Application Definition

Links to the Edit Application Definition page. Use this page to edit attributes for an application. Attributes are grouped into four categories: Definition, Security, Globalization, and User Interface.

See Also: Managing Application Attributes

Application Items

Application items do not display, but are used to maintain session state. Application Items can be set using computations, processes, or by passing values on a URL.

See Also: Managing Application Items

Application Processes

Use application processes to run PL/SQL logic:

• At specific points for each page in an application

• As defined by the conditions under which the process is set to execute

• Upon the creation of a new session

Note that On Demand processes execute only when called from a page-level On Demand process or when called using Ajax from the browser.

See Also: Understanding Application Processes

Application Computations

Use application-level computations to assign values to application and page items for each page displayed or upon the creation of a new application session. You can also create an application-level computation and execute it conditionally on multiple pages.

See Also: Understanding Application Computations

Application Settings

Application Settings enable developers to define application level configuration options.

See Also: Managing Application Settings

Build Options

Use build options to conditionally display or process specific functionality within an application. You can use build options to control which features of an application are turned on for each application deployment.

See Also: Using Build Options to Control Configuration

Security Attributes

Use the Edit Security Attributes page to configure general security attributes for all pages within an application.

See Also: Configuring Security Attributes

Authentication Schemes

Authentication is the process of establishing each user's identity before they can access your application. Authentication may require a user to enter a user name and password or may involve verification of a user's identity or use of a secure key.

See Also: Establishing User Identity Through Authentication

Authorization Schemes

Authorization restricts user access to specific controls or components based on predefined user privileges.

See Also: Providing Security Through Authorization

Application Access Control

Manage application access control roles and user role assignments.

See Also: Managing Roles and User Assignments

Session State Protection

Session State Protection is a built-in functionality that prevents hackers from tampering with the URLs within your application. URL tampering can adversely affect program logic, session state contents, and information privacy.

See Also: Preventing URL Tampering

List of Values

A list of values (LOV) is a static or dynamic set of values used to display a popup list of values, select list, checkbox, or radio group.

See Also: Creating Lists of Values at the Application-Level

Plug-ins

App Builder includes built-in item types, region types, dynamic actions, and processes. Use plug-ins to add new declarative types in to your application.

See Also: Implementing Plug-ins

Component Settings

Use Component Settings to set application-level values for built-in APEX components and installed plug-ins.

See Also: Managing Component Settings

Shortcuts

Use shortcuts to avoid repetitive coding of HTML or PL/SQL functions. You can create a shortcut to define a page control such as a button, HTML text, a PL/SQL procedure, or HTML. Once you define a shortcut, it is stored in a central repository so you can reference it from various locations within your application.

See Also: Using Shortcuts

Component Groups

A component group is a collection of shared components that you can easily copy or subscribe to across different applications. Component groups enable bulk refresh of the shared components in the group.

See Also: Using Component Groups

Data Load Definitions

Use Data Load Tables to define tables for use in the Data Loading create page wizard. A Data Load Table is an existing table in your schema that has been selected for use in the data loading process to upload data.

See Also: Creating Applications with Data Loading Capability and Managing Applications with Legacy Data Loading Capability

Lists

A list is a shared collection of links. You control the appearance of a list through list templates. Each list element has a display condition that enables you to control when it displays.

See Also: Creating Lists

Navigation Menu

A navigation menu is a list links that enables users to navigate the pages in an application. Navigation menus are only supported in applications using the Universal Theme - 42.

See Also: Managing Navigation Menus

Tabs

Note: Tabs only appear if the associated application uses an older theme. In new themes, Tabs have been replaced with Navigation Menu.

Tabs are an effective way to navigate users between pages in an application. You can create two types of tabs: standard tabs or parent tabs. A standard tab set is associated with a specific page and page number. A parent tab set functions as a container to hold a group of standard tabs.

See Also: Managing Tabs

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs provide users with hierarchical navigation. A breadcrumb is a hierarchical list of links that display using templates. You can display a breadcrumb as a list of links or as a breadcrumb path.

