This document offers an introduction to using Oracle Application Express applications from an end user's perspective. To learn more about developing Oracle Application Express applications, see Oracle Database 2 Day + Application Express Developer's Guide and "Quick Start" in Oracle Application Express Application Builder User's Guide.
Oracle Application Express is a rapid web application development tool for the Oracle Database. Through wizards or direct input, developers can assemble an HTML interface (or application) on top of database objects. Each application is a collection of linked pages using tabs, buttons, or hypertext links.
By creating an application, users can manage, manipulate, and display data in the Oracle Database. Using Oracle Application Express, developers can build two types of applications:
Websheet applications
Database applications
A Websheet is an interactive web page that combines text with data. Websheet applications include navigation controls, search capability, and the ability to add annotations such as files, notes, and tags. To learn more, see "Using Websheets".
Using only a web browser and with limited programming experience, Oracle Application Express enables developers to create powerful database applications. A database application is an interactive user interface (UI) that enables users to quickly add, update, or display information stored in the Oracle Database. This information can be displayed in many formats, including static and interactive reports, forms, maps, charts, and maps.
This guide explains how end users can customize an interactive report. With an interactive report, end users can customize the appearance of report data through searching, filtering, sorting, column selection, highlighting, and other data manipulations. Plus, end users can save their customizations and download the report locally. To learn more, see "Using Interactive Reports".
This guide also explains how to import data into an Oracle Application Express application using an existing application Data Loading Wizard. To learn more, see "About Uploading Data".
Running an Oracle Application Express application requires a web browser that supports Java Script and the HTML 4.0 and CSS 1.0 standards. The following browsers meet these requirements:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later version
Mozilla Firefox 14 or later version
Google Chrome 21 or later version
Apple Safari 5.0 or later version