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R12 Marketing & Sales Release Content Document, Rev. 00 ii
Table of Contents
1. Disclaimer 1
2. Introduction 2
2.1. Purpose of Document 2
2.2. Reference Documents 2
3. Product Family Name 3
3.1. Oracle iStore 3
3.1.1. Overview 3 3.1.2. Features 3
3.1.2.1. Telecommunication industry specific features 3 3.1.2.2. Self-service Online Account Creation for Existing Customers 3 3.1.2.3. Usage for models 4 3.1.2.4. Procurement Collaboration 4 3.1.2.5. Duplicate Cart 4 3.1.2.6. Risk Management and CVV2 4 3.1.2.7. Ability to capture end customer information 4 3.1.2.8. Order Tracker advanced search 5 3.1.2.9. Split configurations 5 3.1.2.10. Online Return Enhancements 5 3.1.2.11. Site level partner specific price list support 5
3.1.2.12. Delegated user opt-out support 5 3.1.2.13. Site Selection Page Layout Enhancements 5 3.1.2.14. Contracts Enhancements 5 3.1.2.15. Marketing campaign code tracking for the session 6 3.1.2.16. Web Analytics support 6 3.1.2.17. Shopping cart and checkout flow enhancements 6 3.1.2.18. Web crawler support 7 3.1.2.19. Batch mode section duplication and layout cascading support 7 3.1.2.20. SSO Support 7 3.1.2.21. Enhanced Multi-Org Compliance 7 3.1.2.22. Usability Enhancements 8 3.1.2.23. Credit Card Enhancements Compliance 8 3.1.2.24. eTax Compliance 8
3.1.2.25. Content Management Enhancements 8
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R12 Marketing & Sales Release Content Document, Rev. 00 Purpose of Document 2
2. Introduction
2.1. Purpose of Document
The Release Content Document (RCD), produced as part of Oracle’s Applications
Product Lifecycle (APL), communicates information about new or changed functionality
in the specified release of the Oracle E-Business Suite. Existing functionality from prior point releases is not described. However, content introduced by Family Packs, Mini-
Packs or Standalone patches since the prior point release has been included in this
document and denoted accordingly.
2.2. Reference Documents
Name Location Completion Date
iStore_MACD_FDD_v3.doc http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/iStore
_MACD_FDD_v3.doc
01/13/2006
iStoreR12_Partner_Ordering_FDD_
v3.doc
http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%
20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/iStore
R12_Partner_Ordering_FDD_v3.doc
01/13/2006
iStoreR12_Procurement_Integration
_FDD_v2.doc
http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%
20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/iStore
R12_Procurement_Integration_FDD_v2.doc
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iStoreR12_UI_Enhancements_FDD_
v3.doc
http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%
20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/iStoreR12_UI_Enhancements_FDD_v3.doc
01/13/2006
Misc_ers_FDD_10_v2.doc http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%
20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/Misc
_ers_FDD_10_v2.doc
01/13/2006
iStore_Web_Analytics_Integration_
FDD_v3.doc
http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%
20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/iStore
_Web_Analytics_Integration_FDD_v3.doc
01/13/2006
R12_FDD_iStore_SSO_Integration_
v2.doc
http://files.oraclecorp.com/content/AllPublic/SharedFol
ders/JW%20Deliverables-
Public/R12/FDDs/iStore%2C%20Web%20Analytics%
20and%20Partnering%20FDDs/iStore%20FDDs/R12_
FDD_iStore_SSO_integration_v2.doc
01/13/2006
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3. Product Family Name
3.1. Oracle iStore
3.1.1. Overview
Oracle iStore is an electronic commerce application that enables companies to build, manage, and personalize powerful and scaleable global Internet
storefronts. Oracle iStore may be used in both business-to-business (B2B) and
business-to-consumer (B2C) settings. With seamless integration to Oracle’s
CRM and ERP applications, Oracle iStore provides complete order and inventory
management, and enables the execution of the sales process, from lead generation
to post-sales support.
Oracle iStore integrates with Oracle Marketing to effectively target and
personalize offers to the most profitable customers and more quickly translate
store visits into actual orders.
In Release 12, Oracle iStore has new functionality in both the Store
Administration Application and the Customer Facing Application.
