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The external service wizard

The external service wizard is a tool you use to configure your adapter before deploying it to IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. The external service wizard establishes a connection to the PeopleSoft Enterprise server, discovers business objects and services (based on search criteria you provide), and generates business objects based on the services discovered.

Using IBM Integration Designer, you establish a connection to the PeopleSoft Enterprise server to browse the metadata repository on the PeopleSoft Enterprise server.

In the wizard, you select the business objects you need. The wizard automatically generates the XSD schemas that represent the business objects and the corresponding Java™ data bindings.

The result of running the external service wizard is a module that contains the business objects and services along with the adapter. You deploy this module on IBM BPM or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.

Technical overview of WebSphere Adapter for PeopleSoft Enterprise