Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter User's Guide

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 14c (14.1.2.0.0) of the Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter User's Guide.

This documentation is written for the technical consultants, implementers and system integration consultants who use Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter (formerly known as Adapter for Oracle Applications).

This guide assumes you have a working knowledge of the following:

The principles and customary practices of your business area.
Oracle E-Business Suite.
Oracle BPEL Process Manager.
Oracle JDeveloper.
Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle WebLogic Server, and PL/SQL technology.
Oracle E-Business Suite Integration Interfaces.
Oracle integration technologies, including Web services, WSDL, XML Gateway, EDI Gateway, and the Business Event System.
B2B, A2A and BP integrations.

If you have never used these products, Oracle suggests that you attend training classes available through Oracle University.

See Related Information Sources for more Oracle Applications product information.

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Structure

1 Introduction to Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter
2 Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter Features
3 Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter Concepts
4 Using XML Gateway
5 Using Business Events
6 Using Concurrent Programs
7 Using Interface Tables and Views
8 Using PL/SQL APIs
9 Using e-Commerce Gateway
10 Runtime Configuration for Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter
A Troubleshooting and Workarounds
B Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter Properties

Related Information Sources

You can choose from many sources of information, including online documentation, training, and support services, to increase your knowledge and understanding of Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter.

Related Documents

Refer to the Oracle Fusion Middleware library on the Oracle Help Center.

For adapters information, see On-Premises Integration Adapters.
For Oracle SOA Suite information, see Oracle SOA Suite.
For versions of platforms and related software for which Oracle products are certified and supported, review the Certification Matrix.

Additionally, you may want to refer to the following guides when you set up and use Oracle Fusion Middleware Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter. These documents are available online in the Oracle E-Business Suite documentation (HTML or PDF):

Oracle E-Business Suite Documentation Library - This library, which is included in the Oracle E-Business Suite software distribution, provides PDF documentation as of the time of each release.
Oracle E-Business Suite Documentation Web Library - This library, available on the Oracle Help Center, provides the latest updates to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 documentation. Most documents are available in PDF and HTML formats.

Oracle E-Business Suite Concepts

This book is intended for those planning to deploy Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2, or make significant changes to a configuration. After describing the Oracle E-Business Suite architecture and technology stack, it moves on to give an outline of the actions needed to achieve a particular goal, plus any installation and configuration choices.

Oracle E-Business Suite Security Guide

This guide contains information on a comprehensive range of security-related topics, including access control, user management, function security, data security, secure configuration, and auditing. It also describes how Oracle E-Business Suite can be integrated into a single sign-on environment.

Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide

This guide explains how to navigate products, enter and query data, and run concurrent requests by means of the user interfaces (UI) of Oracle E-Business Suite. It includes basic information on setting preferences and customizing the UI. An introduction to Oracle Enterprise Command Centers is also included. Lastly, this guide describes accessibility features and keyboard shortcuts for Oracle E-Business Suite.

Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway User's Guide

This guide describes the high level service enablement process, explaining how users can browse and view the integration interface definitions and services residing in Oracle Integration Repository.

Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Implementation Guide

This guide explains how integration administrators can manage and administer the web service activities for integration interfaces including native packaged integration interfaces, composite services (BPEL type), and custom integration interfaces. It also describes how to set up and implement Service Invocation Framework to invoke SOAP and REST services from Oracle E-Business Suite, and how to manage web service security, configure logs, and monitor both inbound service invocations using Service Monitor and outbound service invocations through Service Invocation Framework using Service Invocation Monitor.

Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle E-Business Suite Data

Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data unless otherwise instructed.

Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as SQL*Plus to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data, you risk destroying the integrity of your data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.

Because Oracle E-Business Suite tables are interrelated, any change you make using an Oracle E-Business Suite form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle E-Business Suite data using anything other than Oracle E-Business Suite, you may change a row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle E-Business Suite.

When you use Oracle E-Business Suite to modify your data, Oracle E-Business Suite automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle E-Business Suite also keeps track of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a record of changes.