process integration
\Integrations \Integration Center New topicFusion CRM Integration Added new Fusion CRM Integration.
\Integrations \Integration Center OAuth Provider Integration Added OpenID Connect as an extension of the OAuth Provider configuration for IDCS.
\Integrations
\Login & Security
Single Sign-On (SSO) Added OpenID Connect as an extension of the OAuth Provider configuration for IDCS.
\Integrations \Oracle Integrations
Oracle CX Sales Integration Added Update 23B Oracle CX Sales integration enhancements.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Identity Cloud Services (IDCS) Integration Added link to OpenID Connect Single Sign-On for Oracle CPQ with Identity Cloud Services Integration Guide.
\Pricing Pricing Engine
  • Moved relevant content to new topics: Pricing Portal and Pricing Options.
  • Added Optimized Pricing Engine Performance information.
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Price Models

Added information for the following Price Model enhancements:

  • BOM Item Product Pricing - Enables the CPQ Pricing Engine to set up and execute different prices for a product based upon the presence and location of the product within a product hierarchy, bundle, or BOM.
  • Added new seeded Base Price Model to enhance the pricing administrator user experience by predefining the setup for the base / starting / ceiling price list.
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Attributes Added new seeded BOM Item Variable Name Attribute that automatically supports BOM item product pricing in Pricing Engine without t requiring a pricing administrator to set up this attribute and its mapping.
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Rules Added new seeded Base Pricing Rule to enhance the pricing administrator user experience by predefining the setup for the Base Price Model at runtime.
\Pricing New topic Pricing Portal

The Pricing Portal was introduced in Oracle 23A to provide a foundation for consolidation of CPQ pricing functionality. The Pricing Portal provides access to Pricing Engine: Pricing Rules, Price Models, and Pricing Attributes

Beginning in Oracle CPQ 23B, the Pricing Portal provides access to Pricing Options.

\Pricing
\Pricing Portal
New topic Pricing Options The new Pricing Options improves the administrator experience by consolidating pricing-related settings.
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 23B cohort schedule.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 23B Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 23B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 23B What's New
  • 23B Resolved Known Issues
  • 23A Patch 5
  • 23A Patch 4
  • 23A Patch 3
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 23B Browser compatibility information.
\Web Services \REST APIs \CPQ APIs New topic Company REST API Added new Company REST API to get company information.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs

Calculate Price REST API

Enhanced to support handling of BOM Item product pricing.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs

Pricing Setup REST APIs

Enhanced Pricing Setup Get, Add, and Update Pricing Data for a Price Model REST APIs to support handling of BOM Item product pricing.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Parts Setup REST APIs

The new Part Setup REST APIs enable administration of CPQ parts using REST API services.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Pricing Setup REST APIs

Added new endpoints to manage price options in CPQ Pricing Engine.

  • Get All Pricing Options
  • Update Pricing Options
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
User Management REST APIs Added new SCIM-compliant endpoints to retrieve user details and perform actions to create, update, or inactivate a user.

ClosedOLH Update (February 2023)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 23A Patch 2
  • 23A Patch 1
  • 22D Patch 9
  • 22D Patch 8
  • Oracle CPQ Subscription Management Integration Guide (Jan 2023)
\Parts Maintenance Import Parts - Partner As Parts Source Added Tip to help in locating reference XSL files.

ClosedUpdate 23A (December 2022)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options Updated Apply only first matching Price model setting.
\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added CPQ 23A enhancement about exposing Commerce attributes to display BOM-related data in the Line Item Grid:

\Commerce Commerce Options Updated Transfer Price Model JSON to Commerce setting.

\Commerce
\Commerce Process

Collaborative Quoting Added Note to log an SR if the Enable Collaborative Editing option is not available for your site.
\Configuration
\Pages & Flows
Configuration Layout Editor

Added Layout Properties information:

  • Navigation Panel Location
  • Navigation Panel Size
\Configuration
\Pages & Flows

JET Configuration UI

Added information for the following enhancements:

  • "Sticky" System Navigation Panel
  • System Navigation Panel Location
  • System Navigation Panel Size
\Data Tables Data Table Overview Added maximum column information for Natural Keys.
\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations
Microsoft Azure Active Directory Added clarification that Oracle CPQ supports Microsoft Azure with Microsoft Dynamics integration.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Sales Integration Added details about new REST Integration debug-level logging details in bm.log.
\Migration Migration Tips and Considerations Added dependency information for granular migration of Commerce User Interface Layouts.
\Migration Performing a Migration Added support for the granular migration of Commerce User Interface Layouts (JET Responsive Layouts) in the Migration Center.
\Migration What Can Be Migrated? Added support for the individual selection and migration of Commerce User Interface Layouts (JET Responsive Layouts) in the Migration Center.
\Overview Customer Upgrade Testing Added information about early testing and the Update 23A cohort schedule.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 23A Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 23A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 23A What's New
  • 23A Resolved Known Issues
  • 22D Patch 7
  • 22D Patch 6
  • 22D Patch 5
  • 22D Patch 4
  • 22D Patch 3
  • 22D Patch 2
  • 22C Patch 9
  • 22C Patch 8
  • 22C Patch 7
  • 22C Patch 6
  • 22B Patch 11
  • 22B Patch 10
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 23A Browser compatibility information.
\Performance Performance Log Added Web Services enhancement for additional Commerce integration event data in performance logs.

\Pricing

Formula Management

Added the following information:

  • Alternate Text Input mode
  • Procedures to add and copy formulas using text mode

\Pricing
\Deal Management

Price Score Updated formula for Transaction Line Margin-Based Calculation Price Score.
\Pricing Pricing Engine

Added the following information:

  • Introduced new Pricing Portal
  • Updated content to reflect changes in behavior
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Price Models
(previously named Pricing Profiles)
Updated content to reflect Redwood style and changes in behavior
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Attributes Updated content to reflect Redwood style and changes in behavior
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Rules Updated content to reflect Redwood style and changes in behavior
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
BOM Mapping REST APIs
  • Added the new Validate Part for BOM endpoint.
  • Added the "treeHasModel" and "isModel" parameters to the Get BOM Tree REST API.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Parts REST APIs

Added the following endpoints to view a specific part or an unfiltered list of all parts.

  • Get All Parts
  • Get a Part
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topicPricing Setup REST APIs Oracle CPQ 23A introduces new Pricing Setup REST APIs to enable administration of CPQ Pricing Engine functions using REST API services.

ClosedOLH Update (October 2022)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Integrations
\Integration Center

Data Table Export Scheduler Integration

Updated Host Public Key and SSH Protocols.

\Integrations
\Integration Center
\Data Transfer

Data Cube Export Integration

  • Added Known Host Key format and examples.
  • Updated Host Public Key and SSH Protocols.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the 22D Patch 1 document.

\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Updated Host Public Key and SSH Protocols.

ClosedUpdate 22D (September 2022)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration
\Email
New topicExternal Email Server Added information, including OSSA TLS protocol requirements, for external email server support for outgoing email.
\Commerce
\Asset-Based Ordering
Custom Asset Attributes Added note about adopting Oracle Sales custom attribute variable name conventions.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attributes
Rich Text Editor

Added the following procedures:

  • Create and a Shared RTE Template
  • Access Shared Templates
\Data Tables Data Table Maintenance Added procedure to Assign Administrator Group Data Table Access Rights.
\Data Tables Data Table Overview Added information for the new Access Rights tab.
\Integrations Commerce Integrations Added ability to preview request and response payloads for Commerce REST integrations.

\Integrations
\Integrations Center

OAuth Provider Integration Added procedure for easier configuration of Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM) as an OAuth Provider.
\Integrations
\Login & Security
User Integration Page Added procedure to Register a User Login for External OAuth.

\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations
\ Salesforce

Salesforce Integration Troubleshooting Added helpful hints and troubleshooting issues with possible solutions.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Added procedures for Oracle Integration 3.

\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations
\ Salesforce

Salesforce Integration User Sync

Added support for the following:

  • Manually override a Oracle CPQ user login
  • Oracle CPQ user login format

\Integrations

\Third Party Integrations

\Salesforce

New topic Salesforce Integration Mark As Active Added use case for syncing Quote and Opportunity via Mark As Active

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 22D What's New
  • 22D Resolved Known Issues
  • 22C Patch 5
  • 22C Patch 4
  • 22C Patch 3
  • 22C Patch 2
  • 22C Patch1
  • 22B Patch 9
  • 22B Patch 8
  • 22B Patch 7
  • 22A Patch 5
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added Update 22D Browser compatibility information.
\Performance Site Metrics Updated content to include Usage Metrics.
\Users Added information for assigning administrator group data table access rights.
\Users User Integration Added information for allowing partner organization users to authenticate with OAuth provider for CPQ REST APIs.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topicBOM Mapping REST APIs BOM Mapping REST APIs enable creation of BOM Item Definition and BOM Item Mapping Data Table entries. This topic also includes BOM Mapping Rule endpoints.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topicCertificates REST APIs Oracle CPQ Certificates REST APIs allow administrators to access certificate details
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topicIntegration Vendors REST APIs Integration Vendors REST APIs retrieve OAuth integration details and perform actions to create, delete, and update OAuth integrations.

ClosedUpdate 22C (July 2022)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration Bulk Downloads Added .CSV file download support for User Login History.
\Commerce Commerce Attributes & Array Sets Updated History attribute information.
\Commerce New topic Commerce Pipeline Viewer
  • Split Pipeline Viewer topic into Commerce Pipeline Viewer and Configuration Pipeline Viewer.
  • Added information about viewing pricing rules in the Commerce Pipeline Viewer.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attribute Sets
Submit Attribute Set Updated Approval History attribute to include Retain Past History checkbox information.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\ Attributes
Rich Text Editor

Added the following procedures:

  • Create a Shared RTE Template
  • Access Shared Templates
\Commerce
\Documents
JET Transaction UI Added information for highly requested Line Items Details page navigation enhancement, which allows navigation between different line items (next, previous, last, etc.) without navigating back to the Transaction UI.

\Commerce
\Process

Commerce Order of Operations Updated Reconfiguration order of operation for accuracy.
\Configuration New topic Configuration Pipeline Viewer
  • Split Pipeline Viewer topic into Commerce Pipeline Viewer and Configuration Pipeline Viewer.
  • Added information about viewing pricing rules in the Configuration Pipeline Viewer.
\Implementations
\Asset-Based Ordering
Custom Asset Attributes Oracle CPQ 22C provides a significant increase in the number of asset fields, including in the size of string type fields. This update also makes asset field administration consistent with other CPQ items.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
New topic Time Series Analytic

This topic introduces the new Time Series Analytic to display Transaction and Transaction Line pricing trends to sales representatives during the quoting process.It describes functionality and provides administration instructions.

\Integrations Commerce Integrations Added procedure to View Commerce Integration Parameters.
\Integrations \Data Transfer Data Cube Export Integration
  • Added supported Host Public Key and SSH protocols.
  • Added support for SFTP file upload test.
\Integrations
\Integration Center
Data Table Export Scheduler Integration
  • Added supported Host Public Key and SSH protocols.
  • Added support for SFTP file upload test.

\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations

Oracle Sales Integration Added support for compressed REST headers when integrated with Oracle Sales.

\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations

Salesforce Integration Updated for Oracle CPQ Connector for Salesforce v8.4.

\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations \ Salesforce

New topicSalesforce Integration Troubleshooting The topic provides a list of both helpful insights and solutions to known issues regarding the Oracle CPQ Connector for Salesforce.

\Integrations
\Third Party Integrations \ Salesforce

New topic Salesforce Integration User Sync This topic provides relevant user type and permission information and instructions for maintaining user details between the two applications.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Updated the deprecated feature list.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 22C Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 22C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 22C What's New
  • 22C Resolved Known Issues
  • 22B Patch 6
  • 22B Patch 5
  • 22B Patch 4
  • 22B Patch 3
  • 22B Patch 2
  • 22B Patch 1
  • 22A Patch 4
  • 22A Patch 3
  • 21D Patch 8
\Overview New topic Supported Fonts Updated the list of supported fonts and instructions for updating font selections.
\Overview Supported Protocols and Browsers Added system requirements for TLS, Host Public Key and SSH protocols, and Update 22C Browser compatibility information.
\Performance Long Running Thread Diagnostics Added error log download capability.
\Performance Performance Logs Updated Notes section to include performance log purge information.
\Performance Print Server Logs Added print log download capability.
\Pricing Pricing Engine
  • Combined Pricing Engine Overview and Product Pricing Setup.
  • Added information for Bulk Service CSV Updates and migration Pricing Engine Quantity attribute dependency.
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Attributes Oracle CPQ 22C adds a new standard Pricing Engine Quantity attribute to support the Volume and Tier Pricing Profiles.
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Profiles Added information for dynamic volume and tier pricing, which allows customers to provide differing discounts or prices based in the line quantity.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Asset REST APIs Added asynchronous mode instructions to the Import Assets CSV File endpoint, this mode can be used to prevent time outs when importing large amounts of data.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Commerce REST APIs Added the Selection Navigation parameter to the Open Transaction Line endpoint. This parameter is used to navigate between line item detail pages.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Configuration Product REST APIs Configuration Product endpoints expose catalog definition information for the Configuration All Product Families, Product Families, Product Lines, Models, attributes, BOM Mapping Rules, menu items, menu item images, and menu item prices.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Reference
REST API Version Updates

Oracle 22C introduces the following features:

  • The Open Transaction Line REST API now supports navigation parameters for Commerce Sub-Document items
  • New Configuration Product REST APIs
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Reference
Supported CPQ REST API Versions

Oracle 22C introduces Configuration Product REST APIs.


ClosedUpdate 22B (March 2022)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration Favorites List

Added information for:

  • Favorites UI enhancements
  • User-Driven sharing of favorites
\Administration My Profile Added information about opting in for JavaScript/Advanced HTML.
\Commerce
\Shopping Carts
Shopping Carts Overview Updated the overview and administration for the new shopping cart.
\Commerce
\Shopping Carts
Shopping Carts - User Side Functionality Updated user side functionality to describe the new shopping cart.
\Data Tables Data Table Overview

Added the following information:

  • Export and Delete Options for Filtered Records
  • Multiple Data Table Selection Limit
\Data Tables Import & Export Data Tables

Added instructions to export filtered records.

