A few years ago, Oracle introduced the Redwood design pattern for an enhanced user experience.
Oracle Redwood brings a state-of-the-art user experience across various devices enabled by Oracle. The Redwood design is not just about changing how Oracle apps look. It is about making every interaction with Oracle easier and better for everyone, from customers, and partners, to employees alike.
Redwood features not only a fancy makeover or a marketing ploy, but rather a total transformation in how people use Oracle technology and get information.
Oracle Redwood UX represents a radical shift in enterprise software design. It focuses on simplicity, personalization, and productivity. With its sleek and modern interface, Redwood redefines the way users interact with Oracle Cloud applications and elevates the overall user experience to a higher level.
This blog explores the importance of Redwood, what it has to offer, and how it is a game-changer for organizations’ user interfaces.
What is the reason for the change in the interface?
When offering any solution, ease of use is of utmost importance. For instance, applications. Most applications are easy to use, we do not need any manuals to learn how to use them. The reason is that they are designed to be simple and easy for anyone to understand.
Oracle’s Redwood is based on a similar idea!
Oracle Redwood is primarily about making business software as easy to use as those smartphone apps. The goal is to cut down on the time and money spent training people to use it and make overall things run smoother.
Redwood isn’t just a fresh coat of paint
Redwood is a whole new way of designing software. It is based on what works best for regular people who use it every day. Therefore, by switching to Redwood, companies can save on training costs and make their operations more efficient.
When software based applications were initially released, enterprises were growing from manual processes (based on forms and paperwork). During that time, there were variations in the source material depending on companies from different industries. This resulted in disparate user experiences that, when used with more than one Oracle product or solution, looked disjointed and confusing.
Eventually, Oracle understood that most of the customers have more than one Oracle solution, which can cross parts of a customer organization. Therefore, having a unified experience that acts the same across the portfolio will reduce costs across the enterprise.
In order to unify and consolidate the user experience across its entire large portfolio of technologies and applications, Oracle launched Redwood user interface to give customers a cohesive experience.
No matter the application, users in Redwood should be able to recognize, use and uniformly interact with the products to reduce the costs of an organization.
Redwood’s Phase Approach
The implementation of the Redwood user interface in the Oracle Utilities Application Framework is executed phase-wise to ensure that it is manageable for both customers and partners.
Here is a breakdown of the phases for Oracle energy and water solution.
- Initial Phase: This phase starts with basic changes, like new styles and features in Redwood. It brings in things like a fresh look, a unified search feature, better personalization, contextual insights, and more. This phase is already available for cloud customers in the latest releases and for on-premises releases. Eventually, the old user interface will be replaced with Redwood, as all new features will only be available in Redwood.
- Template Implementation: Over the next few releases, the focus will be on adopting Redwood templates. These templates will guide how the user interface transforms into a more consistent and easier-to-use experience. The existing interface will gradually shift to these templates. This change will also apply to software development kits to ensure any added features match the new experience, maximizing consistency and usefulness.
- Engine changes: Oracle will be moving from the Legacy rendering engine to the Redwood rendering engine for improved Oracle experience, and improved compatibility. It will form a strong foundation for Redwood adoption as it goes forward. Currently, the new engine is in development, and the first parts will appear in the next cloud release.
- New Technologies: Redwood will introduce some new exciting innovations across the board that will make it easier for users to find and interact with data in new and useful ways. For instance, Unified Search will use advanced search engine technology to find data more efficiently in upcoming releases.
While some of these phases have been launched, others are still in progress. Each update will be announced in the release notes and will be designed to minimize any extra costs for the customers as much as possible.
Conclusion
The Redwood user experience has the potential to reduce costs and provide customers with an increased user experience. The users will have full advantage of Oracle’s user experience to present data in new, logical ways. The transition to Redwood will modernize the platforms, improve the user experience, reduce training costs, and facilitate efficient usage of Oracle products. Reach out to ValueVerse Consulting today for a smooth Redwood implementation experience.
