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AI Agent Studio
This tool is only one release old, but it’s already getting a major update that includes fundamental changes to the way you create agents. It will look more like OIC, with workflows that you drag and drop. There are new “Nodes” or tools available, like the highly requested ability to read and create documents (like Excel or PDF!), so now you will be able to give an agent a file and have it work for you. It also lets us add stated variables, so you aren’t relying on the LLM to remember and slot fill, making this more like traditional coding but with the power of an LLM in between.
Between the stated variables and the light javascript necessary for reading/writing documents, it is fair to say that the tool is getting more technical. We envision that this will mean more time is required to create an agent, but that it will mean less testing and iterations are required to make an agent work well. And, you will be able to connect to external services like Outlook and Teams with prebuilt connectors, while testing your agents faster with METRO.
Keep an eye out for 26A updates that include MCP servers for easy agent to agent chats as well as agents to make your agents, which means we will continue to see a balance of both technical and functional features.
One neat agent coming in 25D is the Quotation to Requisition agent, that will take an emailed PDF quote and create a requisition for you. It has some prereq setups like all AI Agents, and remains to be seen if it has any quirks, but it highlights the potential for Agents that have access to both Oracle and Outlook. AI Agent: Quote to Purchase Requisition Assistant
Procurement
Redwood-style Procurement Notifications
Cleaner, more readable notification templates for Purchasing and Sourcing—still BI Publisher under the hood so your customizations carry forward. It appears that now, Oracle may be allowing us to edit notification reports for all notifications, which wasn’t always possible before, such as Receipt Confirmation. Oracle Docs
AI summaries in PO Approvals
Up to five PDF/text attachments get summarized (in English) inside approval/change approval emails and worklist messages—fantastic for busy approvers who live in Outlook. Simple to enable through an opt in.
Add KPIs to the Redwood PO page
Pin OTBI KPI tiles/visualizations directly onto the Redwood Purchase Orders page via Edit Page Layout—perfect for “needs attention” metrics. Don’t see your report available in Edit Page Layout? Ensure it was added to the visualizer at this url: https://<servername>/fscmUI/redwood/cx-analytics/application/container/dvconfig Oracle Docs
Real-Time Publish from Redwood Process Requisitions Page
Publishing ≤5-line staged docs completes immediately; larger or multi-doc publishes still run a job. Inline error/warning review is included. Oracle Docs
Bulk actions on Purchase Agreements
From the Redwood Agreements page, select multiple agreements to Delete, Hold/Unhold, Cancel, Finally Close, or Freeze/Unfreeze, and track results in an Action Status view. (Enable Redwood agreements + OSCS indexing first.) Oracle Docs
Manage Contract Terms in Redwood page for POs & Agreements
Add terms via Terms Template or Attached Document, apply latest, switch the source, and expose Contract/Supporting documents. Suppliers can view terms on POs/Agreements. (Some change-order views not yet supported.) Basically, all the same things you could do in classic, now available in Redwood, just need to Opt In. Oracle Docs
Supplier Portal: Manage Purchase Agreements
Suppliers get a modern Agreements page with metrics (acks due, expiring soon), filters, exceptions, and Excel export. Redwood versions of pages are greatly preferred by suppliers, but do not enable this (via profile option + ess jobs) if you need suppliers to create change orders, acknowledge agreements or change orders, cancel agreements or upload lines. Those features are coming soon.
Supplier Management Landing Page
A Redwood home for supplier admins: Recent suppliers, quick actions, and optional OTBI KPIs you can pin via Edit Page Layout. This is another incremental Redwood page; when you open actions you will still find the classic pages for managing the supplier. But, this is a sign that Oracle continues to make progress with Redwood and you should expect to keep seeing new Supplier redwood pages in future releases. This one is enabled through a profile option. Oracle Docs
Sourcing: AI-Suggested Suppliers
AI proposes suppliers per line using your own history (POs, agreements, awards, responses, invitations). Enable Redwood sourcing profile options and schedule (weekly) Prepare Smart Supplier Suggestions (defaults to 24 months).
Key things to keep in mind: If you just went live, you may not have 24 months of history to use. You can change the months of history with a profile option, but you cannot change any of the AI functions. If you don’t like the list it generated, there is not much you can do to change the results—and if you have feedback on unexpected behavior, please share that with us so we can share it back with Oracle.
Pass DFFs from Requisition → Negotiation → Purchasing
This is a neat one! When header/line segments align, DFF values flow through; enable the profile options for req→neg, and neg→PO/Agreements. Each flow is controlled by a profile option, so you could, for example, have DFF flow from a negotiation to a PO but not to a CPA. Oracle Docs
Purge External Purchase Price Interface
Now, you can purge error records from the interface, which will help keep them cleaner and performing better. This does require a specific privilege and is accessed by ESS Job.
AI Agent: B2B Message Format Converter
Want to configure EDI for a new trading partner, but can’t even spell XML and XSLT? Oracle provides a free AI Agent that will help! B2B Message Convert agent can be copied from AI Agent Studio. It will grab the PO Fields and give you a mapping between the PO fields and EDI, which you can edit to meet the trading partner expected format, and it will let you download the completed files ready to be uploaded in B2B Setup.