\Designer Documents Layouts Added information about page breaks for continuous section loop iterations.
\Implementation
\Asset-Based Ordering
ABO Implementations Added information about Delta Pricing for Projected Assets.
\Integrations
\Commerce Integrations
Commerce Integration Attribute Mapping

Added the following information:

  • Sort and Reorder Mapped Attribute Rows
  • Conditional Mapping for REST Integrations
  • Missing CX Attributes in Imported Revenue Line Conditional Mappings
  • Added CPQ Model Name attribute mapping to the Oracle Sales Revenue Line Import REST Integration.

\Integrations \Configuration Integrations

External Configuration Integration Added note for when embedding CPQ in an iFrame, the domain must be added to the iFrame domain allow list.
\Integrations
\Login & Security

Setting UP LDAP (removed topic)

General Site Options (removed reference)

Integration Overview (removed reference)

Removed deprecated feature topic and references to LDAP in the Online Help. Oracle CPQ ended support for LDAP User Management in Update 21B.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Sales Integration

Added information for 22B Enhancements:

  • Detect Deleted CX Attributes in Imported Revenue Line Conditional Mappings
  • Enhanced Error Messages for Imported Config Attribute Values
  • Sort and Reorder Mapped Rows on the Commerce Integration Attribute Mapping Page
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 22B Browser Compatibility information.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Updated the deprecated feature list.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 22B Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 22B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 22B What's New
  • 22B Resolved Known Issues
  • 22A Patch 2
  • 21D Patch 7
  • 21D Patch 6
  • 21C Patch 9
\Parts Part Custom Fields

Added the following content:

  • Added step to select variable name when creating a PCF.
  • Note about migration warning.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Data Tables Added information and examples to clear filtered records and export filtered records.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Favorites The Favorite REST APIs support Oracle CPQ Favorites, Favorites Lists, Favorites Folder, Sales Users, and Sales Groups features.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Sales Users and Sales Groups The Sales Users and Sales Groups endpoints are used to identify Sales Users and Sales Groups for sharing Favorites.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Shopping Carts The stateless REST APIs to support the Oracle CPQ Shopping Cart features.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic SSO Integration The following SSO are used to retrieve and configure the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) properties to enable Single Sign-On for multiple web applications.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Reference
REST API Version Updates

Oracle 22B introduces the following features:

  • Updated REST API version to v14
  • Added Delete and Export Filtered records information to the applicable Data Table REST APIs
  • New Favorites, SSO Sales Groups and Sales Users, and Shopping Cart REST APIs
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Reference
Supported CPQ REST API Versions

Oracle 22B introduces REST APIs:

  • Favorite REST APIs
  • SSO REST APIs
  • Sales Groups and Sales Users REST APIs
  • Shopping Cart REST APIs
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Reference
CORS Access Control for REST APIs

Added note about CORS compliance for customers using JavaScript and cross-site requests.


ClosedOLH Update (January 2022)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Implementations
|Deal Management
Price Score Added informational content and separated Price Score methods into individual procedures.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 22A Patch 1
  • 21D Patch 5
\Parts
\Partner Parts Integration
Import Parts - Partner as Parts Source Added procedure to establish Oracle PIM as the Parts Source for an Oracle PIM Integration.
\Parts
\Partner Parts Integration
Export Parts - Oracle CPQ as Parts Source Added procedure to establish Oracle CPQ as the Parts Source for an Oracle PIM Integration.
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Profiles  
\Pricing
\Pricing Engine
Pricing Rules Updated images and Simple Pricing Rule.

ClosedUpdate 22A (December 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration Administration Logs Added that Administration Log records are truncated in the User Interface.
\Administration Favorites Added support for invoking Commerce Actions directly from a reconfigured favorite.
\Administration General Site Options Added that following 22A upgrade, User History records are deleted after 180 days.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
Commerce Document Attributes Added information for Revenue Category extensibility.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attribute Sets
Commerce Document Attribute Sets

Added information for the following 22A enhancements:

  • New standard part fields to the Part Attribute Set.
  • Default configuration attributes for Import Revenue Lines integration
  • Extensibility for sub-document Revenue Category

\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attribute Sets

New topic Manage Part Attributes The Manage Part Attributes page allows administrators to select which standard and custom parts attributes are included in the part attribute set.
\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Item Mapping Table

Added delimiter support for Configuration menu option in the BOM Item Mapping table which allows administrators to map multiple options to the same BOM item.

\Integrations Commerce Integrations

Added information for the following 22A enhancements:

  • REST Import Revenue Lines Integration
  • Query parameters for Revenue Line imports
\Integrations
\Commerce Integrations
Attribute Mapping Page

Added information for the following 22A enhancements:

  • Conditional Mapping for REST Integrations
  • REST Import Opportunity attribute mapping
  • Mapping updates for: REST Export Quote Lines, REST Export Quote, and REST Import Opportunity
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 22A Browser Compatibility information.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Updated the deprecated feature list.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 22A Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 22A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 22A What's New
  • 22A Resolved Known Issues
  • 21D Patch 4
  • 21D Patch 3
  • 21D Patch 2
  • 21D Patch 1
  • 21D Patch 8
  • 21C Patch 7
  • 21B Patch 11
\Parts Custom Part Fields Added information for increased number of part custom fields, page updates, and procedures to add new fields.

ClosedUpdate 21D (October 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options Added the Export Commerce Report as .XLXS option.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attributes
JET Inline Rich Text Editor

Oracle CPQ 21D provides user-specific RTE Templates for the JET Transaction UI inline editor. With this new functionality, users will be able to:

  • Create new RTE templates
  • Save RTE templates
  • Insert previously saved RTE templates
  • Rename existing RTE templates
  • Delete multiple RTE templates
\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
New topic Commerce Layout Editor Oracle CPQ 21D replaces the layout editors for both JET and legacy commerce UIs with a new Commerce Layout Editor. The Commerce Layout Editor provides the same functionality as the previous editors combined with improved usability. The new Commerce Layout Editor provides administrators with a simple and intuitive way to create and edit JET and legacy Transaction UI pages within Oracle CPQ.
\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI

Beginning in Oracle CPQ 21C, the Transaction UI Line Item Grid displays an indicator for all the unconfigured models to visually communicates to the user model line items that are not configured.

\Implementations \Asset-Based Ordering Asset-Based Ordering Implementations

Added the following 21D ABO enhancements:

  • Reconfigure Line Item Grid Pricing Behavior for Child Models
  • Support for Commerce Delta Pricing
\Implementations \Deal Management Deal Comparison Scatter Plot Added data point cache configuraton information.
\Integrations Real-Time Integrations Added note that Real-Time Integration failure logs are automatically deleted after 30 days.

\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations

Oracle Subscription Management Integration Added support for granular pricing for subscription products and included the 21D Oracle CPQ with Subscription Management Integration Guide.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 21D Browser Compatibility information.
\Overview Deprecation Announcements Updated the deprecated feature list.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 21D Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 21D.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21D What's New
  • 21D Resolved Known Issues
  • 21C Patch 6
  • 21C Patch 5
  • 21C Patch 4
  • 21C Patch 3
  • 21C Patch 2
  • 21C Patch 1
  • 21B Patch 10
  • 21B Patch 9
\Overview Oracle CPQ Videos

Added videos for the Commerce Layout Editor.

\Pricing
\Pricing Setup
Pricing Rules Oracle CPQ 21D introduces a Simple condition pricing rule type that allows administrators to select the necessary condition attributes and comparison operators, and then specify the values of the attributes for which the pricing rule is invoked. The Simple condition pricing rule type allows administrators to easily create Simple conditions for pricing rules without creating BML scripts in an Advanced type pricing rule.
\Performance New topic Print Server Logs

Oracle CPQ 21D introduces three new print logs to provide details about print server requests, connections, and status if a print request fails or times out. The new enhanced print logs improve the logging to help administrators identify and isolate errors when print issues occur.

\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs

 

Assets

Updated the Assets REST APIs to include the Search Projected Assets by Customer REST API.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic RTE Templates Oracle CPQ 21D introduces new v13 REST APIs to support user-specific JET RTE templates. These REST API endpoints provide web services to support user-specific RTE templates for the JET Transaction UI RTE inline editor.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Usage Metrics Updated Get Usage Metrics REST API to add diskspace metrics.

ClosedUpdate 21C (July 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Best Practices Performance Best Practices Added announcement for Concurrent Commerce Rule Processing.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attribute Sets
Commerce Document Attribute Sets Added information for sub-document Revenue Attribute set.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Attributes
Added information for Revenue Category attribute type.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\Other Attributes
Commerce System Attributes

Added the following content:

  • Information for _revenueCategory_t system attribute
  • Procedure to Add a Commerce Main Document Revenue Category Attribute
\Overview New topic Customer Upgrade Testing

This topic outlines what customers should test when upgrading to a new update/release.

\Overview New topic Deprecation Announcements Added a list of planned Oracle CPQ feature deprecations and their removal release schedule.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 21C Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Update 21C Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for Update 21C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21C What's New
  • 21C Resolved Known Issues
  • 21B Patch 8
  • 21B Patch 7
  • 21B Patch 6
  • 21B Patch 5
\Pricing Formula Management Overview System variables and main document version attributes are now available in the Attributes list for formulas.
\Pricing Pricing Profiles Added Simple Condition information for Absolute Price, Amount, and Percent profile types.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Usage Metrics Added Get Usage Metrics REST API.

ClosedOLH Update (June 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

General Site Options

Added Login History pagination feature.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21B Patch 4
  • 21B Patch 3
  • 21A Patch 9
  • 20C Patch 9
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Eligibility Rules

Added examples for Eligibility Rule REST APIs.


ClosedOLH Update (April 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21B Patch 2
  • 21B Patch 1

ClosedUpdate 21B (March 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options Noted that the Password Complexity setting is no longer available in Oracle CPQ 21B. The low complexity password strength is discontinued.
\Administration New topic Oracle CPQ Reference Application This page provides an overview of CPQ Reference Applications and instructions to access information for your CPQ site reference application.
\Commerce Commerce Actions Added Use Case - Auto Update Sub-Document Attributes.
\Commerce Commerce Options Updated Version 3 Product Behavior for copy actions.
\Commerce
\ Commerce Documents
New topic JET Transaction Line Item .XLSX Import and Export

This topic provides the following content:

  • Export JET Transaction Line Items to .XLSX File Format
  • Filter JET Transaction UI Lines when Exporting to .XLSX File Format
  • Import JET Transaction Line Item Data from .XLSX File
\Commerce
\ Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added the following Oracle CPQ 21B features:

  • Enhanced CPQJS Wrapper for Attribute States
  • Filter JET Transaction UI Lines for.XLSX exports
  • Increased Pagination Limit for JET Transaction Arrays
  • Support Auto Update of Commerce Boolean, Date, Menu, and Text Area Attributes
\Configuration Configuration Settings Added JET Configuration UI Pagination Settings for Arrays and Display Editable Field Icons in Arrays.
\Configuration \Attributes & Arrays
Menu Attributes Added note about when a newly added currency is assigned to an Attribute Value Pricing (AVP) attribute and the new currency is not enabled prior to migration, the AVP value for that currency does not migrate.
\Configuration
\Pages & Flows
JET Configuration UI

Added the following Oracle CPQ 21B features:

  • Enhanced CPQJS Wrapper for Attribute States
  • Configuration UI enhancements
  • Increased pagination limit for Configuration Arrays.
\Configuration
\Rules
Configuration Recommendation Rules Noted that beginning in Oracle CPQ 21B, administrators can enable AJAX for Configuration Recommendation rules that have array attributes for rule conditions or actions.
\Implementations
\Asset-Based Ordering
ABO Implementations

Added the following Oracle CPQ 21B ABO features:

  • Support for Copy Transaction and Transaction Lines
  • Support for Asset-Based Ordering Delta Pricing
\Integrations Commerce Integrations

Added the following integration types:

  • REST - Export Integrations for Oracle Sales
  • REST - Import Integrations for Oracle Sales
\Integrations
\Commerce Integrations
Commerce Integration Attribute Mapping

Added information about new elements available for attribute mapping and predefined mapping tables for the following REST Integrations:

  • REST Export Quote (Request Mapping)
  • REST Export Quote (Response Mapping)
  • REST Export - Line Sync Complete (Request Mapping)
  • REST Import Opportunity (Response Mapping)
\Integrations
\Data Transfer
Data Cube Export Integration

Added information for the following topics:

  • Expanded filter operations for Data Cube Exports
  • Stop a Running Data Cube Export
\Integrations
\Login & Security
Setting Up LDAP Noted that Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) User Management support has ended as of Oracle CPQ 21B.
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
Oracle Sales Integration

Added the following CPQ 21B enhancements:

  • REST - Export Integrations for Oracle Sales
  • REST - Import Integrations for Oracle Sales
  • Enhanced Attributes and Attribute Mappings for Oracle Sales
    • Common Price Types and Price Periods
    • Rollup Attributes and Calculations
    • System Attributes
\Integrations
\Oracle Integrations
New topic Order Management Integration Oracle CPQ 21B provides REST API Order Management integration to help enable an end-to-end integrated Quote to Cash solution to customers. Customers can leverage Order Management REST APIs with orchestration and error handling capabilities through an integration platform, such as Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC).
\Overview Accessibility Added JET UI keyboard support changes for Configuration Arrays and Transaction Arrays.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 21B Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 21B Features.

\Overview Oracle CPQ Videos

Added videos for the following:

  • Approval Sequences
  • BML
  • Data Tables

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 21B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21B What's New
  • 21B Resolved Known Issues
  • 21A Patch 8
  • 21A Patch 7
  • 21A Patch 6
  • 21A Patch 5
\Pricing Updated Version 3 Product Behavior for copy actions.
\Style & Templates JET JavaScript Customization Oracle CPQ 21B introduces new JavaScript methods for attribute states that allow administrators to hide or set attributes to read-only.
\Users User Permissions Added that FullAccess Users with User Administrator privileges are able to access and modify the Migration Center, Broadcast Email, and Single Sign-On (SSO).
\Web Services
\REST APIs
REST API Overview

Added the following features:

  • Updated REST API version to v12
  • Consistent Array Set Prefixes for Configuration REST APIs
  • Remove Key Support for Configuration Array Delete Requests

ClosedOLH Update (February 2021)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Developer Toolkit Updated user information and provided additional examples.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21A Patch 4
  • 21A Patch 3
  • 21A Patch 2
  • 21A Patch 1
  • 20C Patch 8
  • 20C Patch 7
  • 20C Patch 6
  • 20C Patch 5
  • 20B Patch 5
  • 20A Patch 6
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topicJSON Syntax for CPQ Attributes This topic shows JSON syntax and sample errors for CPQ attributes.

