Browser settings for Ebusiness suite R12

Internet Explorer is the recommended browser for Ebusiness R12

Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Doc ID 389422.1)

IE11 Enterprise Mode and Compatibility View (Required)

Oracle E-Business Suite 12 is not certified with IE11 using either 'Enterprise Mode' or 'Compatibility View'.

Enterprise Mode: Internet Explorer 11 includes an 'Enterprise mode' which can be used to emulate Internet Explorer 8 behavior and provide compatibility for earlier browser standards. This should not be used with Oracle E-Business Suite as it will have no effect on certain issues. If you need to use 'Enterprise Mode' for other applications then EBS should be added as an exception to bypass it .

Compatibility View: Due to Display Issues in FWK (IE9 and 10) it was previously recommended to run E-Business Suite using the browsers 'Compatibility View'. These display issues have been fixed for IE11 through the patches listed in the IE 11 Prerequisite Patch Requirements below. Once you have applied the prerequisite patches, you should run E-Business Suite pages without enabling the 'Compatibility View' feature in the browser. You can check this by navigating to Internet Explorer 11 -> Tools -> Compatibility View settings, and ensuring that:

Your instance domain is NOT part of the Compatibility View settings, and
The 'Display intranet sites in Compatibility View' is unchecked.
Having this setting checked can cause display issues as outlined under EBS 12.2.5 and Higher: Login Page Button Misalignment.


Internet Explorer: Recommended Browser Settings


The use of certain functions within Oracle E-Business Suite will require the default browser settings to be altered as outlined below. With the exception of these changes, IE is tested with the default parameter settings.

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Oracle's recommendation has always been to run Oracle E-Business Suite through the 'Trusted sites' zone as outlined under the Internet Explorer: Recommended Browser Settings section within this document. Users that have followed this advisory or run their environments through the Local Intranet zone will not be affected by this change within IE.

Users that are running their Oracle E-Business Suite environments through any other zone and are also using an old JRE version on any stream will not be able to access forms or any other Java content. Microsoft provide a workaround in their documentation to turn this feature off which can be used to workaround this issue if desired. However, Oracle continues to recommend running your Oracle E-Business Suite environments to through the 'Trusted sites' zone of the browser which will avoid this issue occurring.


Security Zones

Microsoft Internet Explorer offers four different security zones to run your application through. Which zone is used is dependant how you are accessing your site (Internet or Local Intranet) and set up within the zones themselves (Trusted sites & Restricted sites).

It is advisable to have the security setting at Medium for run-time use.

The Security Internet Options on Microsoft Internet Explorer can be accessed by going to:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Security tab from the Internet Explorer Menu Bar.

Each zone carries its own default security level that may need to be adjusted when accessing Oracle E-Business Suite through it. The defaults are as follows:

NOTE: It is recommended that Oracle E-Business Suite is run through the 'Trusted Sites' zone, with a 'Medium' Security Setting.

Trusted Sites Zone

Certain products and functions within Oracle E-Business Suite require the manipulation of the default browser security zone settings to function correctly. Altering security settings in the Internet Zone is not recommended because you are accessing more widespread web data of which you may not know the source. The Trusted Sites zone allows you to precisely control which specific sites or domains will be accessed through this zone. This allows you, if required, to manipulate the settings with minimal security risk.

Setting up Oracle E-Business Suite to run through the 'Trusted Sites' zone with a 'Medium' Security Setting.

Step 1: Select Tools -> Internet Options -> Security tab -> Trusted Sites icon -> Sites (button) from the Internet Explorer Menu Bar.
Step 2: If required, set the Security Level for this Zone to Medium.
Step 3: In the Add this Web site to the zone: field, enter the 'hostname and domain' of your Oracle E-Business Suite environment,
e.g. https://., then click the Add button.
Alternatively you can simply add the domain name precede7 d by *, so that all sites under that domain go through this zone, e.g. *.
Note: If you are entering an http://... or *.domain address, you must first uncheck the Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone check box. You may re-check this steeing again after entering your values.

