Thursday, January 3, 2013

Configuration Tags in Oracle DAC

How can we control the inclusion and exclusion of tasks in a Subject Area or EP in DAC?


So I have a task that should not be executed in an EP but should be included in another EP that i want, how do I do this? The answer is configuration tags!

What is a configuration tag?
By Oracle docs definition - A configuration tag is an object that controls the inclusion of tasks in subject areas. When a task is tagged, it is not eligible to be included in the collection of tasks for any subject area, unless the tag is part of the subject area definition "Include Task" property.

In simple terms,
If we do not want a task/ tasks into a SA, create a new configuration tag and add this task / tasks to it. Then, select SA into which we do not want these tasks, simply Assemble it once again and we can see that the task will not be included in the SA.
Select the Subject Area into which we want the tasks to be included, add the configuration tag and assemble the SA.