ClosedUpdate 21A (November 2020)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration Unit Conversions Added instructions to implement a Commerce unit conversion use case.
\Administration Bulk Downloads Added support for Event Logs to the Bulk Downloads.
\BML BML Overview Added note that HTML attributes cannot be set by a BML function.
\BML
\Functions and Scripts
BOM Functions Clarified use of BML functions to retrieve System Configuration attribute values.
\BML
\Functions and Scripts
Direct DB Access Functions Added "filterCriteria" optional parameter to the "gettransaction" BML function.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
\ Attributes
New topic Commerce Dynamic Menu Attributes

Oracle CPQ 21A introduces Dynamic Menu attributes for JET Commerce UIs. Similar to Configuration Single Select Pick Lists, Dynamic Menu attributes allow you to implement drop-down menus that display dynamic options for Commerce main and sub-documents. Dynamic Menu attributes have several advantages over Single Select Menu attributes:

  • Administrators can easily maintain menu options using Oracle CPQ Data Tables.
  • Updated table values for Live or deployed Data Tables are automatically available in the Dynamic Menu.
  • Dynamic Menu attributes can dynamically filter menu options based on other Commerce attribute values and user input.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
JET Transaction UI

Added information about JET Transaction UI support for float attributes with defined conversion fields.

\Commerce Added note about JET Inline Editor Toolbar behavior when the layout width of Rich Text attributes is limited.
\Configuration
\Pages & Flows

Punch-Ins

* This topic was previously located in the Styles & Templates section.

Added note about supported format for multiple array set values in a Configuration Punch-In.

\Data Tables Data Table Maintenance Updated instructions for deploying Data Tables.
\Document Designer Document Designer XSL Added XSL use cases.

\Implementations
\Asset-Based Ordering

Asset-Based Ordering

* This topic was previously called Subscription Ordering

\Implementation \Asset-Based Ordering Asset-Based Ordering Implementations Added Update 21A Enhancement.
\Integrations DataCube Export Integration Added note about Transaction Array export.
\Integrations DocuSign eSignature Integration Added note about setting DocuSign properties.
\Integrations \Integrations Commerce Integrations Added information for REST – Export Lines integrations for Oracle Sales. This feature will enable Oracle Sales users to search quote lines within Oracle Sales using key quote line data.
\Integration
\Integrations
New topic Attribute Mapping for Oracle Sales Quote Line Integration

This page provides information for:

  • The Attribute Mapping page for Oracle Sales REST – Export Lines integrations, and
  • Predefined Oracle Sales Quote Lines Integration Items.

\Integrations
\Integrations

Oracle Sales Integration Oracle CPQ 21A introduces the REST – Export Lines Commerce integration type to replicate and synchronize CPQ quote lines to Oracle Sales.This feature enables Oracle Sales users to search across multiple quotes to quickly retrieve the quote line data.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 21A Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 21A Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 21A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 21A What's New
  • 21A Resolved Known Issues
  • 20C Patch 4
  • 20C Patch 3
  • 20C Patch 2
  • 20C Patch 1
  • 20B Patch 4
  • 20B Patch 3
  • 20B Patch 2
  • 20A Patch 5
  • 20A Patch 4
  • 19D Patch 6
  • 19D Patch 5
  • 19C Patch 7
  • 19C Patch 6
\Users Setting Up Users Added note to clarify login requirements.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
REST API Overview

Added the following v11 updates:

  • Complex object support for Float attributes when conversion units are defined.
  • Expanded Domains for Commerce Dynamic Menus
  • User Management REST API updates

Added new REST APIs for the following:

  • Developer Toolkit
  • Unit Conversion
  • User Management

Updated Oracle CPQ REST API table to indicate supported and REST versions no longer supported.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Developer Toolkit REST APIs Developer Toolkit REST APIs support the following functions: download, validate, save, and deploy site BML and BMLT (BigMachines Extensible Language Test) files.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
New topic Unit Conversion REST API The Unit Conversion REST API provides support for unit conversion for Float Attributes.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
User Management REST APIs The new and updated v11 REST APIs expand web service support to manage CPQ users.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs
Configuration Run-Time Data REST APIs

Added the following examples to Reconfigure Model:

  • Reconfigure Model Line from Transaction
  • Reconfigure Model Line from Transaction Line

ClosedUpdate 20C (August 2020)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options Oracle CPQ 20C introduces the option to have one or more email addresses receive bulk upload summary and scheduled data table export notifications.
\Approval Sequences Approval Notifications Oracle CPQ 20C allows for the email approval reply to include multiple comment lines.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

Date Functions Oracle CPQ 20C introduces the BML add months date function to set an attribute value after adding or subtracting a number of months from a specified date.
\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays
New topic JET Inline Rich Text Editor Oracle CPQ 20C introduces a new inline editor for rich-text editable attributes (RTE). The new JET editor includes more text formatting options than the legacy editor, undo/redo, images, links, table tools, and functions with the browser's native spell check.
\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added the following information:

  • Display Error Panel Messages for JET Transaction UI Tables
  • Display Indicator Icons for Editable Line Item Grid Fields
  • Left Align Display Labels for JET Transaction UI Layout
  • Re-Order and Reset Default for JET Transaction UI Table Columns
  • Wrap Text Option for Line Item Grid
  • Updated Rich Text Editor JET Transaction UI Limitation
  • Added Print Preview Updates a Single View and View Action JET Transaction UI Limitations
\Configuration
\Pages & Flows
JET Configuration UI Added Horizontal Configuration Arrays to JET Configuration UI Limitations.
\Data Tables Data Table Maintenance Added that JET UI now supports double-click action to open a data table.
\Integrations Microsoft Dynamics 365 Integration Added support for the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Unified User Interface.
\Migration Added note to topics, all product families should be deployed prior to a Configuration migration to prevent orphan issues during migration.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 20C Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 20C Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 20C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 20C What's New
  • 20C Resolved Known Issues
  • 20B Patch 1
  • 20A Patch 3
  • 19D Patch 4
  • 19C Patch 5
\Web Services Interface Catalog

Added Note about performing self-webservice calls from a commerce action with JET Transaction UI.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
REST API Overview
  • Updated REST API versions to v10
  • Added notice about the headlessMode property replacing the legacyMode property in v10 Configuration REST APIs.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\CPQ APIs

Replaced legacyMode with headlessMode in the following endpoints:

  • Configure Model (_configure)
  • Reconfigure Transaction (_reconfigureTxn)
  • Reconfigure from Favorites (_reconfigureFav)
  • Bulk Add to Transaction (_bulkAddToTxn)

ClosedOLH Update (July 2020)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Integrations \Integrations Akamai CDN Integration Added link to the Oracle CPQ with Akamai Integration Guide.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 20B Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Updated Release 20B Features to add the General Site Password Options feature.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 20B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Updated the following documents:

  • 20B What's New

Added the following document:

  • 20A Patch 2

ClosedUpdate 20B (May 2020)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options Added Account Lockout Time settings to the Password options.
\Commerce
\Actions
Commerce Actions

Updated the following information:

  • Performance tab - the performance analysis now includes the run-time for the action's BML, including the library functions and select BML functions for the specified transaction.
  • Generate a Commerce Action Performance Analysis for document and sub-document actions.
  • Added "Import Line Items" action
\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI

This release delivers enhanced rendering performance and responsiveness, faster refresh of the line item grid while editing, smoother row selection and row edit modes, and significantly improved column resize and freeze. The following enhancements are also available in 20B:

  • Checkbox Selection for Line Items
  • Enhanced Context Menu Actions for Line Item Grid Columns
  • Expand and Collapse All Models in the Line Item Grid
  • Import Transaction Line Item Data from .XLSX File
  • Progress Indicator During Queue Processing
\Commerce
\Arrays & Attribute
\Other Attributes
Commerce System Attributes

Added the following new Commerce system attributes:

  • _system_process_name
  • _system_subscription_order_enabled
\Implementations \Deal Management Deal Comparison Scatter Plot Added instructions for displaying Transaction and Transaction Line details from a Deal Comparison Scatter Plot.
\Implementations \Deal Management Last Price Paid Added instructions to setup Last Price Paid using Price Guidance Analytic.
\Integrations Integration Center Added Data Table Export Scheduler Integration type, which is used to define the SFTP connection and scheduling details for data table exports.
\Integrations
\Integrations
New topic Data Table Export Scheduler Integration The Data Table Export Scheduler automates the export of data tables to an SFTP server. The ongoing scheduled exports provide historical data that can be used for audit and compliance purposes.
\Integrations

Oracle Enterprise Contracts Integration

This page was previously named "Oracle Contract Cloud Integration"

Updated content to reflect the new name.
\Integrations
\Transfer Data
FTP Automation

Added the following new features:

  • Allow multiple XML files for upload using FTP Automation
  • Import Migration package using FTP Automation
\Migration Migration Packages Added Version Migration Package content.
\Overview New topicAccessibility Support This topic provides information for Oracle JET components have built-in accessibility support.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Update 20B Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 20B Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 20B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 20B What's New
  • 20B Resolved Known Issues
  • 20A Patch 1
  • 19D Patch 3
  • 19C Patch 4
\Performance Performance Logs

Added the following content:

  • 20B Performance Log Enhancements
  • Action Related Items, such as Rules, Formulas, and Filters
\Style & Templates JET JavaScript Customization

Added the following information:

  • JET Configuration methods: attributeExists and actionExists
  • JET Transaction methods: attributeExists, actionExists, and tableExists
  • Selection syntax changes for Line Item Grid
  • Enable RTL for the JET Transaction or Configuration Layouts
\Users User Administration Overview Added User Administration List Search information.
\Web Services \REST APIs REST API Overview

Added the following information:

  • Migration REST APIs
  • Task REST APIs
  • 20B updates
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
New topicMigration Package REST APIs

Migration REST APIs to streamline the distribution and deployment of migration packages to different environments.

\Web Services \REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
New topicTask REST APIs

Task REST APIs provide task-related services for data table and migration web services.


ClosedOLH Update (February 2020)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Accounts

Updated and reorganized Accounts-related content.

Added the following articles:

  • Oracle CPQ Accounts
  • External Accounts

Removed the following articles:

  • Account Search Criteria
  • Custom Attributes
  • Customize Search Results
  • Define Associations

\Overview

Oracle CPQ Videos

Added Performance Best Practice videos.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 19D Patch 2
  • 19B Patch 5
\Web Services
\REST APIs
New topic Best Practices for Converting Configuration SOAP APIs to REST APIs The following information will aid existing Oracle CPQ customers in transitioning Configuration SOAP API web services to REST API web services.

ClosedUpdate 20A (February 2020)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options

Added the following information

  • New Open transactions in a new tab from Commerce Search option.
  • Note added to regarding responsive help windows
\Best Practices Application Boundaries and Magic Numbers Updated maximum number of saved and shared views.
\BML
\Functions & Scripts
BMQL Added INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, and MODIFY BML functions to support Live Data Tables.
\BML
\Functions & Scripts
Dynamic BMQL Variables Added insert, delete, update, and modify dynamic variables to the example.
\BML
\Functions & Scripts
Other Functions Added setattributevalue BML function.
\Commerce Commerce Options Added the "Filter Rule - Enable parent filtering and rolling up children" option.
\Commerce Commerce Rules

Added the following information:

  • Hiding Rules using Transaction Arrays
  • Commerce Filter Rule for Line Item Grid Items
  • Parent Filtering and Rolling Up Children
  • Create a Filter Rule for a Commerce Sub-Document procedure
  • Enable Parent Filtering and Rolling Up Children procedure
\Commerce Transaction Manager Updated maximum number of saved and shared views.
\Commerce
\Commerce Actions
Commerce Actions
  • Added "Export Line Items" action
  • Updated types of actions, destinations, and images
\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added information for the following 20A enhancements:

  • Export JET Transaction UI Line Item Grid to .XLSX File Format
  • JET UI HTML Help Messages
  • JET Transaction UI Error Message Enhancements
  • Manage Viewed Columns for JET Transaction UI Tables
  • Enable Line Item Grid .XLSX Export
\Configuration New topic Configuration Administrator-Defined Filters Configuration Administrator Defined Filters allow administrators to add a filter to the Recommended Items page template to exclude irrelevant items for sales users.
\Configuration \Configuration Attributes & Arrays Signed Punch-in Attributes Added support for Signed Punch-in attributes in configuration XML and the Pipeline Viewer.
\Configuration
\Configuration Pages & Flows
Configuration Layout Editor Added instructions to set default horizontal and vertical array column widths.
\Configuration
\Configuration Pages & Flows
JET Configuration UI

Added information for the following 20A enhancements:

  • JET UI HTML Help Messages
  • Enable AJAX for Configuration Rules with Array Attribute Inputs
  • Default Array Column Width for JET Configuration UI
\Data Tables Updated content and images to JET Data Table UI.
\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Subscription Workbench

This page was previously named "Customer Assets Page"

Updated content to reflect the new name.
\Integrations

Oracle Sales Integration

This page was previously named "Oracle Sales Cloud Integration"

Updated content to reflect the new name.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 20A Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 20A Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 20A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 20A What's New
  • 20A Resolved Known Issues
  • 19D Patch 1
  • 19C Patch 3
\Web Services \REST APIs REST API Overview

Added the following information:

  • Guidelines for accessing Oracle CPQ REST APIs
  • Version v9 updates
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
Commerce Layout and Metadata REST APIs

Added Sales User Access to Buy-Side Get Metadata REST APIs information.

\Web Services \REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
Configuration Layout and Metadata REST APIs Added Sales User Access to Buy-Side Get Metadata REST APIs information.
\Web Services \REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
Configuration Bulk Add to Transaction Added the "legacyMode" request body parameter.

