1 Introduction

This chapter provides an overview on how to use Oracle Application Server Integration InterConnect (OracleAS Integration InterConnect) Adapter for Oracle Applications (OA adapter). It contains the following topics:

• Oracle Applications Overview

• Oracle Applications Adapter Overview

Oracle Applications Overview

Oracle Applications is a complete set of integrated business applications that runs entirely on the Internet. This enables you to:

• Cut costs

• Increase revenues across front-office and back-office functions

• Access current, accurate, and consistent data

The applications in Oracle Applications are built on a unified information architecture that consolidates data from Oracle and non-Oracle applications and enables a consistent definition of customers, suppliers, partners, and employees across the entire enterprise. The result is a suite of applications that can give you current performance metrics, financial ratios, profit and loss summaries, and other types of information that roll up across all departments, products, and geographies. Whether you implement one module or the entire Suite, Oracle Applications can help you make smarter decisions with better information, share unified information across the enterprise, reduce IT expenses, and run your business more efficiently. To connect Oracle Applications to other non-Oracle applications, the OracleAS Integration InterConnect OA adapter is required.

Oracle Applications Adapter Overview

The OA adapter enables you to connect to Oracle Applications. The OA adapter can be used to connect to versions 11.5.1 through 11.5.9 of Oracle Applications.

Note: All interface types except PL/SQL APIs and interface tables exposed by the Oracle Applications can be used for both inbound (into Oracle Applications) and outbound (out of Oracle Applications) communication. PL/SQL APIs and interface tables can be used only for inbound communication.

Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the hardware requirements for the installing the OA adapter.

Hardware	Windows	UNIX
Disk Space	400 MB	400 MB
Memory	512 MB	512 MB

Software Requirements

The following are software requirements for the OA adapter:

• Operating System Requirements

• JRE Requirements

• Database Requirements

Operating System Requirements

Table 1-1 lists operating system requirements for the installing the OA adapter.

Table 1-1 Operating System Requirements

Operating System	Version
HP Tru64	HP Tru64 UNIX (Alpha) 5.1b
HP-UX	HP-UX (PA-RISC) 11.11, 11.23
IBM AIX	AIX (POWER) version 5.2
Linux (x86)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0 SuSE SLES8, SLES9
Sun SPARC Solaris	Sun SPARC Solaris 2.8 and 2.9
Microsoft Windows	Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000( SP3 or higher)

See Also: OracleAS Integration InterConnect Installation Guide

JRE Requirements

OracleAS Integration InterConnect uses JRE 1.4, which is installed with its components.

Database Requirements

The OA adapter requires Oracle8i or later version of the Oracle database. Typically, the database should already be used by the application. If this database is not used by the application, then install Oracle8i or Oracle9i database.

Note: There is no dependency between OracleAS Integration InterConnect and the technology stack under Oracle Applications, specifically the Oracle Database and Application Server versions. You can use the OA adapter to connect to any of the above mentioned Oracle Applications versions.