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Creating a New Application

You must create an application in the Command Center for each online Billing and Payment application designed for your Oracle Self-Service E-Billing implementation.

About Mapping Your Application to a Data Source EJB

The Data Source Name is the real, global JNDI name as opposed to the local JNDI name (java:comp/env/...). The data source EJB exists in a separate presentation EAR file. To successfully create the application, the JNDI name must exist and the EJB must be properly deployed and available to application. The Command Center validates the JNDI name before the mapping is persisted.

You must specify a data source EJB for each application (DDN) you create in the Command Center. When creating an application in the Command Center, a data source refers to an EJB in your application (EAR file) that specifies summary information and location of your document data. For information on developing a custom data source EJB, consult your Oracle Professional Services representative.

Specifying the data source EJB at the DDN level allows you to set the JNDI mapping without modifying deployment descriptors, repackaging, and redeploying your Web application. It also enables you to retrieve, for example, live data from an external database or archival data from offline storage. In some cases, customizing the data source can also improve performance and save disk space.

To create a new application

1. At the Command Center, click Create New Application.
2. Enter the name of the application. The first character in the name must be an alpha, and the rest of the name can contain alphanumeric characters and underscores, but no spaces, such as testApp.
3. Enter the JNDI name of the data source EJB to use for this application, such as edx/ejb/EdocsDataSource.
4. Ignore the Index Partition Count. Click Create Application and Continue.
5. At the Create New Job screen, proceed to configure jobs for your application.