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Custom Objects, November 2010 and newerOracle B2C Service
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Custom Objects can be used to integrate organization-specific data with Oracle Service Cloud's standard objects. You can add custom objects to workspaces, workflows, custom reports, navigation sets, customer portal pages, and other areas of Oracle B2C Service.
Note: To create custom objects from a customer portal page, you must have Connect PHP installed. For more information regarding Connect PHP, refer to Connect for PHP.
Creating custom objectsWhen creating a custom object using the Object Designer, you can associate it with other custom objects or with existing tables in the Oracle B2C Service database. For example, if you created a product registration custom object, it could be associated with the Contacts table. You could also create another custom object to track where the product was purchased and then link the custom objects together. Using this scenario, you could track who registered the product and where they purchased it, managing information in a single workspace and displaying it in custom reports.
Packages
Custom objects are stored in “packages”. Packages are containers where you can place related objects. You can add multiple packages and custom objects in the Object Designer before you deploy them.
To create a custom object
For additional information, refer to the 'Custom Objects Overview' section in the Online Help User Guide documentation. To access Oracle B2C Service manuals and documentation online, refer to the Documentation for Oracle B2C Service Products..
If you would like to engage our Oracle Consulting team for customization with your site, please contact your Sales Account Manager.
A vital consideration to keep in mind when deploying a Custom Object is that it is not possible to predict the exact amount of time a deployment will take. A completely normal deployment can take 24 hours or more. If replication is behind (See Answers 5609 & 2817), a deployment cannot complete. As it is possible for replication to be days behind, you should make any necessary changes to Custom Objects at least several days before they will be needed. Even back-to-back deployments can take very different amounts of time to complete, and this is rarely a cause for concern.
Additionally, there are certain stages of the deployment where your entire Custom Object table will be locked. While the table is locked, you will be unable to access any Custom Objects; this includes in reports, workspaces, the Customer Portal, and anywhere else that they are in use.
Please refer to the attached .pdf document for a webinar slide of 'Ask the Experts session: Extending Data Into Your Site'. This focus on options for adding data points into a site with custom fields and custom objects.
For more information on deploying custom objects, refer to Answer ID 8923: Custom Objects & Custom Field Deployment Basics.