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Change connection in the Integrations: Oracle Integration Cloud by Ankur Jain

There is the situation where we are required to replace the connection in the integrations. Integration cloud doesn’t allow to change the connection from the integration canvas directly. So in this blog, we’ll demonstrate two ways to solve this problem which will help us to easily switch the connection in the integrations.
Before we proceed further, let me explain the use case where we may require to change the connection in the integrations:

• Let’s suppose we have 10 integrations which are using the single DB connection and the name of the connection is DB_Conn. Considering, in the DB_Conn, we had configured the standard DB schema called apps. Later we realize the 5 integrations should not use standard schema to compile the package or procedures and should use some custom schema (custom_user). Then, in that case, we will have to create one more DB connection with the different name and configure custom_user and then use the DB connection in these 5 integrations.
• We want to clone the integration and in the cloned integration wanted to use different connection
• We are migrating the integration which uses one REST connection with name REST_Sample but we have REST connection on the different instance with a different name called REST_Conn

Below limitation need to keep in mind before we replace the connection

• The integration should not be in locked or activate state
• Only the connection of the same adapter type can be replaced. For example, if we have an integration using the REST adapter then we can’t replace the connection of the SOAP adapter type. Read the complete article here.

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OIC Integrations – re-submittable errors by Niall Commiskey

This is an area customers often ask me about. Firstly, when is an error re-submittable? According to the docs –
You can manually resubmit failed messages. Resubmitting a failed message starts the integration from the beginning. All faulted instances in asynchronous flows in Oracle Autonomous Integration Cloud are recoverable and can be resubmitted. Synchronous flows cannot be resubmitted.
Next question is – who do I know if my flow is asynchronous?
Again back to the docs –
Oracle Autonomous Integration Cloud does not currently allow modeling an asynchronous request response service. However, all scheduled orchestration patterns internally use an asynchronous request response.
However, OIC does support Fire and Forget (one-way requests). Now you ask – how can I create a Fire and Forget interface for my OIC Integration flow? This is relatively simple – I use a SOAP trigger, based on a one-way wsdl. The one way wsdl, as the name strongly suggests, does not include a response. Read the complete article here.

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Implement Pagination in REST Service: Integration Cloud by Ankur Jain

There are situations in which we need to fetch a large number of records from the on-premise application in the Integration Cloud. For example, there are 100k+ records resides in the on-premise database table which we need to fetch and expose them into the REST service response. In this particular scenario, we are considering the database is installed behind the firewall. So to communicate with the on-premise application, connectivity agent is required. Connectivity agent has some limitation in which agent can parse payload of 10MB only for a single request. Exceeding the limit may cause stack overflow error in the agent which may bring the agent down.

So to handle a large volume of data from the on-premise application, we have to keep this limitation in mind and implement the solution accordingly. There might be multiple ways to handle such a situation. Here I’m gonna to handle this situation by implementing the pagination into the REST service which will fetch the data into the chunk.

To complete this article we should have below

• Oracle Database 12c
• Oracle Integration Cloud instance
• Connectivity agent installed

Read the complete article here.

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Turn BYOL metering on or off in Oracle Integration Cloud by Scott Haaland

Toggle the BYOL (Bring your own license) setting for Oracle Integration Cloud

Oracle has a great licensing option for our existing customers called Bring Your Own License, which allows customers to get greatly reduced billing rates for some of our most popular cloud services.  In PaaS, many of the Fusion Middleware Licenses can be moved from on-premises use to cloud usage, which allows the customer to continue to glean extreme value from their licensing investments of the past.  There is another blog post here that has an FAQ for more details on BYOL:

https://www.oracle.com/cloud/bring-your-own-license/faq/

For Oracle Integration Cloud, this is a great option for our existing SOA Suite and BPM Suite customers.  If they have licenses that are either not being used (shelved) or have a ULA or other license type that allows additional usage on demand, these Weblogic Suite, SOA Suite and BPM Suite licenses can be applied to an Oracle Integration Cloud (or SOA Cloud) instance in the Oracle Cloud, and the hourly metering rate is dramatically reduced.  Details for which licenses are required can be found in the PaaS and IaaS Universal Credits Service Description document here. Read the complete article here.

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APIs and Microservices at Work in the Real World by Bob Rhubart

Luis Weir (Capgemini) and Wes Davies (Co-op Group) discuss microservices, API management, and the technical aspects of their work on the project that won one of this year’s Oracle Cloud Platform Innovation awards. As mentioned in the interview, Luis is a panelist in the latest Oracle Developer Podcast, "On Microservices Design and Implementation," available at: Watch the video here.

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AFG Drives Frictionless Home Loans with Oracle Cloud by Daryl Eicher

Andrew McGee, IT Manager of Business Services for AFG Home Loans, began his transformation journey with a simple question. How much of his IT spend was going to innovation? As a financial services company facing new competition from specialized fintech vendors, Andrew knew they needed to increase their innovation capacity, and he looked to the Oracle Cloud for answers. I got to speak with Andrew about his amazing journey and how it’s transformed the way his team engages with business leaders.

Moving their workloads to the cloud relieved IT from more mundane activities and saved on data center costs. In their quest to take the friction out of the end to end home loan process, Andrew and his team retooled with Oracle’s Cloud Platform with Autonomous Services. Now, new hires are able to immediately contribute to innovation efforts, and based on a track record of quick wins that scale, his team spends more time obsessing on simplifying every aspect of approving and funding the 10,000 home loans per month AFG brokers manage. 

Andrew’s vision of frictionless home loans is working for AFG. In the time he has led his team on this journey, he’s seen a 3X increase in innovation capacity. With Oracle Cloud Platform’s hybrid integration and automation, Andrew now has a practical path to adopt disruptive technologies such as conversational AIs, Blockchain, and Robotic Process Automation. And like his colleague shares in  3 Ways National Pharmacies is Creating the Future of Work, the result is more engaged and energized IT pros that find new ways to monetize and secure their digital future. Read the complete article here.

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Become an Application Integration Specialist

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