ClosedUpdate 19D (November 2019)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Administration General Site Options

Added the following options:

  • Display Variable Name in Migration Center
  • Sort default in Migration Center
\Commerce
\Commerce Attributes & Arrays
Commerce System Attributes Added Commerce Line Item Document Number filter attribute, _system_filtered_document_numbers, as input for a BML rule.
\Commerce
Commerce Options Added a description of Version 3 Commerce Pricing Behavior.
\Commerce
Commerce Reports

Added the following procedures: Display Reports to Users and Create Data Columns for Report Attributes.

\Commerce
\Commerce Documents
JET Transaction UI Added information about progressive loading of content for the JET Transaction UI in 19D.
\Configuration
\Configuration Attributes & Arrays
Updated procedures to include the selection of Attribute Type in the Attribute Editor page.
\Configuration
\Configuration Attributes & Arrays
New topic Signed Punch-in Attributes This topic provides an overview of Signed Punch-in attributes.
\Configuration System Configuration Added information about System Configuration Initialization and System Path Warnings for Favorites and Pending Configurations.
\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
Added the following note:
"The Included In Base Price property is not applicable to the root BOM item."
\Integrations New topic Akamai Content Delivery Network Integration This topic provides an overview of the Oracle CPQ and Akamai Content Delivery Network Integration.
\Integrations Oracle CX Commerce Integrations Added the following note:
"The Included In Base Price property is not applicable to the root BOM item."
\Integrations Commerce Integrations Updated the procedure to add BML integrations and additional support for general BML integrations on Commerce actions.
\Integrations DocuSign eSignature Integration Added information about resetting eSignature attributes using BML.
\Migration Migration Center Added procedure to display variable names in the Migration Center.
\Migration Migration Packages Added information for Forward Version Package Migration, which enables migration packages from 19A and forward to be uploaded to the latest site version.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 19D Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Oracle CPQ Videos

Our Commerce action videos provide quick demonstrations for several maintenance tasks.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 19D Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 19D.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 19D What's New
  • 19D Resolved Known Issues
  • 19C Patch 2
  • 19B Patch 4
  • 19B Patch 3
  • 19A Patch 5
  • 18D Patch 7
\Performance Performance Log Added performance logging details for BML URL data functions and account integration.
\Pricing

Pricing Overview

This page was previously named "Rating/Pricing Engine Overview"

 

Added a description of Version 3 Commerce Pricing Behavior.
\Pricing Product Pricing Setup Added note that configurable attributes (Configuration attributes and Signed Punch-in attributes) are supported Data Source options for mapping a Price Attribute.
\Style & Templates JET JavaScript Customization for JET UI Updated content for JET Configuration and Transaction UI: Refactoring Existing JavaScript Customizations
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
New topic Configuration Bulk Add to Transaction REST API This REST API is used to add several model configurations to a Transaction.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
Data Table REST APIs

Added admin REST APIs to support the following:

  • Data Tables
  • Data Table Columns
  • Data Table Data (Rows or Records)
  • Data Table Folders
  • Data Table Status Logs

ClosedUpdate 19C (August 2019)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

Other Functions Added "addToTransaction" and "generateHmacMessage" functions.
\Configuration Configuration Attributes Overview Added instructions for cloning a configurable attribute.

\Configuration
\Configuration Pages & Flows

JET Configuration UI

This topic describes the JET Configuration UI and includes the following information:

  • Embedded JET Configuration Support
  • Subscription Ordering Support
  • System Configuration Support
  • Working Indicator
  • 19C JET Configuration UI Key Changes, Limitations and Known Issues

\Configuration

System Configuration Added information for System Config Model Path attribute and updated RFQ support.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
New topic Analytics List Page The Analytics list page is used to create and manage analytics. The Analytics page displays all analytics for the current Commerce process.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
Deal Comparison Scatter Plots Updated procedures to reflect the new Analytics page updates.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
New topic Price Guidance Analytic The Price Guidance analytic that provides the ability to evaluate historical or optimization-based values to guide users on the appropriate and permitted discounts or prices for Commerce Transactions and Transaction Line documents. The Price Guidance analytic populates Commerce attributes with pricing guidance values for discount percentages or net prices.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
New topic Price Guidance Gauge The Price Guidance Gauge provides the ability to create a visualization for current price or discount values at the Transaction and Transaction Line level relative to a range of acceptable values. While the gauge is intended to support pricing guidance, it can be used to depict thresholds and the desirability for any numeric values relative to a range or gradient.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
Price Optimization
  • Updated procedures to reflect the new Analytics page updates.
  • Added Transaction Line support
\Implementations
\Deal Management
Price Score Updated Overview and added Price Profitability Use Case and Pricing Terminology.
\Implementations
\Deal Management
Win Probability
  • Updated procedures to reflect the new Analytics page updates.
  • Added Transaction Line support

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Asset-Based Ordering Implementations

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ \Implementations
Commerce Integrations Added steps for creating a BML Integration for a Commerce Process.
\Integrate with Oracle CPQ \Integrations New topic Digital Assistant Integration This topic describes Digital Assistant Integrations.
\Integrate with Oracle CPQ \Integrations DocuSign eSignature Integration Added information for requesting sequential eSignature requests.
\Integrate with Oracle CPQ \Integrations Generic Integration This topic describes Generic Integrations.
\Integrate with Oracle CPQ \Integrations Real-Time Integration Added information for sending notification on Real-Time integration failure and Retry Failed Integrations button with the Real-Time Integration Logs.
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 19C Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Oracle CPQ Videos

Our new administrator videos provide quick demonstrations for several maintenance tasks.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 19C Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 19C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 19C What's New
  • 19C Resolved Known Issues
  • 19B Patch 1
  • 19B Patch 2
  • 19A Patch 3
  • 19A Patch 4
  • 18D Patch 6

\Web Services
\REST APIs

REST API Overview

Added the following information:

  • Oracle CPQ 19C REST API summary
  • Get Product Family Integration REST APIs
  • Navigate between System Configuration Models REST API
\Web Services
\REST APIs
Configuration Layout & Metadata REST APIs Added information for the Show Parent Attributes "showParentAttrs=true" query parameter.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
Configuration Product REST APIs Added Product Family Integration REST APIs and note for "showParentAttrs=true" query parameter.
\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs
Configuration Run-Time Data REST APIs

Added the following information:

  • Configure Model in System REST API
  • System Navigation Status Object
  • Configure Models Subscription Ordering Support
  • Reconfigure Models Subscription Ordering Support

ClosedUpdate 19B (May 2019)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

Favorites List

Added Favorites support for BOM-related models.

\Approval Sequences

Approval Notifications

This topic describes the following information:

  • Approval Notifications
  • Email Response Notifications
  • Setting Email Notification Preference
  • Enabling HTML Approval Email
  • Selecting a Template for Approve, Reject and Revise Notification Emails
  • Setting up Mobil Approvals
\Approval Sequences
\Best Practices
Application Boundaries & Magic Numbers

Added 4000 characters for the Submit Comment in Approval Workflow.

\BML
\BMQL
BMQL (BigMachines Query Language)

Added Select All Columns support for Data Table queries.

\Commerce

New topic Collaborative Quoting

This topic describes Collaborative Quoting which supports multiple users collaborating in real-time on a single Transaction without conflict.

\Commerce

Commerce Actions

Added the following information:

  • Lock Action
  • Cloning Commerce Actions

\Commerce

Commerce Options

Added the following Commerce options:

  • Disable Transaction Item Count
  • Accounts Lookup Library Function
  • Enable Subscription Ordering for Simple Products
  • Enable HTML Approval Email

\Commerce
\Attributes & Arrays \Transaction Arrays

Transaction Arrays

Added the following information:

  • Populate a Commerce transaction array from an Oracle CPQ data table
  • Migrating Document Designer Documents with Transaction Arrays

\Commerce

\Documents

JET Transaction UI

Added the Resize columns functionality.

\Commerce
\Documents

JET Responsive Editor

Added Transaction array "Add All Attributes" function.

\Commerce
\Process

Commerce Process

Updated options for adding and editing a Commerce Process.

\Commerce
\Transaction Manager
Transaction Manager

Added information for Transaction Count .

\Commerce
\Workflow
Transition Rule Notifications

This topic describes the following information:

  • Transition Rule Notifications
  • Defining a Notification Type
  • Selecting a Template for Transition Rule Email Notification

\Configuration

Configuration Settings

Added information for JET Configuration UI pagination.

\Configuration

System Configuration

Added The following information:

  • System Navigation Panel Status Display
  • System Navigation Panel Item Naming

\Configuration
\Attributes & Arrays

Boolean Attributes

Added Switch, Radio Button Horizontal, and Radio Button Vertical JET display types.

\Configuration
\Attributes & Arrays

Currency Attributes

Added the Spinner JET display type.

\Configuration
\Attributes & Arrays

Float and Integer Attributes

  • Added Spinner, Slider Horizontal, and Slider Vertical JET display types.
  • Split Float and Integer content from Text Attributes

\Configuration
\Attributes & Arrays

Menu Attributes

Added Cards, Select Choice, Filmstrip Horizontal, and Filmstrip Vertical JET display types for image menus.

\Configuration
\Attributes & Arrays

Single Select Pick Lists

Added Cards, Select Choice, Filmstrip Horizontal, and Filmstrip Vertical JET display types for image menus.

\Configuration
\Configuration Pages & Flows

Configuration Flows

Added information for JET layout properties.

\Configuration
\Configuration Pages & Flows

Configuration Layout Editor

Added the following information:

  • JET Layout Properties
  • Vertical tabs for JET UIs
  • Attribute behavior properties (including new JET display types)

\Configuration
\Configuration Pages & Flows

New topic JET Configuration UI

This topic describes the JET Configuration UI and includes the following information:

  • JET Configuration user experience enhancements
  • JET Configuration UI Layout enhancements
  • JET Configuration UI key changes, limitations, and known issues
  • How to enable the JET Configuration UI Layout
  • CSS customization of JET Configuration UI

\Configuration
\Rules

Added note: Beginning in Oracle CPQ 19B, Recommendation Rules can be AJAX enabled for JET Configuration UIs. AJAX functionality is only provided for JET Configuration UIs, this functionality is not available for legacy Configuration UIs.

\Configuration
\Rules

Pipeline Viewer

Added information about viewing system data JSON in the System Configuration tab.

\Document Designer Document Designer Editor Added note in the Action Bar section to clarify when XSL button displays for SuperUser and FullAccess users.

\Document Designer

Document Designer Attributes

Added procedures to add main document and sub-document transaction arrays to Document Designer and Email Designer Documents.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Item Definition Table Updated the table definitions for: Optional, Sales Item, and Manufacturing Item.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Asset-Based Ordering Implementations

Added information for the following features:

  • Simple Product Support for Subscription Ordering
  • Multi-Select Support for Asset Operations
  • New Transaction Support for Asset Operations
\Integrate with CPQ
\Integrations
Subscription Management Integration

Added support for the following:

  • Subscription Workbench
  • Subscription Workbench Layout Editor
\Internationalization
\Currency
Multi-Currency Support

Added support for the following currencies:

  • Belarusian Ruble (BYN)
  • Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRU)
  • Sao Tome and Principe Dobra (STN)
  • Venezuelan Bolivar (VES)
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 19B Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

New topicOracle CPQ Videos

Our new administrator videos provide quick demonstrations for several maintenance tasks.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 19B Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 19B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 19B What's New
  • 19B Resolved Known Issues
  • 19A Patch 2

\Web Services
\REST APIs

REST API Overview

Added the following information:

  • v8 REST API summary
  • Account REST APIs
  • Multi-select asset operation REST APIs
  • Configuration Product REST APIs - Get Recommended Items Metadata endpoint
  • Configuration Run-Time Data REST APIs

\Web Services

\REST APIs

Request Body Objects

Added the following items that support Collaborative Quoting:

  • "revisionId" Parameter
  • Focus Object

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Account REST APIs

Added the following information:

  • Customer Account Attributes
  • Get Account REST API
  • Get Accounts REST API

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Asset REST APIs

Added the following REST APIs:

  • Modify Assets
  • Suspend Assets
  • Resume Assets
  • Renew Assets
  • Terminate Assets

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Configuration Product REST APIs

Added the Get Recommended Items Metadata REST API.

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Configuration Run-Time Data REST APIs

Added the following REST APIs:

  • Add Model to Favorites
  • Load Array Set Data
  • Load Configuration Data
  • Reconfigure Model from Favorites

Updated the following REST APIs:

  • Configure Model
  • Update
  • Interact
  • Reconfigure Model

ClosedOLH Update (April 2019)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce \Documents JET Transaction UI Updated JET Transaction UI - Key Changes, Limitations, and Known Issues.
\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering
New topicAsset-Based Ordering Implementations This topic provides a summary of ABO implementation enhancements.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 19A Patch 1
  • 18D Patch 3
  • 18D Patch 2

\Web Services
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Asset REST APIs

Added the Update Configuration REST API.


ClosedUpdate 19A (February 2019)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

General Site Options

Added the following options:

  • Use Locale search/comparison in BML functions
  • Password Expiry Override For Web Services Only User

\BML
\BMQL

BMQL (BigMachines Query Language)

Added Select All information for BMQL data table queries.

\Commerce

Commerce Action

Added information for the Performance tab, which allows administrators to see the flow of BML associated with a Commerce action and identify performance hindrances, such as nested loops.

\Commerce

Commerce Process

Added procedure: Add a BML Integration to a Commerce Process.

\Commerce

Commerce Rules

Added advanced actions for hiding rules.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ

Integration Center

Updated available integrations and integration center image.

\Integrate with CPQ
\Integrations

Integration Overview

  • Added Subscription Management Integration
  • Updated ICS references to OAIC

\Integrate with CPQ
\Integrations

Oracle Autonomous Integration Cloud (OAIC)
(formerly named as ICS Integration)

Updated ICS references to OAIC.

\Integrate with CPQ
\Integrations

New topic Subscription Management Integration

This topic describes the Oracle Subscription Management integration which allows customers to create and manage products and services they can sell using a subscription model.

\Internationalization

New topic Time Zones

This topic provides a list of time zones that are available for User Profiles.

\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 19A Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 19A Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 19A.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 19A What's New
  • 19A Resolved Known Issues
  • 18C Patch 3

\Web Services
\REST APIs

REST API Overview

Added the following information:

  • Supported versions for Oracle CPQ REST APIs
  • REST API Version Updates

ClosedRelease 18D (December 2018)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

General Site Options

Added "Show Overcrowded Mode Banner to full access user on top of each page" and "User Result Set Size" to "Defining Iterator Lengths and Row Count per Page" to support the User Administration List Pagination customer requested enhancement.

