I see a lot of consultants / functional users struggling with VB Studio basics – not because the tool is complex, but because some core concepts are never explained clearly.

So here’s a simple, practical explanation for anyone learning Oracle Fusion Cloud – VB Studio or trying to get more confident with it.

1.  𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 – You are building something and just want to see how it looks.

– View your changes in isolation

– No deployment

– No impact on anyone else

Think of Preview as checking your work privately before showing it to anyone.

2. 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 – Your changes look good, but you want feedback.

– Share generates a URL

– Teammates or stakeholders can open it and review your changes

3. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 – Publish means your changes are ready.

– Your changes are merged into a branch in the remote repository

– Reviews and approvals can happen (if branch settings are enabled)

The system prepares for deployment

Think of Publish as saying: “My work is ready to move forward.”

4. 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆 -Deployment is when changes become usable.

– Approved changes are installed into the target instance

– End users can now use them

Easy way to remember: Publish = ready, Deploy = live

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆? Remote repository is the shared central place where everyone’s published code lives.

Your workspace → your personal working area

Remote repository → the team’s shared codebase

Others cannot see your changes until they reach the remote repository

When you publish, your changes move from your workspace → to the remote repository.

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗕 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝟮𝟱.𝟭𝟬: 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲

When someone else publishes: Their changes go into the remote repository

Your workspace does not auto-update. VB Studio now:

– Notifies you when changes hit your target branch

– Lets you refresh your workspace to pull those changes in

This avoids conflicts, overwrites, and last-minute surprises.

𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (quiet but powerful). Because the remote repository is shared:

– Branch protection enforces reviews and approvals

– Prevents accidental changes to important branches like main

– Keeps deployments safe and predictable

These concepts – Preview, Share, Publish, Deploy, Remote Repository, Refresh Workspace, and Branch Protection form the foundation of working confidently in VB Studio.