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The first (and highly recommended) patchset for Innovation Pack 2014 (8.1.1.14 / 8.2.2.14) is now available on My Oracle Support. As usual, make sure that you read the accompanying Installation Guide (aka "Readme")  for details on what this patchset fixes and how to install it. have a nice day @lex

Never missing a beat, the good people at Oracle have released Siebel CRM patchset 8.1.1.11.13 / 8.2.2.4.13 for Innovation Pack 2013 on My Oracle Support. As usual, this is a cumulative patchset and contains numerous bug fixes for example in the Order Management and Open UI realms. If you are still using the High-Interactivity client, prepare for deployment of a new version of the Siebel Option Pack .cab files. have a nice day @lex

Last Friday, Oracle has released patchset 12 for Innovation Pack 2013 marking one year since the inaugural release. A quick glance at the Readme document (aka Installation Guide) puts this patchset into the 'lots of bugfixes' category, just like the previous one. have a nice day @lex

Another month, another patchset. Last weekend, Oracle has released patchset 11 for Innovation Pack 2013 carrying the mystical number 8.1.1.11.11 (or 8.2.2.4.11). A quick glance at the Readme document (aka Installation Guide) puts this patchset into the 'lots of bugfixes' category. The list of bugs fixed spans across the entire product line with an emphasis on order management and Open UI (including the rather promising "Enhance JavaScript Performance for Open UI"). have a nice day @lex

Last week, Oracle made the latest patch set 8.1.1.11.10 / 8.2.2.4.10 available for download on  My Oracle Support . As with other patch sets, this one contains a lot of bugfixes for HI, SI and Open UI applications and is of course cumulative. As usual, the patch set comes with a "Read Me" link which leads you to the   accompanying detail information  which also contains descriptions of the resolved issues. (All links require a valid account for My Oracle Support) have a nice day @lex

Last Friday, Oracle has made Siebel Patchset 9 (8.1.1.11.9/8.2.2.4.9 - IP 2013) for July 2014 available on My Oracle Support . The "Readme" document  (Oracle Support login required) lists the bugs resolved which are/were in the following areas: Open UI Mobile Applications Marketing UCM Others Naturally, Open UI and Mobile Applications got a lot of attention from the good people at Oracle. So if you're missing some functionality or encounter bugs: Time to patch! have a nice day @lex

Last Saturday, Oracle made the latest patch set 8.1.1.11.8 / 8.2.2.4.8 available for download on My Oracle Support . As with other patch sets, the current one provides a lot of bugfixes for HI, SI and Open UI applications. As usual, the patch set comes with a button that says "Read Me" which leads you to the installation guide which also contains descriptions of the resolved issues. (All links require a valid account for My Oracle Support) have a nice day @lex

Last Saturday, Oracle made the latest patch set 8.1.1.11.7 / 8.2.2.4.7 available for download on My Oracle Support. Apart from various bugfixes, including the Open UI and Mobile Applications realm, the patch set includes changes to the eScript ST engine which are described in document 1668366.1 . As usual, the patch set comes with a button that says "Read Me" which leads you to the installation guide which also contains descriptions of the resolved issues. (All links require a valid account for My Oracle Support) have a nice day @lex

If you have applied the monthly patch set 8.1.1.11.4 or later, you would expect to be able to manage activities in the Calendar views by dragging and dropping them onto the calendar applet. However, to achieve this state of bliss there are a view steps to take in the Siebel repository which is not modified by the patchset. As the attentive Open UI geek you are, you should know that  drag and drop functionality is driven by the presence of two applet user properties, namely ClientPMUserProp = EnableDragAndDropInList EnableDragAndDropInList = TRUE Note that the ClientPMUserProp value could be a comma separated list, so we would have to add "EnableDragAndDropInList" at the end, but this is not the case for today's example. Basically, all we have to do is to add the above two user properties to the list applets in our calendar views (e.g. the LS Pharma HI Activity Calendar View ). If there are toggle applets registered for the base applet, we also must edit each toggle appl...

As of Friday last week, Oracle has made the latest monthly patchset - April 2014 - for Siebel CRM Innovation Pack 2013 (IP 2013) available for download on the My Oracle Support portal. The version numbers are 8.1.1.11.6 and 8.2.2.4.6 respectively. List of Siebel 8.1.1 patches on My Oracle Support As is customary for monthly patchsets, the newest one is cumulative and includes all bugfixes and enhancements from previous monthly patchsets. The installation process if facilitated by Oracle opatch as usual. To see if you benefit from this patchset, please refer to the installation guide / readme document  which lists all the issues addressed - a lot of which are related to Siebel Open UI. have a nice day @lex

Yesterday, Oracle has released the 4th patchset for Siebel CRM Innovation Pack 2013 which provides cumulative fixes and features for Siebel 8.1.1.11 and 8.2.2.4. The official version numbers are 8.1.1.11.4 and 8.2.2.4.4. (a feast for numerologists ;-) As a frequent reader of this blog, you are aware that Oracle has started shipping monthly patchsets for the latest Siebel Innovation Pack releases. As with all patches, the package is available for download on My Oracle Support. The Readme document combines release notes and installation guide. Good old opatch is taking care of placing the new files onto your disk, so make sure you follow the instructions to avoid surprises. Here are some areas which benefit from the patchset in terms of issues addressed: Siebel Order Management Open UI Mobile Applications (connected and disconnected) have a nice patch @lex

If you are following the various articles on Siebel Open UI on My Oracle Support (hopefully using the great Open UI I nformation C enter   available  as Document   1511846.2 ), you might have stumbled upon  Oracle Support Document 1535281.1 ( Latest recommended maintenance pack for Siebel Open UI on Siebel Version 8.1.1.x and Version 8.2.2.x ) which holds some interesting information regarding Oracle's strategy for releasing quick fixes, maintenance releases or patches for future Siebel versions. The biggest news is that from Innovation Pack 2013 (i.e. version 8.1.1.11 and 8.2.2.4) onwards, Oracle will provide monthly patchsets which introduce a fifth digit in the version number. Source: My Oracle Support So the January patchset for 8.1.1.11 is 8.1.1.11.3, as you can see in the above screenshot. The patches can be downloaded as usual from My Oracle Support. Bringing the new monthly patchset strategy together with the traditional version paths results in the followi...