3.1.2. Features
3.1.2.1. Telecommunication industry specific features
Instead of relying solely on call centers and physical stores, companies can
now sell at a lower cost telecom services and shippable items via Oracle
iStore. The main goal is to allow merchants to sell high volume and low
margin services like wireless, broadband and phone services to consumers
and small businesses.
In Release 12 iStore supports the following flow:
• Customers can configure services and items via Oracle Configurator
to ensure that all business and technical rules are enforced. Products
can be restricted based on customer input like their current phone
number or their zip code (through Configurator rules).
• Once the products are selected, customers can see all items selected,
along with their prices, in the shopping cart. Prices can be either one-
time or recurring prices (e.g., monthly).
• The customer also can be informed about what has to be paid at the
time of ordering (Pay Now amount) versus what will be billed in the
future (Pay Later amount). In case of payment via credit card, only
the ‘Pay Now amount’ is authorized at the time of order placement.• Once the order is placed the customer is notified and can track online
the fulfillment of the order thereby reducing the load of the call
center.
• Customers can review all of the services and items they currently
own and modify services if desired.
3.1.2.2. Self-service Online Account Creation for Existing Customers
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Users who have already placed an order through a channel other than Oracle
iStore can get an online account using Oracle iStore’s registration. The
online account will be tied to the existing party, and therefore no duplicate
party will be created. Registration is available for B2C, B2B users.
3.1.2.3. Usage for models
Oracle Configurator product supports multiple user interfaces for the same
BOM model. Calling applications can invoke the right Configurator user
interface by providing the “usage” information.
In Release 12 Oracle iStore allows merchants to assign a Configurator usage
for model items when publishing them under sections. For example in Telco
industry, companies may wish to use the same wireless service but different
ordering flows such as start with phones or start with plans.
3.1.2.4. Procurement Collaboration
In Release 12 iStore provides catalog punch-out capability. Instead of
feeding product information into multiple procurement systems of buyer
organizations, suppliers can own and manage their catalog information
centrally in iStore.
Users of a procurement system can browse supplier catalogs provided by
iStore. Users can then search and browse the catalog and add items to the
shopping cart in iStore. Upon checkout, orders are not placed in supplier's
order management system; but instead, the items are sent back to buyer's
procurement system. Users view the items in the procurement system and
proceed to create requisitions.
3.1.2.5. Duplicate Cart
Companies can now create duplicates of the saved shopping carts for repeatorders.
3.1.2.6. Risk Management and CVV2
Merchants can detect, in real time, fraudulent credit card payments using
Oracle iPayment’s risk management functionality. Fraudulent orders can
either be placed on hold or rejected.
Merchants can require that customers enter the CVV2 number along with the
credit card information. This information is passed to Oracle iPayment for
authorization.
3.1.2.7. Ability to capture end customer information
In multi-tier scenarios, companies need to capture information related to the
end user of the product or service that is being sold by a partner. Partners can
provide this information during the checkout process, either by selecting the
end customer from a predefined list or by creating new customers. Partners
can view and select customers that they have a relationship with.
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3.1.2.8. Order Tracker advanced search
Companies can enable advanced search functionality for business and partner
users. Users can query orders using multiple parameters, such as line
statuses, pricing agreements, ordered items, shipping, billing and customer
information.
3.1.2.9. Split configurations
For configured items with a quantity greater than one, a customer might need
to ship some configurations to multiple locations. The same concept may
apply for billing. Now, the original configured item can be split to allow
separate billing/shipping.
3.1.2.10. Online Return Enhancements
Some merchants pick up items to be returned from the user-specified address,
and/or need an address from where the return items will be sent, in order to
create and send “return label” to the user. Now, the customer can specify the
“ship from address” during the return process.
Return lines display quantity as positive and total item price as negative,
using the signs.
3.1.2.11. Site level partner specific price list support
iStore retrieves the catalog prices in three different ways:
• Customer level price list - price lists that are associated with
customers in AR module
• Site level price list – separate price list for guest, B2C and B2B user
types
• Best price – best price available for a given customer
In Release 12, now companies can select price list for partner user types at
the site level.
3.1.2.12. Delegated user opt-out support
In Release 12, iStore allows customer primary users to opt their company
users out of marketing activities.
3.1.2.13. Site Selection Page Layout Enhancements
The Oracle iStore site-selection page can be used as the home page/landing page. This page uses a layout similar to the section layout page with left,
right, top, and bottom bins, as well as a header, footer, language selector, and
top-level menus.
