Salesforce to SAP Integration with Oracle ICS

October 30, 2016 Leave a comment

 

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Preparing & installing the ICS on-premises Connectivity Agent by Robert van Molken

October 29, 2016 Leave a comment

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In this second article about the Connectivity Agent we deep-dive into the details. We take a look in preparing and installing the agent. This is done in combination with Integration Cloud Service. For more information about the architecture and inner workings of the agent I recommend to read this article first.

What is the Connectivity Agent?

Basically it is a gateway between cloud and on-premises. The Agent eliminates common security and complexity issues previously associated with integrating on-premises applications from outside the firewall. With the agent it is possible for example to connect with an on-premises database or ERP application using the existing JCA adapter framework.

Downloading the Connectivity Agent

There are a few steps in installing the agent. First the installer can only be downloaded from your Integration Cloud Service instance. Secondly the installer can only be run on a linux environment. Thirdly some settings can be tuned / changed after installation.

Downloading the Agent

The agent first need to be downloaded from Integration Cloud Service. Login into your ICS instance and navigate to the Agents page.


At the top-right corner the user can find the “Download Agent installer” button. When clicking on the button it will show two options; the connectivity and execution agent. This article describes the first option. The second agent is evenly interesting, because it will install an instance of Integration Cloud Service on-premises. More details on this agent at a later time. Read the complete article here.

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E-Business Suite Integration with Integration Cloud Service and DB Adapter by Ulrich Janke

October 28, 2016 Leave a comment

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Introduction

Integration Cloud Service (ICS) is an Oracle offering for a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) to implement message-driven integration scenarios. This article will introduce into the use of ICS for integrating an on-premise E-Business Suite (EBS) instance via Database Adapter. While EBS in recent releases offers a broad set of integration features like SOAP and REST support (i.e. via Integrated SOA Gateway), these interfaces are not available in older versions like 11.5.x. In the past it has been a proven approach to use Oracle Fusion Middleware Integration products (SOA, OSB etc.) running on-premise in a customer data center to connect to an EBS database via DB Adapter. In a short time this feature will be available also in a cloud based integration solution as we will discuss in this article.

Unless we focus on EBS integration here the DB Adapter in ICS will work similarly against any other custom database. Main reason to use an EBS context is the business case shown below, where ICS is connected to Mobile Cloud Service (MCS) to provide a mobile device solution.

Business Case and Architecture

Not hard to imagine that Oracle customers running EBS 11.5.x might have a demand to add a mobile channel for their end-users. One option could be an upgrade to a recent release of EBS. As this will be in most cases a bigger project, an alternative could be the creation of a custom mobile solution via Oracle Jet and MCS as figured below. MCS is a PaaS offering and requires access to an underlying database via REST/JSON. This is the situation where ICS appears in this architecture.

In absence of native SOAP or REST capabilities being available in EBS 11.5.x tech stack, the integration via ICS would close that gap. Any database access activities (retrieving data, CRUD operations etc.) can run via an ICS/DB Adapter connection to an EBS on-premise database. ICS itself will provide a REST/JSON interface for the external interaction with EBS. This external interface is generic and not restricted to MCS as caller at all. However in our business case the ICS with DB Adapter fulfills the role of a data access layer for a mobile solution. Read the complete article here.

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Top tweets SOA Partner Community – October 2016

October 27, 2016 Leave a comment

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Send your tweets @soacommunity #soaCommunity and follow us at http://twitter.com/soacommunity. Make sure you share your content with the community!

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Integration Cloud Service (ICS) On-Premise Agent Installation by Greg Mally

October 27, 2016 Leave a comment

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The Oracle On-Premises Agent (aka, Connectivity Agent) is necessary for Oracle ICS to communicate to on-premise resources without the need for firewall configurations or VPN. Additional details about the Agent can be found under New Agent Simplifies Cloud to On-premises Integration. The purpose of this A-Team blog is to give a consolidated and simplified flow of what is needed to install the agent and provide a foundation for other blogs (e.g., E-Business Suite Integration with Integration Cloud Service and DB Adapter). For the detailed online documentation for the On-Premises Agent, see Managing Agent Groups and the On-Premises Agent.

