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Feature Request FR-4798
Product Area Application Builder
Status CLOSED

1 Voters

Selective Application Export Excluding Static Files in Oracle APEX

srinivas.kikkuru Public · Feb 12 2026

Idea Summary
Enable developers to export Oracle APEX applications with selective file inclusion, allowing users to exclude static application files (images, CSS, JavaScript, fonts) from the export bundle while preserving application metadata, pages, regions, and database objects. This reduces export file size, accelerates deployment, and enables efficient version control and modular application distribution.

Use Case
Current APEX application export functionality includes all static files in the export bundle, creating several challenges for development teams:

  • Large export file sizes make version control systems (Git, SVN) inefficient when tracking application changes; static files inflate repository size
  • Deployment cycles are slower due to unnecessary file transfers; production deployments download/process static files even when only application logic changes

Preferred Solution (Optional)
Extend APEX export functionality with a Selective Export Configuration feature that allows developers to:

  • Choose which artifact types to include in export: pages, regions, items, processes, validations, branches, static files, themes, preferences, translations, etc.
  • Exclude static files by default with a single checkbox.
We reviewed this idea carefully, and while it was interesting, we concluded that due to all the internal implications we need to take into account, it is unlikely to make its way into APEX.