\Administration
\Email

Email Authentication
*previously named "Non-Oracle CPQ Email Servers"

Added information for Email Authentication methods.

\Commerce

Commerce Settings

Added Doc Designer- Preserve line feeds for XSL snippets setting.

\Commerce

Commerce Actions

Added information for the Actions Menu display type.

\Commerce
\Attributes

Added information for Transaction Arrays.

\Commerce
\Attributes

New topic Transaction Arrays

Transaction Arrays allow customers to group multiple, scalar attributes using a single array structure and reduce administrative overhead. The array attributes can then be instantiated multiple times at runtime without explicitly defining each instance.This topic also provides the following information:

  • Create, edit and delete array sets and array attributes
  • Define and associate Array Control Attributes to set array set size

\Commerce
\Attributes
\Transaction Arrays

New topic BML Support for Transaction Arrays

This topic describes: JSON data types, null value interpretations, selecting array attributes, array attribute auto updates, and array set size control attributes, and the jsonarrayrefid function.

\Commerce
\Attributes
\Transaction Arrays

New topic REST API Support for Transaction Arrays

This topic describes open, interact, and modify action impacts to array set size and rows within the array set. It also provides information for interaction actions, size control attributes, and array set row numbers.

\Commerce
\Documents
JET Transaction UI

Added the following information:

  • Planning for JET Transaction UI Adoption
  • Simple and Advanced Filters

\Commerce
\Documents

JET Responsive Editor

Added the following information:

  • Drop-down Button Display for action toolbars
  • Quick Add on Line Item Grid
  • Transaction Arrays

\Commerce
\Documents

Quick Add and Quick Key Items

Added information for the Quick Add function for JET Transaction UIs.

\Configuration

System Configuration

Added the following information:

  • View the BOM of the entire system during model configuration
  • Use a value from a URL parameter across all models in a system
  • Immediately access modified attribute values via system data
  • Use System Configuration with Subscription Ordering and Oracle CX Commerce integrations

\Configuration
Attributes & Arrays

Array Best Practices

Added information to reference unique rows in an array even when rows have been added, deleted, or re-sequenced.

\Configuration
\Rules

Recommendation Rules

Added information to create a "Bulk Table Lookup" Recommendation Rule to apply attribute value changes based on Data Table column content.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Subscription Ordering

Added the following information:

  • Use Subscription Ordering flows on System Configuration models
  • Retain Configuration attributes in Subscription Ordering flows
  • Retrieve Configuration data after a Renew
  • Perform Suspend and Resume actions on hierarchical items
  • Reconfigure an asset after performing a Resume or Renew
  • Use new system variable and Library Functions
  • Simplify setup with 18D ABO Implementation Package updates

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ

Integration Center

Updated available integrations and integration center image.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ
\Integrations

OAuth Provider Integration

Added general information about the OAuth access token for CRM systems.

\Integrate with CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Commerce Administration REST APIs

Added REST APIs that return array set and array attribute definitions.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Commerce Transaction REST APIs

Added Transaction Pipeline Viewer REST API.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

Commerce Transactions Line REST APIs

Added Transaction Line Pipeline Viewer REST API.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topicConfiguration Product REST APIs

This topic describes REST API endpoints to support customer Configuration flows which dictate how users go through pages and available options to create a Transaction.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topicConfiguration Run-Time Data REST APIs

This topic describes REST API endpoints for Configuration objects and configuration data

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topicUser REST APIs

This topic describes user management APIs, such as user creation, activation, revocation, and password management for host company users.

\Integrate With CPQ
\Integrations

18C Oracle CX Commerce Integration Guide

This guide provides instructions for integrating with Oracle CX Commerce.

\Internationalization

Multi-Currency Support

Added supported currencies and their currency codes.

\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 18D Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 18D Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 18D.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 18D Patch 1
  • 18D What's New
  • 18D Resolved Known Issues
  • 18C Patch 3
  • 18C Patch 2
  • 18C Patch 1
  • 18B Patch 3

\Performance

Performance Management

Added Overcrowded Mode notification email examples to illustrate the Overcrowded Mode customer requested enhancement.

\Styles & Templates
\Navigation

New topic JavaScript Customizations for JET Transaction UI

This document explains the key structural differences vs. CPQ’s Legacy Transaction UI, and reviews several sample use cases.

\Styles & Templates
\Navigation

Navigation Menus

Added Alta Navigation Overview.

\Styles & Templates
\Stylesheets

Stylesheet Manager

Added CSS styling information for JET UI:

  • JET UI Stylesheets
  • Upload a Stylesheet for the JET UI
  • Force Content to Stay in a Fixed Position (Non-responsive behavior)
  • Create Sub-Headers Styles
  • Create Tab Label Styles
  • Create Button Styles
  • Change Alta Navigation Icons

\UI Designer

UI Designer Administration

Added note for options that are not supported in Release 18D.

\UI Designer

UI Designer Overview

Added the following information:

  • Simple and Advanced Filter information
  • Existing and Release 18D usability features

\Users

User Administration Overview

Added pagination note to support the User Administration List Pagination customer requested enhancement.

\Users

Updated Access Selector section to include selection states, filtering, and expand/collapse features.

UI Designer Pages

Added Simple and Advanced Filter information.


ClosedRelease 18C (August 2018)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

Unit Conversions

Added note about setting up Commerce attributes to enable Unit Conversions for users.

\Best Practices

Application Boundaries and Magic Numbers

Updated "Hard limits on features" to match My Oracle Support Application Boundaries and Magic Numbers (Doc ID 1660027)

\BML
\Functions & Scripts
Other Functions Added information about getsystemdata() JSON keys.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

URL Access

Moved "Inset Token in urldata Header" into urldata() function.

\Configuration

System Configuration

Added the following information:

  • System Navigation Panel
  • Access Incomplete System Configurations from Pending Configuration
  • Define a Model Path for a BOM Item
  • Use System Configuration with Oracle CX Commerce
\Commerce
\Documents
New topicJET Transaction UI

This topic provides the following information for the JET Transaction UI:

  • Transaction and Transaction Line Features
  • JET Transaction UI Limitations
  • How to enable the JET Responsive Layout
  • How to access Jet Responsive Layouts

\Commerce
\Documents

New topic JET Responsive Editor

This topic describes the JET Responsive Editor and setting up the Commerce Transaction UI.

\Commerce
\Documents

Legacy Desktop Editor

Removed irrelevant content and renamed topic Legacy Desktop Editor.

\Commerce
\Process
Commerce Process Overview Added procedure to delete a Commerce process.

\Commerce
\Workflow

Forwarding Rules

Updated Advanced Forwarding Rule expected format to note the approver can be an individual User Login or the variable name of a Group.

\Commerce
\Workflow
Timers Added information about the Timer Queue.
\Data Tables Data Table Overview Added information about warning is to remind administrators that deploying large tables without an index or indexes can be a performance intensive operation.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

Configuration BOM Mapping Rules

Added information about reverse mapping for absent BOM attributes and items.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

BOM Mapping Overview

Added information about the benefits of BOM Mapping.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
New topic BOM Pricing

BOM Pricing allows customers to define BOM prices, which can be different from the Parts database prices.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

New topic18B BOM Mapping Implementation Guide

This guide describes BOM Mapping functionality and provides instructions for implementing BOM Mapping.
\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Item Definition Table Added BOM Price variable.

\Integrate with Oracle CPQ

Interface Catalog

Updated introduction, catalog image, and REST versions to v6.

\Integrate With CPQ
\Accounts

Integrations and the User Integration Page

Updated "Partner Info" references to "User Integration".

\Integrate With CPQ
\Integrations

Oracle CX Commerce Integration

Added the following information:

  • “Authentication Certificate” integration type
  • Updated Add to Cart payload
  • Tiered system support for shopping cart

\Integrate With CPQ
\Integrations

18B Oracle CX Commerce Integration Guide

This guide provides instructions for integrating with Oracle CX Commerce.

\Integrate With CPQ

\Integrations

Salesforce Integration Updated Overview and added information for Oracle Adapter for Salesforce Lightning.

\Integrate with CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

REST APIs for Commerce Transactions

Added the following REST APIs:

  • Auto-fill Account Information
  • Export Attachment from Transaction
  • Navigate Back from Transaction
  • Re-sequence Line Items via Interact

\Integrate with CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

REST APIs for Commerce Transaction Lines

Added the following REST APIs:

  • Calculate Transaction Line Price
  • Export Attachment from Transaction Line

\Integrate with CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topic REST APIs for Price Books

This topic defines the REST APIs used to retrieve a list of Price Books or a specified Price Book.

\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 18C Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 18C Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 18C.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 18C What's New
  • 18C Resolved Known Issues
  • 18A Patch 3
  • 18B Patch 2
  • 18B Patch 1
\Performance Performance Management Added procedure to enable overcrowded mode banner.
\Users Set Up Users

Updated the following information:

  • Main Information
  • Bill To & Ship To
  • User Integration
  • Groups tab
\Users User Administration

Updated screenshot and proxy login, also added links to User Permissions, Host Company, and Partner Organizations.

\Users Admin Access Control

Updated the following procedures:

  • User Administrator Privileges
  • Access Administrator Privileges
  • Allow Proxy Login
  • Web Services and SSO
\Users New topic User Permissions

Using the Administrator User Permissions, companies can delegate and restrict access to certain areas of CPQ.


ClosedRelease 18B (May 2018)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

General Site Options

Added settings for Administrator Access Groups, Multiple Pricing profiles, and Current Session Language Selection features.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

Other Functions

Updated the description for the logtime() function.
Writes an event to the Performance Log table, which is visible by filtering on "BML" for the Event Type.

\Commerce

Commerce Settings

Added settings for Pricing options and Line Item Grid enhancements.

\Commerce
\Process
Commerce Process Overview Added procedure to Delete a Commerce Process.
\Commerce
\Workflow
Timers Added information about multi-threading for Timers.

\Configuration

Configuration Settings

Added Retain Recommended Item Selections during Reconfiguration settings.

\Configuration

System Configuration

Updated Overview section and added the following information:

  • System Navigation Panels
  • Incomplete Configurations
  • Use System Configuration with Oracle CX Commerce
  • Define a Model Path for a BOM item
  • Inter-Model Rules with References to Attributes in Other Product Families

\Configuration
\Attributes and Arrays

Single Select Pick Lists

Added information about Distinct Values.

\Data Tables

Data Table Overview

Added general information for Foreign Keys.

\Data Tables

Data Table Maintenance

Added procedures to Add a Foreign Key, Convert an Existing Column to a Foreign Key Column, and Remove a Foreign Key Relationship.

\Data Tables

Import & Export of Data Tables

Added the following information:

  • Importing & exporting Data Tables with Foreign Key relationships.
  • Note stating that CSV tables can not be uploaded when metadata rows are missing.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

Configuration BOM Mapping Rules

Added the following information:

  • Mapping to SSPLs
  • Simple and Advanced Conditions
  • BOM Item Mapping and BOM Attribute Mapping for Configurable Array Attributes
  • BOM Mapping Configurable Array Attribute Restrictions

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

New topic BOM Mapping FAQs

Provides answers for frequently asked questions about BOM Mapping.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

\BOM Pages

New topic BOM Item Mapping Administration Pages

This page describes the BOM Item Mapping Administration List and BOM Item Mapping Administration pages and provides instructions to access these pages.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables

BOM Item Mapping Table

Added "Multiple Attribute Mapping for BOM Mapping Items" which provides additional mapping attribute and value fields for the BOM Item Mapping table. This allows the selection of multiple configuration options to add a single Line Item to a BOM-related Transaction.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables

BOM Item Definition Table

Added optional "Included In Base Price" column to table Schema description.

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Deal Comparison

Added procedure to Clone Deal Management Analytics and analytics migration information.

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Price Optimization

Added procedure to Clone Deal Management Analytics and analytics migration information.

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Win Probability

Added the following information:

  • Automatic Selection of Win Probability Driver Attributes
  • Procedure to Define a Win Probability Analytic Using Automatic Driver Selection
  • Procedure to Clone Deal Management Analytics
  • Analytics migration information

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Subscription Ordering External Orders

Added information about parameters to add to external and internal URLs to launch the Model Configuration page.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Subscription Ordering

  • Updated Overview, Assets, and Creating Assets content.
  • Added the Oracle CPQ 2017 R1 Asset Based Ordering Implementation Guide

\Integrate With CPQ
\Integrations

Oracle CX Commerce Integration

Added information about retrieving eCommerce usage metrics related to the number of times the Oracle CPQ Model Configuration page is accessed from Oracle CX Commerce.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs

New topic CORS Access Control

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) enables secure communication when using a browser-based programming language, such as JavaScript, to access content from another domain using HTTP requests. Previously without CORS Headers, calls into Oracle CPQ REST endpoints from other domains in a browser context would be blocked.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

REST APIs for Assets

Added transactionDate property description and enhanced the _proxy_id notes.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topic REST API Calculate Price

The Calculate Price REST API allows an external application to query Oracle CPQ for pricing information.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topic REST API for eCommerce Interaction Metrics

This page describes the eCommerce Interaction Metrics REST API.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topic REST APIs for Eligibility Rules

Oracle CPQ exposes eligibility data through REST APIs. As described in this section, Eligibility APIs allow external applications to create, read, update, delete, and deploy eligibility data.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

New topic REST API for Search Parts

Oracle CPQ Release 18B adds eligibility checking and filtering to the standard Search Parts REST API.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

REST APIs for Commerce Transactions

  • Added Refresh Transaction, eSignature Cancel, Request Details, and Send REST APIs.
  • Removed Reconfigure Inbound REST API.

\Integrate With CPQ
\REST APIs
\Oracle CPQ APIs

REST APIs for Commerce Transaction Lines

  • Added Refresh Transaction Lines REST API
  • Removed Reconfigure Inbound REST API.

\Internationalization

Exchange Rates

Updated the add Conversion Rate image and noted that up to four decimal places can be entered for the Conversion Rate.

\Internationalization

Language Support

Added information about Current Session Language Selection, including the following procedures:

  • Enable Current Session Language Selection
  • Customize Current Session Language Selection by User Type

\Maintenance

Administration Logs

Updated the admin log image and updated description of Administration Log fields.