On-Premises Agent Installation

The high-level steps for getting the On-Premises Agent installed on your production POD consist of two activities: 1. Create an Agent Group in the ICS console, and 2. Run the On-Premises Agent installer. Step 2 will be done on an on-premise Linux machine and the end result will be a lightweight WebLogic server instance that will be running on port 7001.

Create an Agent Group Read the complete article here.

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Implementing an SFDC Upsert Operation in ICS by Ricardo Ferreira Leave a Comment

October 26, 2016 Leave a comment

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Introduction

While designing SOA services; especially those ones that represent operations around a business object, a common implementation pattern used is upsert. Upsert is an acronym that means the union of “update plus insert”. The idea behind is having a unique operation that decides which action to take – either update the existing record or insert a new one – based on information available in the message. Having one operation instead of two, makes the SOA service interface definition clearer and simpler.

Some SaaS applications offer upsert capabilities in their exposed services, and leveraging these capabilities can considerably decrease the amount of effort required while designing SOA services in an integration platform such as ICS. For instance, if you need to develop an upsert operation and the SaaS application does not have this functionality; you will have to implement that logic using some sort of conditional routing (see Content-Based Router pattern) or via multiple update and insert operations.

Salesforce.com (or SFDC for short) is one of those SaaS applications that offers built-in support for the upsert operation. This post will show how to leverage this support with ICS. Read the complete article here.

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Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.2.0) Released

October 25, 2016 Leave a comment

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We are proud to announce the release of Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.2.0). Media is available for download on the Oracle Technology Network (OTN), My Oracle Support (MOS) and the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud (OSDC). This includes the following products:

  • Oracle SOA Suite and Business Process Management 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
    • Oracle B2B and Healthcare 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
    • Oracle Service Bus 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
    • Oracle Stream Analytics 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
    • Oracle Managed File Transfer 12c (12.2.1.2.0)

  • Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Coherence 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle TopLink 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle HTTP Server 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Traffic Director 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware WebLogic Server Plug-In 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle MapViewer 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Data Integrator 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Enterprise Data Quality 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle GoldenGate Studio 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle GoldenGate Monitor 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle GoldenGate Veridata 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle JDeveloper Studio 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Forms and Reports 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle WebCenter Portal 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle WebCenter Content 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle WebCenter Sites 12c (12.2.1.2.0)
  • Oracle Business Intelligence 12c (12.2.1.2.0)

Here is the related information for these releases:

You can also visit the Oracle Fusion Middleware page on OTN to find more information about the products.

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Oracle Microservices Platform Partner Webcast – tomorrow October 25th 2016 16.00 CET

October 24, 2016 Leave a comment

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Attend our October edition of the SOA & BPM Partner Community Webcast live on October 25th 2016 at 16:00 CET.

Microservices architectures, lightweight and script-based applications, and cloud-native application development join the ranks of agile methodology to build better software faster.

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Mike Lehmann

Vice President Product Management, Oracle Cooperation

Visit the registration page here.

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Schedule:

October 25th 2016 at 16:00-17:00 CET

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· Oracle OpenWorld 2016 update September 27th 2016

· API Cloud Platform Service August 30th 2016

· BPM Suite & PCS Update July 26th 2016

· Integration Cloud Service June 28th 2016

· Sales Plays Webcast June 9th 2016

· Real-Time Integration Business Insight May 31st 2016

· Integration Strategy sales and marketing campaign update

· Microservices

· Stream Explorer

· Process Cloud Service V2

· SOA Suite 12.2.1

· Oracle OpenWorld 2015 update

· SOA & API Cloud Service

· Solutions Catalog & Cloud Marketplace

· GSE demo systems

· Hybrid sales plays

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SOA & BPM Community Newsletter October 2016

