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September 2013
EnterpriseOne 9.1 Pages Creation

By Mike Wright, CNC Administrator, Werner Co.
Editor's Note: By now we've all read about or experienced the EnterpriseOne 9.1 User Interface from the user's
perspective, and know all about pages and how to navigate them. But how do they get there in the first place? Mike
Wright thoroughly documents the process, with the "from the trenches" tips and things to look out for.
Introduction
E1 Pages are a way to give users a graphical presentation of menus. There is a lot of documentation out
there on their use and creation but I find that new people trying to create them get confused from the
documentation and always seem to need help to get going. This article is intended to simplify the creation
process to get you going faster and will also provide a few tips and tricks along the way. If you need more
detail or want to get into more advanced E1 Pages, please go to the Oracle support site to find their
reference material.
In this article, we will work through the following areas:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Configuring the Generator

Creating Pages
Generating Pages
Uploading Content
Managing E1 Pages
Configuring the Generator

To create and generate E1 Pages, you just need a PC running Windows. You dont need a web
development client to work with E1 Pages, so that makes it accessible to more people. In my example, I am
running a PC with Windows 7.
If you dont have it already, you will need to download the E1 Page Generator from the Oracle support site.
Currently you can get to it in document 1401833.1 or you can search for E1 Pages and look through the
search list.
Once you download it, you will get a zip file similar to what you see in Figure 1.
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Figure 1: E1PageGenerator Zip File
The current version of the generator is 4.01. Figure 2 shows the full name.
Figure 2: Generator File Full Name
Right click on the zip file to extract from it. You should see a screen similar to Figure 3.
Figure 3: Extract Wizard
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Choose where you want to extract the generator and click Extract. Figure 4 shows what the extracted files
look like.
Figure 4: Extracted Files
I kept the default so in the picture you will see the E1PAGEGenerator twice in the folder structure. If you
dont want the double folders, you can remove it from the extract wizard so that you just get the one folder.
The one file you wont see in your list after you extract it is the zip.exe file. You will need this to make the
generator work. You can have someone provide it to you or you can go out and get it from a web server. We
have WebLogic Server and the zip.exe file exists on that server. Figure 5 shows where it is located.
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Figure 5: Zip.exe Location
Its located in Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\adr. If you dont have access to that, ask your local
CNC or network administrator to get the zip.exe file for you. Once you have copied it to your Generator
folder, as shown in Figure 4, you should save or store the entire folder somewhere as a starting point to give
to other people to do E1 Page generation. That way, they dont have to go looking for the zip.exe.
The next step you need to do to make the generator work is to make sure the generator can access java. If
you dont have java installed, you can install it from java.com or have your IT PC support group install it for
you. Once you have it installed, you need to locate it on your hard drive. Figure 6 shows the location on my
machine.
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Figure 6: Java Install Location
My java location is in Program Files (x86) because my machine is a 64 bit installation of Windows 7. Yours
may be in a different location so you may have to look around if it is something different. It might be in
Program Files or some other location. Once you find it, you can use that location to set your path. If you find
it, as shown in Figure 6, and click in the upper section, you will get the directory path that you need. The one
in Figure 6 is C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin.
Once you have that, go to your Control Panel and System. It should look like Figure 7.
Figure 7: System
Click on Advanced system settings to get to the screen in Figure 8.
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Figure 8: System Properties
Click on Environment Variables to get to the screen in Figure 9.
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Figure 9: Environment Variables
Find Path in the System variables section, highlight it and click Edit. Figure 10 shows the edit of the path.
Figure 10: Edit System Variable
In the Variable value field, go to the end and enter a semicolon (;) for a separator and then the path found
for java. Once done, click OK a couple of times to save it.
Now you are ready to use the generator.
Creating Pages
Lets look at a couple of very simple E1 Pages. If you look at Figure 4 again, you will see a dat_files folder.
Inside that folder is an Examples folder with numerous examples for the different types of pages you can
create. In some cases, this is a good way to see some files you can copy or mimic.
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For our purposes, well keep it really simple. I wanted to create a small page that would do a couple of the
security options from task view GH9052. Figure 11 shows an example.
Figure 11: Security Sample
This E1 Page just gives three options to run security workbench, user security, and administrator
password. This is a dat file and it is just a text file but the generator will turn this into HTML so it is picky
about where you put things. This example uses specific applications information so you specify the
application, form, version, and description to set it up.
Use letters or numbers at the bottom to position the boxes. Currently you can only use single characters, but
you can use all lower and upper case letters as well as numbers. That means you have up to 62 items you
can put on an E1 Page (A-Z, a-z and 0-9). Then the top portion defines what each letter represents. The
letters at the bottom are positioned in what is called the rule of 5. You have to have 5 positions between
letters. So in this example, the A is in 1, B in 6 and C in 11. If you started with A in 3, then B would be 8 and
C would be 13. If you get into using arrows for flow type screens, then the arrows should be one position in