\Style & Templates

Navigation Menus

Added procedure to Customize Current Session Language Selection by User Type.

\Migration Management Center

Migration Logs

Added audit compliance information.

\Migration Management Center

What Can Be Migrated?

Added note about migrating Data Tables with Foreign Key relationships.

\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 18B Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 18B Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 18B.

\Overview

Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 18B What's New
  • 18B Resolved Known Issues
  • 18B Licensing Information User Manual
  • 18A Patch 2
  • 18A Patch 1
  • 17D Patch 2

\Parts

Advanced Parts Search

Added accessibility note to Setting up the Parts Search Panel.

\Performance

Performance Logs

Added details for web services.

\Performance

Performance Management

Added the following information:

  • SuperUser access during Overcrowded Mode
  • Timestamps for Overcrowded Mode email notifications
  • Overcrowded Mode banners

\Pricing

Product Pricing Setup

This page was previously named "Adding & Editing CSP Profiles & Rules"

Added information for the following:

  • Profiles Tab
  • Pricing Profile - Advanced Discount Type
  • Rules Tab
  • Advanced Pricing Rules
  • Attributes Tab
  • Product Pricing Icons and Buttons

Added the following procedures:

  • Set Up Rating/Pricing Engine Options
  • Add a Pricing Attribute
  • Add an Advanced Pricing Rule
  • Add a Pricing Profile with an Advanced Discount Type

\Pricing

Rating/Pricing Engine

This page was previously named "Customer Specific Pricing Overview"

Added information for the Rating/Pricing Engine which expands the capabilities of the Customer Specific Pricing (CSP) profiles to support a wider range of pricing use cases.

\Users

Administrator Access Control

Added the following information for Administrator Groups

  • Administrator Access Control with Administrator Groups
  • Enable Administrator Groups for Your Site
  • Assign Access Administrator Privileges to Full Access Users
  • View Groups Based on Group Type
  • Create and Edit Administrator Groups

\Users

Setting Up Groups

Added the following information:

  • View, create, and edit Administrator Groups
  • Create and Edit Sales Groups

\Users

User Administration Overview

Added updated Administrator Access Control information.

As part of Oracle CPQ Release 18B accessibility improvements, some Oracle CPQ pages have minor changes to HTML structure or CSS class names. There is a possibility that these changes could affect existing UI customizations.


ClosedRelease 18A (February 2018) / 17D (December 2017)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

New topic My Profile

This allows users to access their Personal Information, Preferences, Bill To and Ship To information.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

BMQL Overview

Added BMQL information for JOIN Clauses:

  • Support ANSI Standard SQL Syntax for JOIN clauses
  • Enhanced ORDER BY Operation
  • Alias Support for SELECT and FROM clauses

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

BML Functions List

  • Added the getSystemData, getSystemAttrValues, and getSystemMultipleAttrValues BML functions
  • Updated convertbomtoflat and convertbomtohier sample results and add note about the input "bomJson".

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

URL Access

Added information to urldata:

  • PATCH method
  • OAuth Tokens in urldata headers

\Commerce

Commerce Rules

Added information to use hiding rules to limit access to Commerce actions.

\Commerce
\Commerce Documents

Alta Responsive Design

Added the following information:

  • Updated Alta UI limitations
  • Secure Text Attribute Support
  • Copy Transaction Action
  • Deal Management Support
  • Invoke Transactions from Salesforce
  • Interact with Subscription Ordering
  • Added Line Item table functionality: hierarchical display, expand and collapse options, sort line items and QBE.

\Commerce
\Commerce Documents

Desktop Layout Editor

Added Alta Responsive layout: hide panel labels, set collapsible panels, set panels to default collapsed position, and label alignment.

\Commerce
\Transaction Manager

Archiving Transactions

Added procedures to Access and Manage Transaction Archives and Archive All Results.

\Configuration

System Configuration

Added the following information:

  • Debugging Advanced System Configuration Rules
  • System Configuration JSON Data
  • Use BML for Cross-Model Configuration Rules
  • Use the System Configuration Folder to view defined system models
  • Select Configurable Attributes for advanced BML functions
  • Reference the Commerce Line Item Document Number attributes
  • View System Configuration Variable Names
  • View root items with Invalid BOM Item Definitions
  • Use BML to select attributes from other Product Families

\Configuration
\Attributes and Arrays

Single Select Pick Lists

Added the following information:

  • Setting Single Select Pick List Values
  • Using Single Select Pick List Attributes and Values in Configuration Rules

\Document Designer

Document Designer and Attributes

Added Document Designer eSignature Attributes.

\Document Designer

Document Designer and Conditions

Added Heading, Spacer, Page Break, and Column Break elements to "Where Conditions can be Placed.

\Document Designer

Document Designer and Elements

Added the following information:

  • Dynamically Embed External Documents
  • Nested Tables

\Document Designer

Document Designer and Loops

Added Table and Embed Document elements to list components where loops can be added.

\Document Designer

Document Designer and XSL

Added procedure to Access Parent Loop Document Number from a Nested Loop.

\Document Designer

Document Designer Editor

Updated Date Formats and added Day and Month Translations.

\Implementations
\Deal Management

New topic Price Optimization

This topic provide information for Price Optimization which provides an out-of-the-box machine learning feature to maximize either margins or net revenue. Since Oracle CPQ customers use different metrics to determine profitability, the Price Optimization feature supports selection of the site specific custom attributes to optimize to provide easy, code free setup. Administrators can define which attribute value to maximize, attributes to be considered in the optimization (i.e. driver attributes), and which attributes will be populated with the optimization results.

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Deal Comparison

Added the following information:

  • Current Deal Hover for Deal Comparison Scatter Plot
  • Procedure to Preview Deal Comparison Scatter Plot
  • Advanced Filter for Deal Comparison Scatter Plot

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Last Price Paid

Added Last Price Paid Filter Attribute.

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Price Score

Added the following information:

  • Current Deal Hover for Deal Comparison Scatter Plot
  • Procedure to Preview Deal Comparison Scatter Plot
  • Advanced Filter for Deal Comparison Scatter Plot

\Implementations
\Deal Management

Win Probability

Added information for Custom and Advanced Calculations.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

New topic Custom Asset Attributes

Added the following information:

  • Custom Asset Attributes
  • Create Custom Attributes
  • Delete Custom Asset Attributes
  • Deploy Custom Asset Attributes
  • Add Custom Asset Attributes to the Customer Assets Layout

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Customer Assets

Updated QBE section.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Subscription Ordering

Updated the following procedures:

  • Modify, Suspend, Resume, Renew, or Terminate an Asset
  • Reconfigure an Asset

\Integrating With CPQ

FTP Automation

Added note about Email status notifications for FTP uploads.

\Integrating With CPQ

Integration Overview

Updated "Integrating with Other Software Applications".

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

New topic JD Edwards Integration

Oracle CPQ provides JD Edwards customers with an integration that enhances their direct, channel, and web Commerce sales experience. After receiving customer approval of a quote, Oracle CPQ sales users can use the information in the quote to create an order in JD Edwards and maintain an up-to-date view of order status in CPQ.

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

New topic Microsoft Azure Active Directory Integration

The Oracle CPQ and Microsoft Dynamics 365 user integration supports the use of Microsoft Azure Active Directory to grant application access to user data. This enhancement provides initial functionality in support of an integration between Oracle CPQ and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Using Azure Active Directory as the identify provider (IdP), Microsoft Dynamics 365 users can seamlessly access Oracle CPQ using the integration's Single-Sign On (SSO) functionality.

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

New topic Microsoft Dynamics 365 Integration

Many sales organizations accelerate deals and increase margins by adding Oracle CPQ to their Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. This allows sales reps to get quotes in front of their customers quickly and accurately without help from their support staff. Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales CRM customers can integrate Oracle CPQ to allow their users to create quotes from opportunities with a seamless single-sign on experience.

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

New topic OAuth Provider Integration

The "OAuth Provider" integration type provides more modern and secure authentication and authorization standards. The use of an OAuth Provider integration supports REST API-based integrations where an OAuth Provider, such as Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS), authenticates and authorizes inbound and outbound REST communications with CPQ.

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

Oracle CX Commerce Integration

Added the following information:

  • New Fields for getConfigurations SOAP API
  • New Fields for configBomInstance REST API
  • 17D Tips and Considerations
  • Specify BOM items to include in the base price
  • Send notification via ICS when a model is available for Oracle CX Commerce

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

New topic Oracle Contracts Cloud Integration

Oracle CPQ currently allows customers to perform certain contract management activities such as contract generation, negotiation of terms, and electronic signature for contract documents. Oracle CPQ integration with Oracle Contracts Cloud provides a comprehensive Contract Lifecycle Management solution. Contracts Cloud has extensive functionality that supports the legal definition, negotiation redlining, execution, and ongoing management of contracts. Oracle CPQ - Contracts Cloud integration allows customers to create and manage legal aspects of a Transaction and maintain the contract throughout its lifecycle, long after the initial Transaction that created the contract is completed. The Oracle CPQ - Contracts Cloud integration provides the ability to create and preview the contracts generated in Contracts Cloud seamlessly within the Oracle CPQ application via web service calls.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services

Transactional Objects

Added note to "Criteria Object" section stating Commerce attributes in queries should also be in data columns.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services
\REST APIs

REST APIs for Assets

Added note for restriction using "attributes" in query criteria to Get Asset List, Get Child Assets, Get Descendant Assets, and Export APIs.

\Style & Templates

Navigation Menus

Added information for Alta Navigation, which adds a new global header and navigation links with a customizable branding area, Global Links, User Navigation Menu, and Admin Navigation Drawer.

\Migration Management Center

Migration Logs

Added Cancel In-Progress Migration procedure.

\Migration Management Center

Migration Packages

Added steps to Send Email Notifications for Package Migrations.

\Migration Management Center

Performing a Migration

Added the following information:

  • Steps to Send Email Notifications when Performing a Migration
  • Granular Migration of Product Family, Line, and Model Elements
  • Cross Version Migration
\Overview Browser Compatibility Added Release 17D and 18A Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added Release 17D and 18A Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 17D and 18A.

\Overview Release Notes

Added the following documents:

  • 18A What's New
  • 18A Resolved Known Issues
  • 18A Licensing Information User Manual
  • 17D What's New
  • 17D Resolved Known Issues
  • 17D Patch 1
  • 2017 R2 Update 2
  • 2017 R2 Update 1
  • 2017 R1 Update 7
  • 2016 R2 Update 6

\Users

New topic Eligibility Rules

Eligibility Rules allow administrators to define the parts available to specific customers. When customers add a part to a Transaction using any of the available methods, they can only view and add the parts available to them.

\Users

Setting Up Users

Added information for Screen Reader Mode.


Closed2017 R2 (August 2017)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

Administration Home Page

Updated Style and Templates section for Alta.

\Administration

General Site Options

Updated information for Enable BML print logging option.

\Best Practices

Best Practices Overview

Provided link to *Oracle CPQ Security Guide.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

Other Functions

  • Added "addpartstotransaction", "sbappend", "sbtostring, and "stringbuilder" functions.

  • Added "getConfigBom" and "saveConfigBom" BOM BML functions.

\Commerce

Commerce Actions

Added information for the "Run Validation Before Modify" option.

\Commerce
\Commerce Attributes

Line-level Attributes

Change "_config_extra_info" Data Type to Text Area.

\Commerce
\Commerce Documents

New topic Alta Responsive Design

This page introduces the Alta Responsive Layout for Commerce Process documents and Alta UI limitations. It also provides instructions to enable and access Alta Responsive Layouts.

\Commerce
\Commerce Documents

Desktop Layout Editor

Added the following items to support Alta Responsive layout:

  • Layout options for Alta Responsive layout
  • Line Item Grid options for Alta Responsive layout

\Commerce
\Transaction Manager

Data Columns

Added information for Data Column Indices.

\Commerce
\Commerce Workflow

Document Views

Added information for Alta UI views and updated corresponding image.

\Configuration

Configuration Settings

Added Single Select Pick List Options.

\Configuration

New topic System Configuration

System Configuration is a hierarchical arrangement of connected configurable models with a system root containing all of the other models.

\Data Tables

Data Table Maintenance

Added information for "Live Data Tables".

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

2016 R1 BOM Mapping Implementation Guide

This guide describes BOM Mapping functionality and provides instructions for implementing BOM Mapping.

\Implementations
\Deal Management
\Win Probability

New topic Win Probability

This topic describes for Win Probability and provides a function overview.

\Implementations
\Deal Management
\Win Probability

New topic Win Probability for Transactions

Exposing Win Probability to the sales user and sales approver provides helpful contextual information to set the 'right price' for the Transaction.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Customer Assets

Added the following information

  • Show customer name in title of the Customer Assets page
  • Display new columns on the Customer Assets page

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

Subscription Ordering

Added information for Suspend, Resume, and Renew assets.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

2017 R1 Subscription Ordering Implementation Guide

Added the Subscription Ordering Implementation Guide to Online Help.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \Integrations

Oracle CX Commerce Integration

Added link to the 2017 R1 Integrating Oracle CX Commerce and Oracle CPQ Implementation Guide

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \Integrations

External Configurator Integration

Added the following guides:

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

New topic Identity Cloud Service (IDCS)

The page provides information for integrating with Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS) as an integrated identity management solution.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ
\RESTful Services

Overview

Added REST API list.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services

New topic Transaction Attributes in REST APIs

This topic contains information for using the following Transaction attributes in REST APIs:

  • Country and State Attributes
  • Currency Type Attributes
  • Language Attributes
  • Single-Select and Multi-Select Menu Attributes

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services

Transactional Objects

The following information has been added to this topic:

  • Provided additional information for Delta Parameter
  • Line Item Grid Composite State Attribute
  • Hierarchy Line Item Grid Parameters
  • Partner Information Parameter

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services
\REST APIs

REST APIs for Assets

Added Synchronize an Asset, Get Child Assets, Get Descendant Assets REST API endpoints.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services
\REST APIs

REST APIs for Commerce

Added Add Transaction Signature, Create a Transaction Version, Generate Proposal, Create Transaction Line, Delete Transaction Line(s), Retrieve Alternate Address, Select Alternate Address, and External Order REST API endpoints.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \RESTful Services
\REST APIs

New topic REST API for Message Translations

This REST API allows consumers to construct messages dynamically by querying CPQ's Resource Bundle to retrieve the specified message translations.

