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Support for metadata discovery for the supported interfaces
WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite provides a complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite business service interfaces, which can be started to get the structure and metadata of different business service interfaces.
Oracle E-Business Suite exposes Integration Repository (IREP) as web Service with a specific WSDL. Start Integration Repository (IREP) web Service to receive the XML Gateway interface metadata. To get the structure and metadata of different business service interfaces:
Oracle XML Gateway integration and Integration Repository metadata discovery is applicable for IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus only.
- Select the Oracle E-Business Suite XML Gateway interface type, web Service transport and specific EBS version and entering the required security credentials for connecting to the Oracle E-Business Suite.
- Select the Oracle seeded XML Gateway interface or custom XML Gateway
interface or both in the Specify the Query Properties window.
- Click OK to save your changes to the query.
In the Specify the Query Properties window, click Run Query to use the query to discover
the objects and to create the interface. The result of running a typical
query is shown in the following figure.
The Discovered objects pane lists the different business service interfaces supported by the adapter.
Technical overview of IBM WebSphere Adapter for Oracle E-Business Suite