Oracle Forms and Reports Modernization Experts

The Oracle Forms and Reports
Modernization Experts

Oracle's new Strategy for Forms/Reports Applications
- Protect, Extend and Evolve –

Jason Marra & Martin Disterheft
PITSS America LLC

1 Copyright 2012 PITSS America LLC www.pitss.com

Agenda

 Introduction

 Status Oracle Forms and Reports
 Oracle Forms and Reports Roadmap
 Oracle’s / Gartner’s Recommendation for Forms Customers
Protect, Extend & Evolve

 PITSS.CON Technology Overview

 Migration Options / PITSS Modernization Process / Live Demo

 POC Options / Licensing / Next Steps


PITSS Company Profile

Solid Background, Solid Solutions.

 Founded in 1999

 Software and Service provider specializing in Oracle Development
Tools & Application Servers

 PITSS GmbH Stuttgart, Germany (World Headquarters)
PITSS America LLC Troy, MI (United States Headquarters)

 Key Alliances

Oracle Modernization


Why PITSS ? Our Benefit - Return on Invest

Utilizing PITSS.CON Software
 Reduces Project duration
 Free up Project Budget
 Ensures a higher Quality compared to traditional (manual) approaches
Production
Definition Planning Implementation
Preparation

Traditional / Manual
Re-Development
Re-write
without .NET
Oracle Fusion Java
Technology (PITSS)

Modernization ADF
(PITSS)
with Oracle
Fusion
Technology Forms
11g
(PITSS)

Savings by using PITSS.CON compared to manual approach t


Oracle Forms Support Timeline

Oracle is still supporting and developing Oracle Forms

Source : http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-middleware-069163.pdf

Oracle’s Recommendation to Customers

Protect, Extend and Evolve
―Oracle has outlined a strategy which allows customers to protect the considerable
investment they have in traditional technologies while allowing new tools and
technologies to be adopted for evolving or new development initiatives.‖*

Unsupported
Protect Supported
Upgrade Oracle Extend
Future Architecture
Forms/ Reports
2.3, 3.0, 4.5, 5.0, 6.0, 6i Oracle Forms/ Reports 11g
, 9i, 10g Start Leveraging WebLogic Evolve
Technologies
*- Oracle, March 2012 Oracle ADF, APEX, … SOA
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/issue- Continue Leveraging WebLogic
archive/2010/toolssod-3-129969.pdf

Recommendations by Gartner

―Update to supported version to gain advantages of centralized
Protect
management and deployment.

Modernize and integrate SOA and other middleware best practices and
Extend
infrastructures (specifically Oracle’s Fusion Middleware stack…

Migrate next-generation development projects to industry-dominant
Evolve
technologies to align with industry best practices in the future.‖

--Gartner Nov 29, 2011
http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-198LN9P&ct=120208&st=sb


Gartner – Statements on ADF vs APEX

ADF
 ―We believe the least risky (and often the least costly) migration path
forward from Oracle Forms is Oracle's JDeveloper IDE and ADF —
especially for application leaders who plan to retain their existing
programming staff. ‖

APEX
 ―Gartner does not consider Oracle APEX a practical replacement for
the full breadth and depth of the Oracle Forms toolset, although it
more than fits the needs for basic Web-based "maintenance forms"
(i.e., simple create/read/update/delete centric forms) interfaces.
However, Oracle APEX is less suited for elements of Oracle Forms
applications with more complex business logic requirements. ―

Source: Gartner http://www.gartner.com/technology/reprints.do?id=1-198LN9P&ct=120208&st=sb (Nov 2011)


What makes a successful Migration ? (1/2)

Staged Migration – via the Hybrid Approach

―A staged (that is, phased) migration
effort enables Oracle Forms applications ADF, SOA,…
to be migrated over time. This lengthens
the period during which Oracle Forms
remains an architectural element, Forms t

but reduces the overall migration risk
Time
during that time period.‖
Gartner - 2011

Migrate at your own pace based on the available skills and project priorities.‖

*Source: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/issue-archive/2010/toolssod-3-129969.pdf (March 2012)

What makes a successful Migration ? (2/2)

Migration = Software Re-Engineering / Re-Architecting

Grant Ronald, Oracle
Senior Group Product Manager, Oracle Application Development Tools
Writing in the ODTUG Journal

―Any attempt to [re-write] a Forms application
to [ADF, Apex …] without taking into
consideration the difference in architecture is
in effect an effort at re-implementing the 20-
year-old Forms runtime‖
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-
tools/forms/documentation/formsmigration-133693.pdf


PITSS ROI / Modernization Process

Application Analysis - performs a detailed analysis on all object inter-dependencies of the entire
application (Forms, Reports, Menus, Libraries, database objects) – “Oracle partner, PITSS, generated a number
of sample reports from their PITSS.CON tool which demonstrated to us that this kind of tooling could be a valuable aid to a
redevelopment project.”
http://download.oracle.com/otn_hosted_doc/jdeveloper/11gdemos/SummitADF/SummitADF_Redevelopment.pdf

Application Clean-Up - identifies dead or redundant code such as unused
tables, libraries, duplicated or unused code units, or even fully obsolete functionalities.
- Trims application down by 25%-50%
Business Logic Migration - extracts business logic from the Forms and Reports applications by
analyzing and visually presenting the degree to which the entire code can be migrated to the
database, it performs the migration, re-mapping the generated database packages to the initial
application.
- Saves 50%-75% compared to a manual rewrite


PITSS.CON: Life Cycle Management for Oracle Forms

Maintain/Develop
Maintenance - DB Handling, Module Handling, Module
Compiling, and Form Consistency checking.
Development - Search, Replace, View, and Edit all PL/SQL
Code objects.
Visual Design - Search, Replace, View, and Edit Forms
Objects Properties (Fonts, Sizes, Overlapping, etc).
Application Analysis - See what is affected when a Form or
DB Object is changed.
Multi-Language - Make any form display in multiple language
without creating multiple forms.
Source Control - Archive forms as you make changes.