Integrating With CPQ
\Integrations

Salesforce Integration

Added information for User Sync and User Integration.

\Integrating With CPQ
\SOAP Web Services
\WS 2.0 and SOAP APIs

SOAP Data Tables

Added "modify" operation. The "modify" action will insert or update a data table row based on the actual Id of the row, whether that is the Natural Key or the row Id.

\Integrating With CPQ
\SOAP Web Services
\WS 1.0 and SOAP APIs

SOAP Data Tables

Added "modify" operation. The "modify" action will insert or update a data table row based on the actual Id of the row, whether that is the Natural Key or the row Id.

\Integrating With CPQ
\SOAP Web Services
\WS 2.0 and SOAP APIs

SOAP Parts API

Added "modifyParts" operation. The "modifyParts" action will insert or update a part based on the part number.

\Integrating With CPQ
\SOAP Web Services
\WS 1.0 and SOAP APIs

SOAP Parts API

Added "modifyParts" operation. The "modifyParts" action will insert or update a part based on the part number.

\Style & Templates

New topic Global Header Branding

This topic provides instructions to customize the Global Header.

\Style & Templates

Navigation Menus

Added information to describe and enable Alta Navigation.

\Migration Management Center

Performing a Migration

Added information for granular of product lines and models.

\Overview Browser Compatibility Added 2017 R2 Browser Compatibility information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added 2017 R2 Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 2017 R2.

\Overview Release Notes

Added update documents:

  • 2017 R2 What's New
  • 2017 R2 Resolved Known Issues
  • 2017 R1 Update 1, Update 2, Update 3, Update 4, Update 5, and Update 6
  • 2016 R1 Update 5

\Overview

Removed 3rd Party Software

This topic has been removed from Oracle CPQ Online Help. Licensing Information for Oracle CPQ has been posted to Oracle CPQ.


Closed 2017 R1 (May 2017)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Administration

General Site Options

Added information for BML URL Function Timeout and Notification Emails.

\Best Practices

Application Boundaries and Magic Numbers

Updated maximum number of data columns to 251 for main documents and 400 for sub-documents.

\BML

New topic Package Lifecycle Management

This page describes Package Lifecycle Management which provides a unique namespace to environments associated with entities, such as implementation partners, who want to create and protect their intellectual property.

\BML
\Functions & Scripts

URL Access

Added "Integer timeout" to urldatabypost, urldata, urldatabyget, urldatabypostasync, and urlmultipartbypost functions.

\Commerce
\Transaction Manager

Data Columns

Updated maximum number of data columns to 251 for main documents and 400 for sub-documents.

\Commerce
\Commerce Attributes
Commerce Document Attributes Updated Commerce Attribute properties and images.

\Commerce
\Commerce Process

New topic Concurrent Transaction Access

Describes functionality Administrative functions for Concurrent Transaction Access.

\Document Designer

Conditions

Added information for: String, Date, and Between functions; and Advanced Conditional Editor.

\Document Designer

Editor

Added information for: Updated currency settings, Date Format options, Currency Format options, Currency Symbol Placement, Double click to add items, and Palette Options.

\Document Designer

Elements

Added Table Autofit and Total Width information.

\Document Designer

Loops and Filters

Added information for: String, Date, and Between functions; and Advanced Conditional Editor.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

New topic Bills of Material Panel

Describes the Bills of Materials Panel, when users save a BOM Mapping Rule to a Transaction, they can view the associated BOM Mapping Rule items in a Bill of Materials tab in configuration.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping

BOM Definition Validation

Added information to validate models in the BOM Item Definition.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages

BOM Item Tree Administration Page

Added information to configure a BOM with models as children of other models.

\Implementations
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables

BOM Item Definition Table

Added information to define any child item in the BOM hierarchy as a model.

\Implementations
\Deal Negotiation

New topic Deal Negotiation Analytics

Describes Deal Negotiation Analytics and provides instructions to define analytic scatterplot charts.

\Implementations
\Deal Negotiation

New topic Deal Negotiation Metrics

Describes Deal Negotiation Price Score and Last Price Paid Metrics and provides instructions to enable define and define price score and last price paid metrics.

\Implementations
\Deal Negotiation

New topic Deal Negotiation Overview

Describes the Deal Negotiation feature, which guides Oracle CPQ sales representatives in achieving optimal prices and discounts for their customers using Deal Negotiation metrics and a Deal Comparison analytic available for both Transactions and Transaction Lines.

\Implementations
\Subscription Ordering

New topic Subscription Ordering External Orders

Describes functionality that allows customers to create orders outside of Oracle CPQ in an external client application and use REST APIs for all asset based operations.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \Integrations

Oracle CX Commerce Integration

Added the following information:

  • Include BOM items in the Add to Cart payload template
  • Use BOM Mapping Rules in SOAP APIs
  • Generate a Configuration ID system attribute
  • Add configured items to a Transaction using a single REST API Call
  • Use REST services for the Request for Quote flow

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \Integrations

Data Cube Export

Added the following information:

  • Maximum (CLOB) property
  • Enable or Disable CLOB for DataCube Columns
  • Transaction Filters for Mapping XML File
  • DataCube Export File Location
  • Set Up the DataCube Integration
  • New DataCube Report Setup parameters
  • DataCube Reporting Logs

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ
\Integrations

Integration Cloud Service (ICS)

Added information for ICS Oracle CPQ Adapter for REST API Services. Customers can now build an ICS connection that calls the desired Oracle CPQ REST API web service using Oracle CPQ as the target application in the ICS integration flow.

\Integrating with CPQ
\ RESTful Services

Query Specification Syntax

  • Added enhancements to the Expand Query parameter.

\Integrating with CPQ
\ RESTful Services

Transaction Parameters

  • Added the following information: the Transaction Line Total query, Shared Cache Support
  • Added the following parameters: Error Criteria, Cache Refresh, Delta, and AJAX Sensitive.

\Integrating With CPQ
\RESTful Services
\REST APIs

REST APIs for Assets

Added the following:

  • APIs for External Order Operations: Modify Asset, Terminate Asset, Suspend Asset, Resume Asset, Renew Asset, Get Configuration Instance, Reconfigure, and Follow-On Order.
  • Export CSV fields list and sample CSV file.

\Integrating With CPQ
\RESTful Services
\REST APIs

REST APIs for Transactional Objects

  • Added the following APIs: Navigate Back, Add to Transaction from Favorites, and Copy to Favorites.
  • Added Approval Action APIs.
  • Updated topic to Oracle Cloud REST APIs structure.

\Integrating With CPQ
\RESTful Services
\REST APIs

REST APIs for Transactional Metadata

Added information for optimized translation responses.

\Migration Management Center

Migration Packages

  • Added Migration Status Icons
  • Added Cross Process Migration, which removes the restriction of only importing data into a common process. This feature allows an administrator to perform a granular migration of data from a package into another process on the target site. The administrator importing the package on the target site identifies the target process for the migration.

\Migration Management Center

Performing a Migration

Added information for Natural Keys, which match a migration object using the variable name instead of the hidden value. Natural keys are now used in the Migration Center to support the migration of packages between sites, the migration of logical objects between sites, and the migration of changes between Oracle CPQ environments.

\Overview Browser Compatibility Added 2017 R1 Browser Computability information.

\Overview

Features by Version

Added 2017 R1 Features.

\Overview

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 2017 R1.

\Overview Release Documentation

Added links for 2017 R1 What's New and 2017 R1 Resolved Known Issues.

\Overview

Third Party Software

  • Added "Software Licenses" and "Oracle CPQ Adapter for Salesforce Lightning Third Party Software"
  • Updated copyright information for "Oracle CPQ Third Party Software"

\Performance

New topic Performance Management

This topic describes features to increase Oracle CPQ site stability and performance.

  • Access During Extremely High Loads
  • Performance Log Overcrowded Events
  • Timeouts for BML URL Access Functions
  • Preventing Line Item Looping
  • Preventing Advanced Line Default Looping

It also provides the following procedures:

  • Email Notifications for Overcrowded Events
  • Set the Default BML URL Access Function Timeout
  • Set Integration XSL or Middleware Integration Timeouts
  • Define an Action for Integration XSL or Middleware Integration Timeouts

ClosedOLH Update (April 2017)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
UI Enhancement All Files We have updated the user interface for our Online Help to provide a more engaging customer experience. These style improvements deliver a unified, compelling, and comfortable experience that is common across Oracle Cloud-based services.
\General Information Release Notes Added update documents: Oracle CPQ 2016 R1 Update 2, Oracle CPQ 2016 R2 Update 1, 2016 R2 Update 2, 2016 R2 Update 3, and 2016 R2 Update 4.

ClosedOLH Update (February 2017)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
Navigation Enhancement New topic Implementations This section contains the following Oracle CPQ implementations: BOM Mapping, Contract Negotiations, and Subscription Ordering.
\BOM Mapping New topic BOM Definition Validation Describes how to validate the BOM Item Tree.

\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages

New topic Bills of Materials Tables Page Describes the Bills of Materials Tables Page, how to access the page, and how to Activate BOM Tables.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages
New topic BOM Attribute Administration Page Describes the BOM Attribute Administration Page and how to access the page.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages
New topic BOM Attribute Translation Administration Page Describes the BOM Attribute Translation Administration Page and how to access the page.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages
New topic BOM Item Administration Page Describes the BOM Item Administration Page and how to access the page.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages
New topic BOM Item Tree Administration Page Describes the BOM Item Tree Administration Page, how to access the page, and links to setting pagination.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages
New topic BOM Root Items Administration Page Describes the BOM Root Items Administration Page and how to access the page.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Pages
New topic Declare Util Function Describes how to declare a BOM Util function.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
New topic BOM Tables Upload Provides instructions to bulk upload the BOM Data Tables.

\BOM Mapping

BOM Instance

Updated "Names" and references to match system attributes.

\BOM Mapping Configuration BOM Mapping Rules Added procedure to create rules.
\BOM Mapping BOM Tables Added procedure to access BOM Tables.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Attribute Definition Table Added procedures to download a sample BOM Attribute Definition Table and to map the BOM Attribute Definition Table.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Attribute Mapping Table Added procedures to download a sample BOM Attribute Mapping Table and to map the BOM Attribute Mapping Table.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables

BOM Attribute Translation Table

Added procedures to download a sample BOM Attribute Translation Table and to map the BOM Attribute Translation Table.
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Item Definition Table Added procedures to download a sample BOM Item Definition Table and to map the BOM Item Definition Table
\BOM Mapping
\BOM Tables
BOM Item Mapping Table Added procedures to download a sample BOM Item Mapping Table and to map the BOM Item Mapping Table
\Commerce Process
\Documents
Secure Attributes Updated Strategies for transferring the captured value to a server.
\Commerce Process
\Transaction Manager
Data Columns Removed note "Data columns cannot be deleted after they are created." Since Autumn 2013, data columns can be deleted.
\Configuration
\Rules
Configuration Rules Overview Added "BOM Mapping" to Types of Configuration Rules table.
\Data Tables Data Table Change Log Depreciated feature, topic removed.
\Data Tables Data Table Overview Added "class" and "null" values to Invalid keywords for Table and Column Names.
\General Administration Bulk Uploads Added link to BOM Tables Upload.
\General Administration Managing General Site Options Updated images and added section Feature Settings > Row Count per Page > Iterator Administration > BOM Item List Page Result Set Sizes.
\General Administration Release Documentation Added 2016 R1 Update 2 and 2016 R2 Update 1.
\Integrating With CPQ
\REST APIs
REST API for Transactional Objects Updated "Create Transaction (POST)" note to indicate Other updateable main document and sub-document attributes can be given values through a subsequent POST call by invoking a Commerce action.
\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
Date Functions

Updated datetostr() and strtojavadate() as documented in the Function Wizard.


Closed2016 R2 (December 2016)

Location Topic Name Description of Change

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integration Guides

New topic Oracle CX Commerce Integration

Describes the integration between Oracle CPQ and Oracle CX Commerce.

\Integrating With CPQ
\Integration Guides

New topic External Configurator Integration

Describes the External Configurator Integration feature.

\Integrating With CPQ
\REST APIs

New topic REST API for External Configurator

Describes the REST API for External Configurator.

\Integrating With CPQ
\REST APIs

New topic REST APIs for Transactional Services (v3)

Describes v3 Transaction REST APIs that expose additional transactional data, metadata, layout, rules, and actions to enable seamless integration with third party user interfaces, such as the ADF UI and the Salesforce Lightning UI. The new REST APIs are exposed using v3 RESTful services.

\General Administration

New topic Supported Fonts

Lists Oracle CPQ supported fonts.

\Integrating With CPQ
\REST APIs
\TransactionV3

New topic Transaction API Data Service Actions

Describes data service actions that provide access to interface with transaction operations.

\Integrating With CPQ
\REST APIs
\TransactionV3

New topic Transaction API Layout and Metadata Services

Describes REST APIs to retrieve Oracle CPQ transaction desktop layout definitions and the definitions for Commerce main document, sub-document, actions, attributes, and translations.

\Pricing
\Customer Specific Pricing

Adding & Editing CSP Profiles & Rules

Updated images to reflect new Administration Style.

\General Administration

Administration Home Page

Updated Administration Home Page images and added descriptions for BOM, Performance Logs, and UI Designer.

\General Administration

Browser Compatibility

Added 2016 R2 Browser Computability information.

\Commerce Process
\Commerce Documents

Commerce Document Attributes

Removed the "Number of Columns/ Number of Rows" for Commerce "History" type Attribute.

\Commerce Process
\Commerce Documents

Commerce Line Attributes

New attribute "_config_extra_info" added to support External Configurator.

\Commerce Process

Commerce Process Overview

Updated supported attributes for Auto Update Fields.

\Commerce Process

Commerce Rules

Updated Action Hiding Rules image to display actual attributes.

\Configuration
\Configuration Maintenance

Configuration Settings

  • Removed 'Recreate Buyside Cache' option
  • Updated images to new Administration Style and added Options - BOM Mapping, Configuration Integration Options, and Configuration Debug Options.

