Practice: Getting Started

with Oracle APEX on the

Oracle Autonomous
Database
Practice 1: Provision an APEX Workspace

Introduction

Oracle APEX is a low-code application platform for Oracle Database. APEX Application
Development, Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW), and Autonomous Transaction Processing
(ATP) are fully managed services, pre-integrated and pre-configured with APEX, for rapidly
building and deploying modern data-driven applications in Oracle Cloud. Business users,
citizens, and application developers can create enterprise apps 20X faster with 100X less code
— without having to learn complex web technologies with just a browser. To start, you will
need to decide on the service you are going to use for this workshop and then create an APEX
workspace accordingly.

What is an APEX Workspace?

An APEX Workspace is a logical domain where you define APEX applications. Each workspace
is associated with one or more database schemas (database users) which are used to store the
database objects, such as tables, views, packages, and more. APEX applications are built on
top of these database objects.

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How do I find my APEX release version?

To determine which release of Oracle APEX you are currently running, do one of the following:
• View the release number on the Workspace home page:

o Sign in to Oracle APEX. The Workspace home page appears. The current
release version is displayed in the bottom right corner.

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 • View the About APEX page:

o Sign in to Oracle APEX. The Workspace home page appears.

o Click the Help menu at the top of the page and select About. The About APEX
page appears.

Where to Run the Lab

You can run this lab in any Oracle Database with APEX 23.1 installed. This includes the APEX
Application Development Service, the free, "Development Only" apex.oracle.com service, your
on-premises Oracle Database (providing APEX 23.1 is installed), on a third-party cloud provider
where APEX 23.1 is installed, or even on your laptop by installing Oracle XE or Oracle VirtualBox
App Dev VM and installing APEX 23.1.

For this course, we will use the free, “Development Only” apex.oracle.com service.

Sign Up for apex.oracle.com

Signing up for apex.oracle.com is simply a matter of providing details on the workspace you
wish to create and then waiting for the approval email.

1. Go to https://apex.oracle.com

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2. Click Get Started for Free.

3. Scroll down and you will see details for apex.oracle.com. Click Request a Free
Workspace.

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4. On the Request a Workspace dialog, enter your identification details – First Name, Last
Name, Email, Workspace Name, Your Location, etc.
Now, please accept the Terms of the Oracle APEX Service Agreement and then Request
Workspace
Note: For workspace, enter a unique name, such as first initial and last name.

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5. Check your email. You should get an email from apexext-noreply@ociapp-
notifications.oracle.com within a few minutes.

Note: If you don’t get an email go back to Step 3 and make sure to enter your email
correctly.
Within the email body, click Create Workspace.

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6. Click Continue to Sign In Screen.

7. Enter your password, and click Change Password.

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8. On the APEX Workspace login page, enter your password, select the Remember
workspace and username checkbox, and then click Sign In.

9. You should now be in the APEX Builder.

Summary

At this point, you know how to create an APEX Workspace and you are ready to start building
amazing apps, fast. You may now proceed to the next practice.

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Practice 2: Install and Run a Sample Application Overview

In this lab, you will navigate through the major components of Oracle APEX. This lab also
covers installing and running a sample application.

In this lab, you will:

• Navigate through the major Components of Oracle APEX
• Install and run a packaged application

Tasks

Major Components of APEX

To log in to Oracle APEX, you need a Workspace Name, username, and the password created
for that Workspace. In this hands-on lab, you log in to your Oracle APEX Workspace.

1. Log in to Oracle APEX Workspace. Perform the following steps:

a. Open your browser and enter the URL to sign in to the APEX development
environment.

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 b. The login page appears. Enter the workspace name, username, and password.
Click Sign In.

2. The Workspace home page appears. Click App Builder.

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3. You do not have any applications listed right now. You can create a new app or install
a sample or starter app.

4. Click SQL Workshop.

The SQL Workshop home page appears. Review each of the SQL Workshop components.

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5. Click Gallery.

6. The Gallery page displays a collection of starter applications, sample applications and
custom applications that you can install in your workspace.

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Install a Sample Application

Now, we will learn how to install and run a sample application.

1. Once you navigate to Gallery, click Sample Apps.

2. Now that you are in Sample Apps, search for apps by typing "Reporting" into the "Search
Apps" search box and navigate to Sample Reporting and click the Install button.

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3. On the Install Application page, click the Install Application button.

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4. You can now see that the application is installed. Run the application by selecting Run
Application.

5. Log in to the Sample Reporting application as an end user.

6. Enter your Username and Password (Same as your Workspace credentials) and click Sign
In.

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7. You now see the Sample Reporting application home page. In your Runtime environment
under Developer Toolbar, click Home to return to the home page of the APEX
development environment.

8. Click App Builder.

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9. Toggle between the View Icons and the View Reports buttons. You see that applications
are displayed along with their icons and report format.

Summary

You now know how to navigate through the major components of Oracle APEX and install and
run a packaged application. You may now proceed to the next practice.

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