Taking an in-depth look at Oracle Redwood: Key features and insights

User experience is becoming as crucial as functionality for enterprise systems’ users. Enterprises now expect intuitive and cohesive interfaces that enhance engagement at every touchpoint. The design frameworks are no longer just aesthetic choices, they also drive productivity in business applications. Oracle Redwood, Oracle’s modern design system, has set a new standard for user experience, redefining intuitive design across the entire suite of Oracle solutions.

The vision behind Oracle Redwood

With Oracle Redwood, it’s the end of fragmented and inconsistent interfaces. Oracle has embedded design thinking into the heart of its ecosystem. It’s not just the design change though. Redwood, at its core, is the gateway to the continued modernization of the Oracle product. It enables customers to use data in a more intuitive and cohesive way, reinventing the utilization of Oracle applications by its customers.

Standout features of Redwood that sets it apart

Oracle Redwood introduces a suite of powerful design features that enhance usability, accessibility and consistency across the Oracle ecosystem. Here are some features that make Redwood unique:

• Foundation for AI enablement: Oracle continues to invest heavily in AI, delivering new capabilities with each quarterly release. Because Oracle’s AI functionality is available exclusively through Redwood pages, transitioning to Redwood is a required pre-requisite for any organization seeking to start their AI enablement journey and realize the full value of their Oracle investment. 
• Enhanced business rules and logic: With Redwood comes the powerful toolset of Visual Builder Studio (VBS). VBS allows customers to easily build out complex logic that includes new and enhanced field defaulting behavior, field validation rules, and a host of different error, warning, in system messages. This enables customers to tailor their business processes to their specific requirements while enforcing clean and accurate data. 
• Seamless and unified search interface: Redwood includes a powerful search capability that allows users to find data seamlessly and quickly across the platform from a single search bar. This reduces reliance on manual navigation, enhancing efficiency and precision in data retrieval. The search interface makes it easier for new and experienced users to retrieve files, records and related insights, resulting in increased productivity.
• Best-in-class user interface design: Oracle Redwood emphasizes a clean and intuitive interface, reducing cognitive load and making information easily accessible. The layout prioritizes essential data, which is valuable in data-heavy applications, where cluttered interfaces can slow down workflows.
• Machine learning and predictive insights: Redwood integrates Oracle’s machine learning capabilities which helps in adapting the interface based on user behavior. Over time, the system learns user preferences and makes proactive suggestions. The feature supports streamlining tasks and making data-driven decisions. Not only that, but the capability can also be especially helpful for complex, repetitive tasks as the system surfaces pertinent data and suggests next steps.
• Enhanced data visualization: With Redwood’s powerful data visualization tools, users can transform raw data into visually engaging, actionable insights. Oracle leverages its data expertise to create intuitive charts, graphs and reports that make it easier for users to spot patterns and trends. The feature, in turn, helps improve the readability of data further prompting users at all levels to make informed decisions.
• Customizable Redwood theme: Redwood offers a flexible theme that lets users customize Oracle applications with their unique elements such as colors, logos and styles. This feature allows organizations to maintain their distinct identity while ensuring a unified, cohesive experience.

When and why to migrate to Oracle Redwood

Through extensive customer research, Oracle identified a need for a more intuitive interface that addresses common pain points associated with navigating the Oracle ecosystem. Redwood aims to provide a seamless experience that empowers users to maximize their productivity by adopting design principles that prioritize user-centric functionality.

As Oracle transitions its offerings to the Redwood design system, businesses need to evaluate the timing and reasons behind this significant shift. Transitioning is not merely an upgrade but a strategic investment in user efficiency and satisfaction. Organizations should prioritize their transition to Redwood as soon as feasible. While Oracle has mandated the move to Redwood for its customers, early adoption offers numerous advantages. Beyond the advantages of early adoption, there also comes significant risk with delaying the move to Redwood. Oracle is progressively retiring support for legacy user experiences, opening the door to issues and defects that can no longer be solved with service requests (SRs).

Why act now? 

• Mandatory adoption deadlines are approaching: Oracle has communicated timelines requiring customers to transition to Redwood experiences across its cloud applications, with stated dates of 27A; following 27A non-Redwood pages will no longer be supported by Oracle. 
• Legacy experiences are being retired: Oracle's continued investment and support are focused on Redwood pages, with many non-Redwood experiences scheduled for or already depreciated. 
• Redwood is the foundation for AI enablement: Oracle's current and future AI capabilities are delivered exclusively through Redwood experiences. 
• A phased transition reduces risk: Starting early allows organizations to spread effort across multiple releases, minimize disruption, and drive stronger user adoption. 
• Future-proof your Oracle investment: Transitioning to Redwood ensures continued access to Oracle's latest innovations, enhancements, and strategic product direction. 

Baker Tilly’s approach to help you migrate to Redwood: Assessment and implementation methodology

All customers will be required to transition to Redwood. The transition to the Redwood experience is not passive and requires preparation and attention to detail. Baker Tilly’s proven assessment methodology will provide a platform for a successful migration to the Redwood user interface pages while minimizing risk and maximizing value realization from your Oracle investment. Our assessment approach is a four-step guided evolution for a smooth Redwood adoption and continuous modernization of your Oracle Cloud platform.

Baker Tilly and Oracle 

As a premier member of the Oracle Partner Network, Baker Tilly offers comprehensive global capabilities across Oracle’s Cloud platforms, including Analytics, EPM, ERP, HCM and SCM. Since 2006, Baker Tilly has been a trusted partner for clients, helping transform their operations with Oracle’s suite of enterprise solutions. Turn to Baker Tilly to make the transition to Oracle Cloud Redwood seamless for your organization.