\Pricing
\Formula Management

Creating a Formula

Updated images to reflect new Administration Style.
\Pricing
\Customer Specific Pricing

Customer Specific Pricing Overview

Updated images to reflect new Administration Style.

\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts

Date Functions

  • Syntax updated for strtodate()
  • Added warning about required date values to strtojavadate()
  • Updated datetostr Return Type to "String"

\General Administration

Features by Version

Added 2016 R2 Features.

\Pricing
\Formula Management

Formula Management Overview

Updated images to reflect new Administration Style.

\Mobile

Mobile Home Page

  • Update Pending Config images
  • Updated General Site Options image
  • Removed references to swiping to navigate

\Mobile

Mobile Layout - Commerce

  • Updated Mobile UI and Mobile Layout Editor images
  • Removed references to swiping to navigate

\Mobile

Mobile Layout - Configuration

  • Updated images to new Administration Styling
  • Removed references to swiping to navigate

\Mobile

Mobile Overview

  • Removed references to swiping to navigate
  • Added note about Saleforce1 cookies
  • Added note about tabs for iPhone Plus device

\General Administration

Pre-Upgrade Considerations

Added pre-upgrade information for 2016 R2.

\Integrating With CPQ
\REST APIs

Query Specification Syntax

Added "excludeFieldTypes" query parameter.

\General Administration

Release Documentation

Added 2016 R2 What's New and 2016 R2 Resolved Know Issues.

\Configuration
\Rules

Selecting Condition Attributes

Added note stating only "=" and "Not =" operators can be used for Configuration Rule Conditions to compare non-menu attributes to Multi Select Menu Attributes.

\Configuration
\Attributes and Arrays

Configuration Single Select Pick Lists

  • Updated images to display "dataTable" instead of "customDataTable".
  • Added rules for Display and Variable values.
  • Added note for 1,000 Display value limit on user side.

\Integrating With CPQ
\Web Services 1.0 and SOAP APIs

SOAP Configuration API with Web Services 1.0

  • Added "Reconfiguration" information to Configure operation
  • Added getConfigurations operation

\Integrating With CPQ
\Web Services 2.0 and SOAP APIs

SOAP Configuration API with Web Services 2.0
  • Added "Reconfiguration" information to Configure operation
  • Added getConfigurations operation

\General Administration

Third Party Software

Updated copyright information for third party software used in the Oracle CPQ application.

\Pricing
\Formula Management

Using the Query Function

Updated images to reflect new Administration Style.

\Integrating With Oracle CPQ
\Web Services 2.0 and SOAP APIs

Web Services 2.0

Updated Configuration and Data Table endpoints.


ClosedOLH Update (November 2016)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
Global Update Topics with External URLs Updated links to external files to open in a new browser window.
\General Information Release Notes Added update documents: Oracle CPQ 2015 R2 Update 3, Oracle CPQ 2015 R2 Update 4, Oracle CPQ 2015 R2 Update 5, Oracle CPQ 2015 R2 Update 6, and Oracle CPQ 2016 R1 Update 1.
\General Information New topic Translation Status Lists languages that have a translation of the Oracle CPQ user interface available for both the platform and the reference application.
\Integrating with CPQ\ REST APIS REST APIs for Transitional Objects Updated Samples for APIs.
\Integrating with CPQ\ Integration Guides Single Sign-On (SSO) Updated Setting up Single Sign-On in CPQ.
\Commerce Workflow Document Views Added Mobile Group information to Managing Document Views.
\Mobile Mobile Layout - Commerce Updated Modifying Attribute Properties on the Mobile Commerce Layout.
\Data Tables Data Table Overview Updated Table Column Limits .

Closed 2016 R1 (August 2016)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce Process \Subscription Ordering New topic Customer Assets Describes new Customer Assets page, including QBE.
\Commerce Process \Subscription Ordering New topic Subscription Ordering Describes Subscription Ordering Assets and Functions.
\Approval Sequences New topic Remote Approval Describes Remote Approval for Oracle CPQ - PCS Integration.
\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
BML Functions List New functions added to support 2016 R1 Features.
\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
Dictionaries Updated dict<anytype>, added: globaldictset(), globaldictget(), globaldictremove().
\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
New topic JSON Functions Added JSON Related Functions, JSON Array Related Functions, JSON Path Related Functions.
\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
Other Functions
  • Added getattachmentdata, bytearray, getuuid, and throwerror.

  • Added getbom, savebom, convertbomtoflat, and convertbomtohier BOM BML functions.

  • Added usersessionset, usersessionget, and usersessionremove User BML Functions.

\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
URL Access Updated urldata (added DELETE and PUT methods) Added urlmultipartbypost() and Same Server Authentication.
\Using BML
\Functions & Scripts
XML Functions Updated applytemplate ().
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping New topic BOM Administration Platform Describes BOM Mapping Admin Platform pages.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping New topic BOM Configuration Rules Describes Configuration BOM Mapping Rules.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping New topic BOM Instance Describes BOM Instances, Sales and Manufacturing BOMs, and saving a BOM Instance to Commerce transactions and quotes.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping New topic BOM Overview Describes BOM Mapping.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping \BOM Tables New topic BOM Attribute Definition Table Describes BOM Attribute Definition Table.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping \BOM Tables New topic BOM Attribute Mapping Table Describes BOM Attribute Mapping Table.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping \BOM Tables New topic BOM Attribute Translation Table Describes BOM Attribute Translation Table.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping \BOM Tables New topic BOM Item Definition Table Describes BOM Item Definition Table.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \BOM Mapping \BOM Tables New topic BOM Item Mapping Table Describes BOM Item Mapping Table.
\Commerce Process New topic Contract Negotiations Describes Contract negotiation feature.
\Data Tables Manually Adding a Table Added Secure Data Type.
\Data Tables New topic Secure Data Table Columns Describes Secure Data Table Columns.
\Document Designer Document Designer and Background Images Added Conditional Background Images.
\Document Designer Document Designer and Elements Added Column Break Element.
\Document Designer Document Designer and Layouts Added Continuous Section and Header and Footer Margins.
\Document Designer Document Designer Editor Added Expand/Collapse Buttons and Elements pane image.
\General Administration Browser Compatibility Added 2016 R1 Browser Computability information.
\General Administration Features by Version Added 2016 R1 Features.
\General Administration Release Documentation Added 2016 R1 What's New and 2016 R1 Resolved Know Issues.
\General Administration Third Party Software

Updated copyright information for third party software used in the Oracle CPQ application.

\Integrating With CPQ New topic Sample Applications Added Paas Integration XLS to CSV Converter and Quote Statistics.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \Integration Guides Oracle EBS Integration Added information about EBS BOM Integration.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \REST APIs Salesforce Integration Updated for Salesforce 7.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \REST APIs Query Specification Syntax Added Enhanced Query Parameters and $like Operator Support for q Parameter.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \REST APIs New topic REST APIs for Contract Negotiations Added DOCX compare and DOCX Merge.
\Integrating With Oracle CPQ \REST APIs New topic REST APIs for Subscription Ordering Added Get Asset List, Get Asset, Create Asset, Update Asset, Delete Asset, Synchronize Custom Operation, Export Action, Get Exported File, Upload File, Import Action, and Get Import Log File.
\Performance New topic Long Running Thread Diagnostics Added information for Long Running Thread Diagnostics.
\Performance New topic Performance Log Added Performance Log page including QBE.
\Configuration
\Attributes and Arrays
Related Rules Tab Added BOM Mapping to Rule Type.
\Configuration
\Attributes and Arrays
Single Select Pick Lists Updated Menu Attribute Editor image and added Image selection to SSPL.
\UI Designer New topic UI Designer Editor Describes how to use UI Designer.
\UI Designer New topic UI Designer Overview Provides an overview of UI Designer pages.

Closed OLH Update (February 2016)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Accessing, Hiding, and Reading Attributes New file, existing info
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Commerce Attribute Editor New file, existing info
\Commerce Process \Documents Commerce Composite Attributes Rewritten
\Commerce Process \Documents Commerce Document Attribute Sets Rewritten
\Commerce Process \Documents Commerce Document Attributes Rewritten
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Commerce Line Attributes New file, existing info
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Commerce Quote Attributes New file, existing info
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Commerce System Attributes New file, existing info
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Document XML New file
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Rich Text Editor New file, existing info
\General Administration New topic Non-Oracle CPQ Email Servers New topic
\Integrating With CPQ\Integration Guides Integration Guide Rewritten
\Internationalization Selecting Transaction Currency Rewritten
\Manage Users New topic Users Integration New file, existing info, and new info
Commerce Process \Transaction Manager New topic Archiving Commerce Transactions New topic
Manage Users\Setting Up Users Setting Up Users Rewritten
Integrating with CPQ\REST API\Supported Rest Headers Supported Rest Headers New topic
Manage Users\User Administration Overview User Administration Rewritten
Manage Users\Users Integration New topic Users Integration New topic
Set Up Configuration \Attributes and Arrays \Configuration Attribute Help Icons New topic Configuration Attribute Help Icons New topic

Closed2015 R2 (December 2015)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\BML\Functions & Scripts BML Functions List Added information about decodeBase64, a new function
\BML\Functions & Scripts New topic Dynamic BMQL Variables New feature
\BML\Functions & Scripts String Functions Added information about decodeBase64, a new function
\Commerce Process Quick Key Line Items Added information about Part Display Numbers, a new feature
\Commerce Process \Documents New topic Secure Attributes New feature
\Data Table Maintenance Data Table Overview Added information on indexing and clarified restrictions on Table and column names
\Document Designer Document Designer and Heading Styles Added information about using Microsoft Word heading styles in Document Designer
\Document Designer New topic Document Designer and Search New feature
\Document Designer Document Designer and Elements Added information about new table column width options
\Email Designer Email Designer Elements Added information about new table column width options
\Email Designer Email Designer: Approvals, Notifications, and Reminders Added information about new options for sending reminder emails with Email Designer templates
\General Administration Pre-Upgrade Considerations Pre-upgrade information from the What's New document
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides Oracle Commerce On Premise Integration Added information about additional integration options.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Commerce Integrations Information about creating Commerce Integrations for custom integrations with a CRM software application.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Configuration Integrations Information about creating Configuration Integrations to send Configuration data to a partner system.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides Integration Guides Overview Updated to reflect new information.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides Salesforce Integration Added information about the Salesforce Managed Package v6.0.
\Integrating with CPQ\REST APIs New topic Query Specification Syntax New topic
\Integrating with CPQ\REST APIs New topic REST API for Data Tables New feature
\Integrating with CPQ\REST APIs New topic REST API for Document Designer New feature
\Integrating with CPQ\REST APIs New topic REST API for Email Designer New feature
\Internationalization Multi-Currency Support Added information about enabling and disabling currencies
\Parts New topic Part Display Number New feature
\Parts New topic Company Associations New feature
\Set Up Configuration\Attributes and Arrays Configuration Attributes Overview Added information about Single Select Pick Lists, a new feature
\Set Up Configuration \Attributes and Arrays New topic Single Select Pick Lists New feature

Closed2015 R1 (August 2015)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Best Practices Performance Best Practices Updated to include information on new desktop performance enhancement features.
\BML\Functions & Scripts New topic BML Functions List This new topic lists all BML functions, both alphabetically and by category
\Commerce_Process\ New topic Commerce Stylesheet Information has been placed in its own topic
\Commerce_Process\ Documents\

New topic Attribute Groups

New feature
\Commerce_Process\ Documents\ Commerce Attributes Add the Language attribute to the list of Attribute Types.
\Commerce_Process\Migration Management

New topicAll Files
Migration Management Overview

This feature has many enhancements. Every file was updated with new information, and there are new files.
\Document Designer

New topic All Files
Document Designer Overview

New feature
\Email Templates

New topic All Files

Email Designer Overview

This feature has many enhancements. Every file was updated with new information, and there are new files.
\General Administration

Broadcast Email

New topic Site Metrics

Text Administration

New features (Site Metrics) and information that has been placed in its own topic.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides

DocuSign eSignature Integration

Updated to include information on Document Designer.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Integration Cloud Service (ICS) Updated to include information on Integration Cloud Service (ICS), which has replaced the Integration Center.
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Interface Catalog New feature
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Oracle Commerce On Premise Integration New feature
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Oracle E-Business Suite Integration New feature
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides Single Sign-On (SSO) This feature has many enhancements.
\Integrating with CPQ\REST APIs New topic REST APIs for Transactional Objects New feature
\Manage Users Admin Access Control Updated explanations
\Manage Users Setting Up Users New username features
\Overview New topic Pre-Upgrade Considerations A new topic with pre-upgrade information from the What's New document.

Closed2014 R2 (December 2014)

Location Topic Name Description of Change
\Approval Sequences Mobile Approvals Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\BML\Functions & Scripts All Files

Added existing functions that were not documented.

Reorganized sections so that all functions appear in the same section as they do in the Function Wizard. Direct DB Access and XML are new topics.

New functions are documented:

  • getoldvalue
  • encodebase64
  • applytemplate
  • transformxml
  • readxmlsingle
  • readxmlmultiple
  • urldatabypostasync
  • urldata
  • gettransaction
\Commerce_Process\Documents Layout Editor Overview Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Commerce_Process\Reporting Charts Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Data Table Maintenance New topic Data Table Change Log Revised for clarity
\Document Engine New topic Document Engine Steps New topic describing how to implement and use a document template in CPQ. Provides step-by-step instructions.
\General Administration New topic Finding Transaction ID New topic to improve information
\General Administration Bulk Uploads and
Bulk Downloads
Revised for clarity
\General Administration Understanding CPQ Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides FTP Automation Updated to improve information
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic OAuth New feature
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Salesforce Integration Guide Covers Managed Package v5.0
\Integrating with CPQ\Integration Guides New topic Integration Center Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Integrating with CPQ\Web Services 1.0 and SOAP APIs New topic All Files This release included Web Services v 2.0.
The existing content was renamed Web Services 1.0.
The new content is in the \Web Services and SOAP APIs folder.
\Style & Templates Partner Organization Stylesheet and Branding Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Style & Templates Stylesheet Manager Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Manage Users Partner Organizations Updated to include information on new feature(s)
\Mobile New topic Mobile Commerce New feature

 

Notes

Not all changes to Online Help are listed; just substantive additions and edits.

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