About the Workspace Home Page

When you log in to Oracle Application Express, the Workspace home page appears. A workspace is a virtual private database allowing multiple users to work within the same Oracle Application Express installation while keeping their objects, data and applications private. Note that your user name and workspace name display in the lower left corner of the page.

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The following large icons display in the center of the page:

• Application Builder. Use Application Builder to assemble an HTML interface (or application) on top of database objects such as tables and procedures. See "Application Builder Concepts" and "Using Application Builder".

• SQL Workshop. Use the SQL Workshop to access tools for viewing and managing database objects. See Oracle Application Express SQL Workshop Guide.

• Team Development. Use Team Development to track new features, non-feature related tasks (or To Do tasks), bugs, and milestones. Users can also provide real-time feedback which then can be categorized into features, general tasks, or bugs. See "Managing the Development Process".

• Administration links to the Workspace Administration page. See "Workspace and Application Administration" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide.

About Learn More

Click the Learn More button to view an informative introduction to Oracle Application Express. Topics covered include architecture, self service, security, websheets, application development, SQL Workshop, Team Development, administration, and managing development.

About the System Message and News Regions

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The system message displays at the top of the page. The News region displays in the center of the page. Use these regions to communicate with other users in the workspace. To learn more, see "Defining a System Message" in Oracle Application Express Administration Guide and "Managing News Entries".

About Top Applications, Top Users, and Team Development

The Top Applications, Top Users, and Team Development dashboards display at the bottom on the page. These regions offer real time information about development activities in the workspace.

Your user name and workspace name display in the lower left corner of the page.

About Search Workspace

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The Search Workspace field displays in the upper right corner of the page. Use this field to search for application names, application ID and page, workspace images, workspace theme names, and other workspace components. By default, this field is case sensitive and supports regular expressions.

For example, to navigate to a specific application and page use the following formats:

page
application_ID:page
application_ID-page

Where:

• application_ID is the numeric identification number (or ID) that identifies an application.

• page is the numeric identification number that identifies a specific page.

Consider the following examples:

10
570-10
570:10

About Available Updates

This region displays whether a newer version of Oracle Application Express or Oracle Application Express Listener is available.

To disable this feature, click the Edit icon. From Check for Available Updates, select No and click Apply Changes.

About Language

Displays the default language for this Oracle Application Express instance.

About Set Screen Reader Mode

Use the Set Screen Reader Mode flag to identify if a page optimized for screen readers. This flag toggles between Set Screen Reader Mode On and Set Screen Reader Mode Off. To learn more, see "Accessibility in Oracle Application Express" in Oracle Application Express Installation Guide and the accessible mode functions described in Oracle Application Express API Reference.