Clear Cache through Functional Administrator - New R12 Responsibility

Clear Cache through Functional Administrator - New R12 Responsibility

Oracle R12 (Release 12) comes many new features. One simple yet very useful addition a new responsibility named Functional Administrator.

Even though the responsibility comes with many new features, one interesting thing to me is a tool to clear Web Server Cache. This helps to refresh the application functionality after changing a Java Page or System Profile without having to Clear Cache through server and Bounce Apache.

Steps to Access this:

Responsibility: Functional Administrator
Navigation Path: Home -> Core Services -> Caching Framework

Click on the link Global Configuration on the left side menu options. Here is a screenshot of the page:
 
Click on the buttons "Clear All Cache" and "Clear All Statistics".

Click on Apply Button.

Logout, close all browsers, login again and retest the change.


This is a standard functionality and no customizations are required to achieve this. However, in some rare cases, I faced issues where the Clear Cache button does not clear it completely. In this scenario, we need to clear cache through Application Server and bounce Apache.