Modernize
Migration APEX - Guided automated transfer of forms to
APEX.
Migration ADF - Guided automated transfer of forms to ADF.
Migration - Upgrade any legacy version of Oracle
Forms/Reports to 10g or 11g.

Reengineer
Application Engineering - Identifies/removes obsolete code.
Extracts Data Access Layer (DAL) and Business Logic (BL)
from your Forms and place in the DB (SOA Enables).
Source Code Analytics – Source Code Statistics

Dependency – Analysis

 Dependency Analysis – Enabling a successful Migration


Dead Code – Code Reduction Customer Example


Forms to ADF - Remove Redundant Code

Reducing Redundancies
Forms Objects/ Business Logic
→ Components Reuse → Modularity

100% match
Challenges

70% match
100% match

50% match

70% match
30% match


Unused Object Removal

In average, 30% of Forms objects are unused or redundant
Who dares to touch a running system?
Example: 45% less lines of code in a real-life, 600-FMB Designer application

 delete unused objects
 group similar code in libraries
 move data management to DB


PITSS.CON Source Code Analytics

 Source Code Statistics
 in Graphic and Numbers

 Key Performance Indicator
 Lines of Code (LOC)
 Code Complexity
(Triggers, Procedures,…)
 Functional Calling Depth

 Quality Assurance
 Coding Standards

 Application Assessment
 Complexity
 Code Distribution
 Unused Code


PITSS.CON Source Code Analytics


PITSS Modernization Process
Forms 11g
Oracle Forms Upgrade Ready for SOA
Documentations
Null Objects
Specifications Redundant Objects
DA-Layer
Not used Objects
Dependencies Redundant Source
BL-Layer
Not Triggered
Comparisons
DBLA
Not Tech. Relevant
Forms 2, 3, … Java/ADF
WEBService

Business-Logic
Analysis Dead Code Redundancy
Protection

APEX
Quality Assurance
Documentation
Iteration
Co-Existence of Technologies/ Partial Projects


Forms to Java/ADF

Forms Application ADF Application

Application Impact
Unused Objects Analysis
BL Assistant
DAL Assistant
UI Web Services Wizard
PL/SQL2Java Web services

ADF Assistant
process

logic


PITSS Technology
Functions
Procedures
Packages
Types Forms
Triggers SQL-Prog 30, ..., 6i, 9i, 10g
C/PC-Prog PLL-Libs VC
Views
Java-Prog Reports 9i, 10g OLB-Libs BIN-Files
Tables
Synonyms ASCII Menu ASCII-Files

DB ASCII Reports Forms Files

DB ASCII Reports Forms Files


Modernization Alternatives/Cost comparison

Manual re-write in e.g. .NET , Java …

Cost Migration to ADF, APEX, …
with tool based preparation

1:1 Migration-Tools
without Forms Preparation

Automated Upgrade to 11g

Time
Conversion project completion
Code Maintenance after conversion
Recommended Upgrade/Migration Approach

―…we believe that modernization and migration efforts that embrace differences, and re-
architect and build to the "sweet spots" of their target technology are most successful …‖
– Gartner 2011

PITSS Product & Service Offerings

Pre 10g Upgrade to 11g: 10g Upgrade to 11g:
- FREE Proof of Concept Workshop - Fixed Price Conversion Offer
 3-5 Days PITSS.CON workshop  3-5 Days onsite or remote
 Upgrade entire application to 11g  Upgrade entire application to 11g
 PITSS.CON modules pilot  Decision with confidence
 Decision with confidence

Migration to ADF or APEX
- Pilot Project
 Analysis Report
 Migrate 1-2 Forms modules
 Be confronted with all future project challenges
 Make accurate estimations
 Decision based on FACTS


Analysis Report


Analysis Results: Total Objects

 Key Source Code Objects to Convert:
 Windows: 11
 Canvases : 22
 Data Blocks: 30
 Items: 314

 Key Business Logic Objects to Migrate:
 Program Units and Triggers: 329
 Lines of Code: 11040
 Lines of Code per Program Unit/Trigger: 34 Lines of Code per P.U
 Lines of Code per Form: 3680 Lines of Code per Form


ADF Migration: PITSS.CON vs Manual ADF

PITSS.CON ADF Manual ADF Savings w/ PITSS
Analysis/Documentation 3 Days 6 Days ~ 3 Days

Business Logic Migration 19 Days 33 Days ~ 14 Days

User Interface 6 Days 15 Days ~ 9 Days

TOTAL 28 Days 54 Days 26 Days


PITSS Licensing Options

PITSS.CON Licensed by:
 Number of Forms-Modules (reports, menus, libraries, db objects included)
 Number of developers (named user)


PITSS Products & Service Offerings - Weblogic

 11g Development Client Installation
Dev
Clients  Silent Install for Developers
… (reduces Installation time up to 50% )

 Deployment configuration services
 Cross platform deployment
(Windows to Linux/Unix – automated
distribution and compilation)

 WebLogic Server Installation/Configuration
 Simple or Complex Multi-Domain
Cluster Installations, Integration of
OAM, SSO, ADF..

…
WLS Server


PITSS Contact Information

PITSS - USA
Sales contact: Jason Marra
jmarra@pitss.com
Website: www.pitss.com/us
Email: info@pitssamerica.com
Phone: 248.740.0935 #11


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