Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Integration and OA Framework Development and Extension Cookbook

Using SPEL to trigger personalizations

SPEL stands for Simplest Possible Expression Language. A SPEL statement will return a Boolean value of either True or False and can be used for conditionally setting a property of an item on a page.

Adding a SPEL statement

In this recipe, we are going to use SPEL to set the properties of an item. We are going to set the Read Only property based on a SPEL statement. If the SPEL statement returns True, the item will be made read only to the user.

How to do it...

To set properties using SPEL, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to Oracle with XXUSER and select the XX Test Manager Self-Service responsibility.
2. Navigate to the Absence Management page.
3. Click on the Action icon for an employee record.
4. Click on the Create ...