front of the letters. There are examples of this in the Examples folder. Until you get used to doing these, its
a good idea to start with an example and modify it to your liking.
Figure 12 shows the same E1 Page but instead of giving all the specific information for each application, it
uses tasks to simplify the process.
Figure 12: Task Example
Using tasks is a lot easier because once it gets uploaded to E1, it looks up the task and finds the specific
information for the application. A lot of time can be saved doing it this way. Its important to remember that
you can only use a task on an E1 Page that works. It has to be defined as a task and be associated with a
task view. The best way to check this is to either navigate to the menu the task is on and make sure it works,
or run the task from fast path. If it doesnt work from there, then it wont work on an E1 Page. This seems to
be a common problem people struggle with. They either grab tasks that arent valid or they create tasks
without using task relationships to attach them to a task view. You cant shortcut this or the E1 Page option
using the task wont work.
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Generating Pages
Once you have a dat file, its time to generate it into HTML. When you run the generator, it will use two
folders in the process. Refer back to Figure 4. The dat_files folder is where you put the dat files you want to
generate. The Output_pages folder is where the HTML will be generated. Figure 13 shows the dat_files with
the two examples of Security dat files.
Figure 13: dat_files Folder
The generator will only look at dat files in the dat_files folder root structure. If you have subfolders, it will not
look in those, so all the ones in the Examples folder will not be generated unless you copy them to the main
part of the dat_files folder just like the Security examples.
When you have the dat files you want to generate in the dat_files folder, double click the
generatepages.bat that you see in Figure 4. This will generate the dat files into HTML and put the output in
the output_pages folder. If you dont get output in the output_pages folder, then either you dont have the
setup right for java and zip.exe, or you dont have a dat file in the dat_files folder. Figure 14 shows the
output in the output_pages folder.
Figure 14: Output in output_pages
You will notice that each dat file has a folder and zip file after it is generated. If you go into the folder, you will
see something similar to Figure 15.
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Figure 15: Generated Folder
If you double click the home.html, you can see what the page will look like. You cannot run the applications
or options from this but you can at least visually see what it will look like so you can make changes before
uploading the zip file. Figure 16 shows the specific application dat file and Figure 17 shows the task specific
dat file.
Figure 16: Specific Application Options
Figure 17: Specific Task Options
In Figure 16, you will see the descriptions from the dat file in the boxes. In Figure 17, you will see the tasks
displayed in the boxes. You wont see the task descriptions until you upload to E1 where it can then read the
task table for the detail information.
If you wanted to make changes to this before uploading, you could delete the folder and zip file out of the
output_pages folder, change your dat file, and then put it back in the dat_files folder and generate again.
You can repeat this process as often as you like. You can have it generate multiple dat files at one time as
well. I did both of my examples at the same time.
The really nice part about this generation process is that you dont need to know any HTML to do it. The
generator handles it for you. There are a lot of examples in the Examples folder and there are also
documents on the Oracle Support site that go into more detail on how to do many other options. One quick
example that some people like is if you put the word "collapsible" between the colons on the heading line,
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you get a collapsible section that the user controls with a plus (+) sign. It would look like this:
+section:collapsible:Security.
Uploading Content
Once you have a generated page, then its time to upload it to E1. The zip file generated in the
output_pages folder is what you need to upload. You may want to store these somewhere or you may need
to send them to someone if you have a person designated to do the uploads. It depends on whether you are
going to secure parts of the E1 Page process in E1 or not.
I like to treat E1 Pages kind of like objects. You dont have to but thats how I like to treat them. They are
stored in path codes so you can upload them to development and then promote them to prototype and
production, just like you would any other object.
If you log into E1 Development, you can run object P982400 to see the screen in Figure 18.
Figure 18: P982400 Starting Screen
Click Add and you should see the screen in Figure 19.
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Figure 19: Add Option in P982400
There are a few required fields. Figure 20 shows what I entered for my E1 Page.
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Figure 20: Add Option Example
Click the Upload Content button. Figure 21 shows the File Upload screen.
Figure 21: File Upload
On the File Upload screen, click Browse and find your zip from the generator created in the output_pages
folder. Then click Load and OK when you get back to the Add screen. From the first screen of P982400
(Figure 18), click find after youve put your object name in the QBE field. Figure 22 shows what my search
looks like.
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Figure 22: E1 Page Search
You will see that I uploaded both of my examples, one that was object-based and one that was task-based.
If you click the name in the Object Name column, it will actually load up the E1 Page on your screen so you
can test it. Figures 23 and 24 show the two examples.
Figure 23: Security E1 Page Object-Based
Figure 24: Security E1 Page Task-Based
The two examples look very similar except for the text on the third option. That comes from the description I
typed into the first dat file, which can be changed if necessary.
Managing E1 Pages
If you go back to Figure 22, you will notice a Current Status of Editing. If you click the word Editing and
have access, you can change the E1 Page to other statuses. Figure 25 shows the Update Status screen.