October 24, 2016 Leave a comment

Dear SOA & BPM Partner Community,

Thanks to all partners for making Oracle OpenWorld 2016 again a huge success! In case you have been not able to attend the conference in San Francisco you can get the latest PaaS update in the on-demand webcast with Ed Zou here. Make sure you read the excellent blog articles from ACE’s and PaaS experts or watch the OpenWorld on-demand keynotes videos. At our community workspace (membership required) we published the Integration and Process Cloud Service presentations from the conference. We would like to encourage you to use this material to update your customer base. Use the Oracle marketing services to promote your customer events and feel free to host them at the Oracle customer visitor centers across EMEA. Congratulations to the eProseed team to receive the Global Innovation Award for their cloud integration at CIMA.

To start your Journey to the Oracle Cloud, we would like to invite you to align with the Oracle Direct – Digital sales Team. Workshops are hosted in Malaga Spain October 18th & 19th 2016 and Amsterdam Netherlands October 26th & 27th 2016.

As part of this journey it’s key that you become trained in Oracle PaaS. The PaaS Summer Camps training material in Lisbon is available via our community workspaces. Feel free to use this material to train your teams, develop service offerings for the cloud marketplace and to host cloud discovery workshops for your customer base.

Keep in mind that SOA is the foundation or like Massimo Pezzini presented Ladies & Gentlemen good old #SOA is back (but it never went away, really) #GartnerSYM in #CapeTown

Thanks to the community for sharing all the SOA articles: Integration Cloud Service Use Case: Closed Loop Order Management & Integration Cloud Service Help Center 16.3.5 release & SOA Cloud – Creating an Oracle SOA Cloud Service Instance & SOA Cloud – Create Oracle Storage Cloud Service Container & Demystifying API Management: Concepts and Demarcations & API Management in the Year 2026 & What can we learn from the Microservices movement? & REST API Now Available for Oracle Real-Time Integration Business Insight & Partitions have now become SOA Folders & Test Driven SOA – citrus for powerful SOA test coverage & Integration, DevOps, and Testing | Schmeidel and Bernhardt.

As part of the IoT section we published the latest documentation from the IoT Help Center 16.3.3.1.1 update and an article about Smart Buildings — the silent ‘killer app’ of IoT.

Process Cloud Service 16.3.5 is available including new web forms functionality. Thanks to Patrick for publishing an article how to create and edit forms in Process Cloud Service. Thanks to the community for sharing all the BPM articles: Sending Dynamic HTML-based Emails for SOA and BPM Projects & BPM Worklist API 12.2.1.1 and Custom ADF 12.2.1.1 Application & What about CMMN (Case Management Model and Notation)

In our last section Architecture & PaaS4SaaS the UX team highlights the Mobile Applications Cloud User Experience Design Patterns free eBook.

For a short summery of our key monthly information watch the Fusion Middleware & PaaS Partner Updates on YouTube. The October edition of the Middleware Partner Update contains the Oracle OpenWorld summery, PaaS Summer Camps training material, and the upcoming community webcast about Microservices which takes place on October 25th 2016.

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Jürgen Kress

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Integration Cloud Service – Promote Integrations from Test to Production (T2P) by Shreenidhi Raghuram

October 23, 2016 Leave a comment

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The purpose of this blog is to provide simple steps to move Oracle Integration Cloud Service (ICS) integrations between different ICS environments. Oracle ICS provides export and import utilities to achieve integration promotion.

A typical use-case is to promote tested integrations from Test ICS Environment to Production ICS Environment, in preparation for a project go-live. Usually the Connection endpoints used by the integrations will be different on Test and Production Environments.

The main steps involved in code promotion for this typical use-case are as follows

  • Export an integration from Test ICS
  • Import the integration archive on Prod ICS
  • Update Connection details and activate the integration on Prod ICS Environment
Export an integration from Test ICS

Login to Test ICS
Search and locate the integration on Test ICS
Select ‘Export’ and save the integration archive to the file system. Read the complete article here.

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