Using Enterprise Manager to Manage Forms Sessions

By default, Enterprise Manager provides some information about Forms which allows you to centrally modify the configuration files. But you won't experience the full functionality that Enterprise Manager can provide for Forms unless you do the following:

1. In the Forms configuration file (formsweb.cfg) make sure that the following
variable is set in the default section. You can do this either through EM, or
manually on the server.
em_mode=1
This will let EM show user information for each running Forms application. Only sessions created after setting em_mode to 1 will be shown. By default, this value is 0, which is off.

2. In the Forms configuration file (formsweb.cfg) makes sure the following variable is set. You can either set it in the default section or in a specific application section.
As with step 1, you can set this variable using EM, or manually on the server.
allow_debug=true
This will let you turn tracing on and off within EM.

3. (Windows only) For the middle tier user that installed Oracle Application Server, you need to give them the "Log on as a batch job" privilege. Logon as either that user, or another user with administrator privileges. Select Administrative Tools in the Control Panel. Then select Local Security Settings Local Policies User Right Assignment. Add the username of the user who installed Oracle Application Server.

4. (Windows only) As the user who installed Oracle Application Server or as a user with administrator privileges, bring up the Windows Services, which can be found in the Control Panel. Find the the Oracle/xxxxxx/ProcessManager service.
Right-click it and choose Properties. In the Logon tab, make sure Allow service to interact with desktop is selected.

5. (Windows only) You will need to restart this service. Note that even after it is restarted, it can take up to several minutes for the changes to take effect in EM.