Pop-up Blocker

Certain content within Oracle E-Business Suite requires pop-ups to function in the browser. If you are blocking pop-ups through your browser settings, add the domain name from your URL ( e.g. *.example.com ) as an allowed site using one of the following paths:

Tools -> Pop-up Blocker -> Pop-up Blocker Settings -> Allowed Sites
Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Pop-up Blocker: Settings -> Allowed sites

Internet Explorer Browser Settings for User Download of oaj2se.exe

Oracle recommends that customers running Oracle E-Business Suite through Internet Explorer (IE) should use a 'Medium' security setting through the 'Trusted Sites' zone in the browser at runtime. This setting does not automatically download the oaj2se.exe file from the middle tier if the user does not already have the appropriate version installed on their desktop.

The JRE plug-in will download and install from the webserver on a medium security setting. After clicking on a 'forms link', a message similar to the following will appear at the top of the browser window:

'The website wants to install the following add-on: 'Java SE Runtime Environment 8 Update 101' from 'Oracle America, Inc.'.

To install the plug-in:-

1. Click the Install Button.
2. Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer
3. Once the browser has stopped processing, click on the 'forms link' again, and the oaj2se.exe file should start to download.
4. Once the download has completed, a security warning pop-up window will ask, 'Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to your computer?'. Click the Yes button.
5. When the Java Setup window opens click n the 'Install' button and follow the on screen instructions.

Alternatively for ease of access when downloading this file temporarily alter the security settings within the browser using one of the two methods below:

Method A: Change Individual Parameter Settings

1. Select 'Tools' -> 'Internet Options -> 'Security' (Tab)' from the browser menu.
2. Select 'Trusted Sites' -> 'Custom Level' (button)
3. Under 'Settings' -> 'ActiveX controls and Plug-ins'
4. Change 'Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls' to 'Enable'
5. Change 'Download unsigned ActiveX controls' to 'Prompt'
6. Click the 'OK' button and accept the changes and click the 'OK' buttons to close the window
7. Close the browser and start a new browser session for the settings to take effect.
8. After downloading the oaj2se.exe file onto your desktop, you may reset the default values for runtime use, if required:
   'Automatic prompting for ActiveX controls' to 'Disable' and
   'Download unsigned ActiveX controls' to 'Disable'.

Method B: Temporarily Change Security Setting to Medium-low

1. Select 'Tools' -> 'Internet Options -> 'Security' (Tab)' from the browser menu.
2. Select 'Trusted Sites' -> 'Custom Level' (button)
3. From the 'Reset custom settings' drop down select 'Medium-low'
4. Click the 'Reset...' button and accept the changes.
5. Press the 'okay' buttons to close the window.
6. Close the browser and start a new browser session for the settings to take effect.
7. After launching Oracle E-Business Suite and downloading the oaj2se.exe file onto your desktop, please reset the security setting back to 'Medium'

Internet Explorer: Running IE 11 in 64-bit Mode

Internet Explorer runs in a multi-process architecture whereby there is a Frame (Manager) process and one or more Tab (Content) processes. There is no longer a separate 32-bit and 64-bit install of the browser when running a 64-bit version of Windows. In this instance the Frame (Manager) process always runs as 64-bit while the Tab (Content) process can run as either 32-bit or 64-bit.

Internet Explorer Settings

To run Oracle E-Business Suite through a 64-bit browser using a 64-bit JRE release you will need to set the following values in Internet Explorer:

Windows 7 (64-bit)

Select (Check) the following values:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> (e.g. Trusted Sites) -> Enable Protected Mode
Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Enable Enhanced Protection Mode

Windows 10 (64-bit) and Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

Select (Check) the following values:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Security -> (e.g. Trusted Sites) -> Enable Protected Mode
Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Enable 64-bit processes for Enhanced Protection Mode

Do not select (Uncheck) the following value:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced -> Enable Enhanced Protection Mode

Clear Browsing history

Unable to Authenticate Session

If you receive an 'Unable to authenticate session' error in your browser when running multiple sessions, please set the -noframemerging option as outlined in the Multiple EBS Sessions section above.
If this does not resolve the problem or you are not running multiple sessions, please try clearing your browser cache by deleting the 'Temporary Internet Files' through:




Tools -> Internet Options -> General (tab) -> Browsing History -> Delete (button)