Self Service Procurement
Show Charge Account in the Cart (table view)
Add the Charge To column via the column selector in the table view (use extensibility if you want it visible by default). Helpful for project/GL validation before submit without opening lines. Enable this in Visual Builder Studio by creating a new rule and setting this field to be Visible by Default. Oracle Docs
Edit Information Template & Special Handling from the Cart
For smart form and noncatalog lines, jump straight to those details from the cart (no more detours to Edit Line Details). This hopefully signals that Oracle is constantly tweaking Redwood theme so they can provide the right mix: Simple for basic uses, but not complicated for power users. Oracle Docs
Line Numbers prominent in Requisition Details
Line number is now the first column—tiny change, big clarity when auditing multi-line reqs. Oracle Docs
Better Shopping Filters
Refine search results by Category, Item Source (Local / Smart form / External store / External store item / Informational catalog), Manufacturer, and Supplier. Minor change that requires no setup, but will help users refine their searches and should be well received. Oracle Docs
See “On Negotiation” and “Order Processing” statuses
Badges surface on My Requisitions (headers and lines), the Home “My Recent Requisitions,” and View Requisition Details. You can filter by these statuses, then drill into the life cycle. You do need to have the Requisition Action ESS job scheduled regularly, but this is another example of how Oracle is leveraging Redwood to give users more information about the status that wasn’t available in Classic. Oracle Docs
Requester Change Orders in Redwood
The reworked page supports lines with multiple distributions, more editable attributes (line, schedule, distribution), split, withdraw/edit/cancel actions, and better schedule management—plus the ability to add lines! Before this, we tended to recommend keeping the classic page for change orders due to the limitations, but that is changing and we now recommend moving to the Redwood change order page if possible. Oracle Docs
XML Punchout → Create Reqs with CPA/BPA references
If your cXML/XML payload includes CPA or BPA (with line) references, 25D honors that to source the req line. If invalid/inactive, it falls back to autosourcing. Does require an opt in. Oracle Docs
Special Handling DFF rules
Have you used Special Handling DFFs? While some consider them designed for healthcare, they are yet another powerful tool to collect requisition DFF details with the ability to control purchasing document outcomes, like not sending PDFs, making them useful for all industries. Now, use VB Studio Express mode to make Special Handling DFFs Required/Read-only/Hidden at header (Homepage, Requisition Details) and line contexts (Enter Requisition Line, Smart Form, Noncatalog, Add to Cart, Cart, Edit Requisition Summary). Stick to the supported extension points for forward-compatibility. Oracle Docs
REST updates
Broader actions/children across POs, Draft POs, Agreements, Negotiations, etc., including terms actions and PDF download endpoints. Great for Redwood parity and automation. Expect to see more of this as all Redwood pages are driven by REST, meaning in the long run, every action in Oracle should be available via REST; and therefore, available for integrations, AI Agents, and Visual Builder Add in for Excel. Oracle Docs
Inventory
Manage ABC assignments via REST
Create/export/update ABC Assignment Groups, Classes, and Classifications to (or from) external systems. Great if your ranking logic lives outside Fusion, and because this is REST, you can use it with AI Agents and Visual Builder Add in for Excel for easy editing. Before this, we only had the ability to edit ABC class on a single cycle count, but now you can do it at the very top level. Oracle Docs
Perform Cycle Counts by Locator
Define counts by location (daily/weekly), include/exclude locators, and mix with item-based counts. This may be helpful for warehouses with lots of items in a mixed locator, desiring to have higher efficiency in those counts. Requires an opt in. Oracle Docs
Your page stays how you left it
Saved searches now retain column show/order across many Redwood inventory/receiving pages (Item Quantities, Transfer Orders, Cycle Counts, Inbound/Outbound, etc.). No setup necessary, very nice fix! Oracle Docs
Scan GTIN → populate Item + UOM
Mobile flows now default the transaction UOM from the GTIN mapping (Receive/Inspect/Put Away/Transfers/Cycle Count/PAR/Physical, etc.). Oracle Docs
Create receipt deliveries on the handheld
Turn on the ORA_RCV_MOBILE_RECEIPT_DELIVERY_REDWOOD_ENABLED profile to log ad-hoc deliveries (e.g., personal/gift packages) right at the dock. Oracle Docs
Both of these features demonstrate how Oracle is committed to incremental improvements to their mobile inventory product.
Header-level Receipt Notes
Now you can enter a header level receipt note in My Receipts, faster than editing line by line and visible for finance and procurement downstream. Enable in VB Studio for the receipt details drawer to be visible. Oracle Docs
Ideas to Consider Upvoting
REST API for Oracle Visual Builder to update Manage Buyer Assignment Rules — Cloud Customer Connect
Order import using fbdi for 0 quantity at line level — Cloud Customer Connect
Web Services for Importing Contract Clauses, Variables, Rules and Templates
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