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Figure 25: Update Status
Click OK to change the status. You will have to repeat this step to keep changing statuses until you get it to
the Approved status. The status flow to get it to Approved by default is Editing, Pending Review, Pending
Approval, and Approved. Once its approved, you can activate it, publish it, and transfer it if needed in other
sets of objects. There is also a Rework status so if you had people reviewing E1 Pages, they could change
the status back to Rework so that it gets more changes before being approved.
Figure 26 shows the first E1 Page at the Approved status.
Figure 26: Approved E1 Page
It might be hard to see, but the Approved status cannot be changed. At this point you are ready to activate
the page. Figure 27 shows the Admin options from the form exit.
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Figure 27: Admin Options
Choose Activate to see the screen in Figure 28. I also used some QBE selection to find my E1 Page.
Figure 28: Activate Screen
You will only see Approved E1 Pages on this screen. There is a box inside the Activate column. If it doesnt
have any color, then its not activated. If you click the box, it will turn green and become a circle, as shown in
Figure 29.
Figure 29: Activated E1 Page
Close out after you are done activating. Now you are ready to publish records. Go back to the form exit for
Admin as seen in Figure 27 and choose Publish to see the screen in Figure 30.
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Figure 30: Publish User Generated Content
Click Add to publish the new E1 Page. You will see a screen similar to Figure 31.
Figure 31: Add Published Record
The security for publishing records is done by the object name. Enter that at the top and then the product
code. In the grid, enter users or roles. You can publish to the public, role, or user. There is also a Viewable
checkbox. You have to check this to give access. Normally you will just add records for people to see unless
you are trying to exclude someone. One example might be if you publish an E1 Page to a role but have a
couple of people in that role that you do not want to see the E1 Page. Then you can add those couple of
users with the E1 Page but not check the viewable box. Click OK when you are done.
There are a few things to know in regards to publishing. First, these security records are stored in the
F00950 just like other security records but they are not accessible from Security Workbench (P00950).
Second, because you are publishing to a shared security table once you publish the E1 Page, it will show up
for that user/role any place that the E1 Page exists. So you only need to publish to a user/role once but you
will need to transfer the E1 Page if it doesnt exist where they are signed in. If you upload it to development
like we did today and published it to a user, that user would only be able to see the E1 Page if they were
logged into Development. If they logged into Production, they would not see the E1 Page until the E1 Page
was transferred to Production.
While on the topic of transferring, go back to form exit Admin options as shown in Figure 27 and choose
Transfer. This will give you the screen shown in Figure 32.
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Figure 32: Transfer Option
Click the Add button to get to the screen in Figure 33.
Figure 33: Create Transfer
Specify a transfer name and EnterpriseOne Pages from the drop down. You can then search for your E1
Page or Pages and select them in the grid and click the Select button. This will take you to the screen
shown in Figure 34 which will allow you to choose which pathcode or pathcodes to transfer to.
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Figure 34: Pathcodes for Transfer
In this example, I chose PY910 and then clicked OK. At that time the transfer is completed. In order to use
the E1 Page in Prototype, the only thing left to do is to log into Prototype and then activate the E1 Page just
as we did earlier in Development.
There are not a lot of advanced techniques in this document but it should serve as a nice reference guide to
go through the basic steps of creating an E1 Page all the way through getting it to the user. For additional
information or advanced topics, please refer to Oracles documentation on E1 Pages.
Mike Wright, Werner Co., has been a CNC administrator for over 13 years. His focus has been on the
system side of EnterpriseOne software but he also has a fair amount of knowledge on the development side
as well. You may contact the author at JDEtips.Authors@ERPtips.com. Be sure to mention the authors
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Configuring the Generator

Configuring the Generator

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Figure 1: E1PageGenerator Zip File

Figure 2: Generator File Full Name

Figure 3: Extract Wizard

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Figure 4: Extracted Files

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Figure 5: Zip.exe Location

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Figure 6: Java Install Location

Click on Advanced system settings to get to the screen in Figure 8.

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Figure 8: System Properties

Click on Environment Variables to get to the screen in Figure 9.

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Figure 9: Environment Variables

Figure 10: Edit System Variable

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Figure 11: Security Sample

Figure 12: Task Example

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Figure 13: dat_files Folder

Figure 14: Output in output_pages

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Figure 15: Generated Folder

Figure 16: Specific Application Options

Figure 17: Specific Task Options

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Figure 18: P982400 Starting Screen

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Figure 19: Add Option in P982400

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Figure 20: Add Option Example

Figure 21: File Upload

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Figure 22: E1 Page Search

Figure 23: Security E1 Page Object-Based

Figure 24: Security E1 Page Task-Based

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Figure 25: Update Status

Figure 26: Approved E1 Page

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Figure 27: Admin Options

Figure 28: Activate Screen

Figure 29: Activated E1 Page