Oracle Fusion · Quarterly Readiness
The 25D features worth piloting across AI agents, purchasing, sourcing, suppliers, Self Service Procurement, inventory, receiving, and REST automation.
Release notes contain more changes than any one team can absorb. This briefing focuses on the Oracle Fusion 25D features most likely to improve daily work or deserve an implementation pilot.
This article reflects information available in September 2025. Confirm current opt-ins, prerequisites, licensing, feature maturity, and later changes in Oracle documentation before using it as a production plan.
One release after launch, AI Agent Studio was already becoming more structured and technical. Drag-and-drop workflows resemble integration tooling; explicit variables reduce reliance on conversational memory; and document nodes can read or create files such as Excel and PDF. Light JavaScript, external connectors such as Outlook and Teams, and faster METRO testing expand what agents can do.
The tradeoff is more design effort up front, but potentially fewer prompt iterations and more reliable behavior.
The agent can take an emailed PDF quote and create a requisition, illustrating the value of combining Oracle transaction access with Outlook and document parsing. Validate prerequisite setup and real supplier-quote variation before scaling.
Oracle: Quote to Purchase Requisition AssistantPurchasing and Sourcing notifications gain cleaner Redwood-style layouts while remaining BI Publisher reports, so existing customization skills still apply. The change also appeared to expose reports that had not always been editable, including Receipt Confirmation.
Approval and change-approval emails and worklist messages can summarize up to five PDF or text attachments in English. This is a simple opt-in with strong value for approvers working primarily in email.
| Feature | Practical value | Setup or caution |
|---|---|---|
| OTBI KPIs on Redwood PO page | Pin “needs attention” metrics through Edit Page Layout. | Add the report to the visualizer configuration if it is absent from layout choices. |
| Real-time Process Requisitions publish | Staged documents of five lines or fewer publish immediately with inline errors and warnings. | Larger or multi-document publishes still run a background job. |
| Bulk agreement actions | Delete, hold, cancel, close, freeze, or reverse actions across selected agreements; track Action Status. | Enable Redwood agreements and OSCS indexing. |
| Contract terms in Redwood | Manage terms templates, attached terms, current versions, and supporting documents on POs and agreements. | Opt in; some change-order views were not yet supported. |
Suppliers gain a modern agreements page with metrics, filters, exception views, and Excel export.
At publication, the Redwood page did not support supplier-created change orders, agreement or change-order acknowledgements, cancellations, or line uploads. Keep the existing experience if those functions are required.
A new Redwood home gives supplier administrators recent suppliers, quick actions, and optional OTBI KPIs. Many actions still opened Classic pages, making this an incremental migration step enabled through a profile option.
Sourcing can recommend suppliers per line using historical POs, agreements, awards, responses, and invitations. Enable the Redwood Sourcing profile options and schedule Prepare Smart Supplier Suggestions, normally weekly. The default history window was 24 months.
A recent implementation may not have enough history. You can change the lookback window, but not the recommendation logic. Review generated lists and report unexpected behavior.
Add the Charge To column through the table-view column selector. To show it by default, create a Visual Builder Studio Express rule and set the field to visible by default.
Smart Form and noncatalog lines can open their template or Special Handling details from the cart without detouring through Edit Line Details.
| Feature | What changed | Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Prominent line numbers | Line number becomes the first Requisition Details column. | No special setup noted. |
| Better shopping filters | Filter by category, source, manufacturer, and supplier. | No setup required. |
| New lifecycle statuses | On Negotiation and Order Processing badges appear in lists, recent requisitions, and details. | Schedule the Requisition Action ESS process regularly. |
| Requester change orders | Multiple distributions, more editable attributes, split, withdraw, cancel, schedule management, and added lines. | Evaluate moving from Classic after scenario testing. |
| XML Punchout sourcing references | Valid CPA or BPA line references in payloads source the requisition; invalid references fall back to autosourcing. | Opt in and validate partner payloads. |
| Special Handling DFF rules | Express Mode can make supported header and line DFFs required, read-only, or hidden across specified pages. | Use documented extension points for forward compatibility. |
25D expands actions and child resources across purchase orders, draft POs, agreements, and negotiations, including terms actions and PDF downloads. This REST parity supports Redwood, integrations, AI agents, and Visual Builder Add-in for Excel.
Oracle REST update details| Feature | Operational value | Setup |
|---|---|---|
| Manage ABC assignments through REST | Create, export, and update assignment groups, classes, and classifications from external systems, agents, or Excel tools. | Design controls for bulk classification changes. |
| Cycle counts by locator | Schedule daily or weekly location-based counts, include or exclude locators, and mix locator and item criteria. | Opt in; align with warehouse count strategy. |
| Persisted saved-search columns | Many Redwood inventory and receiving pages remember shown columns and order. | No setup. |
| GTIN determines item and UOM | Mobile scanning defaults transaction UOM from GTIN across receiving, putaway, transfers, counts, PAR, and physical inventory. | Validate GTIN mappings and transaction UOMs. |
| Receipt deliveries on handheld | Record ad hoc deliveries such as personal or gift packages at the dock. | Enable ORA_RCV_MOBILE_RECEIPT_DELIVERY_REDWOOD_ENABLED. |
| Header-level receipt notes | Enter one note in My Receipts for downstream finance and procurement visibility. | Use Visual Builder Studio to expose the receipt-details drawer. |
25D is an incremental but broad release: Redwood closes meaningful functional gaps, AI moves into documents and approvals, REST reaches more maintenance scenarios, and mobile inventory gets small improvements that compound for operators. Pilot the features that remove daily friction, but preserve Classic or existing processes where Redwood parity was not complete at publication.