3.1.2.14. Contracts Enhancements
In Release 12, key enhancements include:
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• Integrates with Oracle Contracts expert module to provide the Terms
and Conditions based on the items in the shopping cart.
• Oracle Quoting allows sales representatives to download the terms
and conditions to their desktops in Rich Text Format (RTF), modify
them and upload the changes to the quote. Customers are still able to
view the terms and conditions when these types of quotes get
published on iStore.
3.1.2.15. Marketing campaign code tracking for the session
iStore deep link feature allows companies to navigate customers in to their
stores with one click. Deep links can execute several actions on the store
such as add to cart, display a section, display a product. Deep links can also
carry parameters such as language, currency, marketing campaign code and
promotion code.
In Release 12, iStore preserves the marketing campaign code information
during the session in order to generate accurate DBI reporting.
3.1.2.16. Web Analytics support
Web Analytics is a new product that provides a complete web tracking
solution – reporting on the entire online customer flow from clicks to lead
generation to orders.
In Release 12 iStore provides the necessary framework support to Web
Analytics product for the following features:
• Tracking visits
• Tracking registrations
• Tracking products and sections in the iStore catalog
• Tracking iStore shopping carts
• Tracking iStore order, payment and invoice inquiries
• Instrumentation and categorization of seeded iStore templates toallow the tracking
• Online privacy management for registered and anonymous visitors
3.1.2.17. Shopping cart and checkout flow enhancements
• Shopping carts. All available actions are reorganized under a pull-
down menu. Users simply select an action and click Go to navigate
to the appropriate page. Details on list prices, discounts, and
surcharges are displayed in a pop-up window that the user can launch
from the shopping cart.
In addition, related items for the shopping cart can be displayed oncart pages, so that the user can add them to the cart with single click.
• Carts/Quotes. Users can perform all actions related to a saved or
shared cart from the carts page, without drilling down to the saved or
shared cart detail page. All actions are reorganized under a pull-
down menu. Users simply select an action and click Go to navigate
to the appropriate page. The same functionality is offered for quotes
from the quotes page.
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• Checkout flow for B2B users.
o A train identifies each step of the checkout flow.
o If shipping, billing, and end customer information are
enabled at line level, the header and line level information
are displayed on the same page.
o Flex fields and customer information is reviewed on the
Order Review page.
o Billing address is defaulted with billing organization’s
primary billing address.
o Shipping page is skipped during the checkout flow when the
shopping cart does not include any shippable products.
• Checkout flow for B2C users.
o A train identifies each step of the checkout flow.
o Shipping, billing and payment information are displayed on
a single page.
• Shipment priority.
o In Release 12, Customers can specify the shipment priority
for the order.
3.1.2.18. Web crawler support
In Release 12, iStore URLs are enhanced to support Internet search engine
web crawlers.
3.1.2.19. Batch mode section duplication and layout cascading support
In Release 12, iStore provides background jobs to duplicate sections and
cascade section layout settings to descending sections in batch mode.
Customers who have more than 1,000 sections would consider using these
background jobs.
3.1.2.20. SSO Support
A "single sign-on" framework is a mechanism that allows a number of
different applications common to an enterprise to share a user authentication
service. With Oracle's enterprise-wide Single Sign-On, a user is required to
log on, or authenticate only once. That verification of his identity is valid for
the duration of the user session, and for every application participating in the
Single Sign-On framework. The user session ends, across every application,
when he logs out.
3.1.2.21. Enhanced Multi-Org Compliance
In Release 12 iStore is complaint with the new multi-org access control
changes. There are no functional changes in Release 12 around multi-org
access control.
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3.1.2.22. Usability Enhancements
The order details, item details and shipping details pages have been
redesigned using a common layout style.
3.1.2.23. Credit Card Enhancements Compliance
In Release 12 iStore is complaint with the new iPayment’s credit card access
control changes. There are no functional changes in Release 12 around creditcard enhancements.
3.1.2.24. eTax Compliance
Release 12 iStore is complaint with the new eTax module. There are no
functional changes in Release 12 around eTax.
3.1.2.25. Content Management Enhancements
In Release 12, Oracle Content Manager integration is the only way to
manage and publish contents within iStore.