See Also: Creating Breadcrumbs

Navigation Bar List

Navigation bar lists offer users a simple navigation path for moving between pages in an application. The location of a navigation bar depends upon the associated page template. A list entry can be an image, an image with text beneath it, or text.

See Also: Managing a Classic Navigation Bar

Search Configurations

Added declarative searches to an application by creating search configuration that contain information about a searchable data source.

See Also: Adding Search to an Application

User Interface Attributes

Use User Interface page to specify user interface options for an application.

See Also: Editing User Interface Attributes

Progressive Web App

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) leverage modern web APIs giving users an experience that looks and feels like a native app..

See Also: Creating a Progressive Web App (PWA)

Themes

A theme is a named collection of templates that defines the application user interface.

See Also: Using Themes

Templates

Templates control the look and feel of specific constructs within your application, such as pages, regions, items, and menus.

See Also: Creating Custom Themes

Email Templates

Create templates to define the HTML format and Plain Text formats for the emails you wish to send from an application.

See Also: Managing Email Templates

Map Backgrounds

Create custom maps backgrounds for map regions, Display Map items, and Geocoded Address items.

See Also: Creating Custom Map Backgrounds

Static Application Files

Use this link to upload, edit, and delete static files associated with the current application, including style sheets (CSS), images and JavaScript files.

See Also: Managing Static Application Files

Static Workspace Files

Use this link to upload, edit, and delete static files associated with the current application, including style sheets (CSS), images and JavaScript files.

See Also: Managing Static Workspace Files

Report Queries

Use the Report Queries link to view a report of stored queries within the current application.

See Also: Printing a Report Region by Defining a Report Query

Report Layouts

Use Report Layouts with a report or shared query to render data in a printer-friendly format, such as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), Microsoft Word Rich Text Format (RTF), or Microsoft Excel (XLS) format.

See Also: Formatting a Report Region or Report Query Using Report Layouts

REST Data Sources

REST Data Sources enable developers to access data sourced from an external REST API.

See Also: Managing REST Data Sources

Duality Views

Duality Views enable developers to access data sourced from a Duality View in the local or a remote database.

See Also: Managing Duality Views

JSON Sources

JSON Sources enable developers to access data sourced from a JSON Collection Table or table with JSON columns, in the local or a remote database.

See Also: Managing JSON Sources

Legacy Web Service References (SOAP)

The APEX engine can use Web Service References to access a Web service across the network. The Web service performs an action and then sends back a response.

See Also: Managing Legacy Web Services

Task Definitions

Task Definitions define the participants, parameters, and actions for a task that requires human action.

See Also: Managing Task Definitions

Automations

Create automations to initiate a sequential set of actions based on a schedule. Use automations to monitor data and then perform the appropriate action.

See Also: Managing Automations

Workflows

Workflows represent the automation of a business process according to a set of procedural rules.

See Also: About Workflows

Globalization Attributes

Develop applications that can run concurrently in different languages. Click this link to specify globalization options such as the Application Primary Language and Application Language Derived From attributes.

See Also: Configuring Globalization Attributes and Understanding Application Translation and Globalization Support

Text Messages

Text messages are named text strings that can be called from the PL/SQL code you write. This PL/SQL can be anonymous blocks within page processes and page regions, or in packages and procedures.

See Also: Translating Messages

Application Translations

Develop applications in Oracle APEX that can run concurrently in different languages. A single Oracle database and Oracle APEX instance can support an application in multiple languages. Translating an application involves multiple steps.

See Also: Understanding Application Translation and Globalization Support and Understanding the Translation Process

AI Attributes

Develop applications that can run concurrently in different languages. Click this link to specify globalization options such as the Application Primary Language and Application Language Derived From attributes.

See Also: Configuring Generative AI Attributes

AI Configurations

Generative AI Configurations contain information such as System Prompt, Welcome Message, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Sources to enable richer interactions with Generative AI services.

These configurations can define one or more RAG Sources that can be used by the AI service to retrieve relevant information and improve response quality.

See Also: Managing AI Configurations and RAG Sources

AI Services

Create Generative AI Services on the Generative AI Services page in Workspace Utilities. Generative AI Services are stored at the workspace-level, they are visible and available to all applications in the workspace.

See Also: Managing Generative AI Services