Setting Up and Running the Sample

 

This section provides instructions for setting up your environment and running the WebLogic Integration sample application. The instructions are provided in the following sections:

• Preparing to Run the Sample

• Running the Sample

For a description of the architecture behind this sample, see Solution Architecture. For a summary of the process illustrated by the sample application, see Figure1-1, Process Flow of the Sample Application.

 

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Preparing to Run the Sample

Before running the sample, complete the following steps:

1. Install WebLogic Integration with the following option: WebLogic Integration Full Installation with Samples. For installation instructions, see Installing BEA WebLogic Integration.

   The WebLogic Integration sample is installed in the /samples/wlis directory in your WebLogic Integration installation.

2. Make sure the proxy settings on your browser are set so that you can connect to your local WebLogic Server. For more information, see "Web Browser Configuration Requirements" in WebLogic Integration Administration and Design Tools in Starting, Stopping, and Customizing BEA WebLogic Integration.

Note: The sample uses the database you specified when you installed WebLogic Integration. If you want to change the database, you can do so by running the WebLogic Integration Database Configuration wizard. See Using the Database Configuration Wizard in Starting, Stopping, and Customizing BEA WebLogic Integration for instructions on running the Configuration wizard.

 

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Running the Sample

Note: This sample can be run by only one user at a time per instance of WebLogic Integration.

To run the WebLogic Integration sample, complete the following eight-step procedure:

• Step 1. Configure and Invoke the Launcher Web Page

• Step 2: Choose the WebLogic Integration Sample

• Step 3. Start the Sample

• Step 4. Send the QPA Request

• Step 5. Check for QPA Responses

• Step 6. Create the Purchase Order

• Step 7. Check the Purchase Order

• Step 8. Check for Purchase Order Acknowledgment

Step 1. Configure and Invoke the Launcher Web Page

The \samples\bin directory in your WebLogic Integration installation contains scripts used to configure and run all the samples for the WebLogic Integration product.

About the Scripts

The RunSamples script is a driver script that invokes other scripts in the appropriate order until the launcher Web page is displayed. The launcher Web page contains links to start several WebLogic Integration samples and administration consoles. See "Configuring and Starting the Samples Domain" in Getting Started in Starting, Stopping, and Customizing BEA WebLogic Integration for details about the RunSamples script.

This Step (Configure and Invoke the Launcher Web Page) describes two substeps. These substeps describe alternative procedures to configure and invoke the launcher Web page:

• Step 1A: Invoke the RunSamples Script

• Step 1B: Invoke the Start Server and Launcher Scripts

You must execute the RunSamples script, described in Step 1A, the first time you run a sample in the samples domain. The RunSamples script both configures the samples database, and starts WebLogic Integration in the samples domain.

If you have executed the RunSamples script once, and the database is properly configured, the next time you start the samples domain, you can choose to start a sample by executing the RunSamples script again, as described in Step 1A.

Note: When you execute the RunSamples command after the samples database has already been properly configured, you will be prompted with the following message:

The WebLogic Integration repository has already been created and populated, possibly from a previous run of this RunSamples script. Do you want to destroy all the current data in the repository and create and populate the WebLogic Integration repository again?
Y for Yes, N for No

When you enter N, the command bypasses the database configuration tasks. The command starts WebLogic Integration in the samples domain, launches your default Web browser, and displays the Samples Launcher page.

Alternatively, you can use the Start Server and Launcher scripts, described in Step 1B.

Step 1A: Invoke the RunSamples Script

Note: You must complete the tasks described in this step if you have not invoked the RunSamples script before, or if you have changed the database with which you want to run the sample.

The following sections provide instructions for running the RunSamples script on a Windows and UNIX system.

Invoking the RunSamples Script on Windows

To run the RunSamples script on a Windows system, do one of the following:

• Using menus, invoke the RunSamples script as follow:

  Choose Start—>Programs—>BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform—>WebLogic Integration 2.1—>Samples—>RunSamples.

• From the command line, invoke the RunSamples script as follows:

  1. Open a command window.

  2. Go to the \bin directory in the samples domain. For example, if you installed the product in the default location, enter the following:

     cd \bea\wlintegration2.1\samples\bin

  3. Execute the RunSamples script by entering:

     RunSamples

After the RunSamples script finishes running, a Web browser, which displays the launcher Web page provided with the samples, is displayed.

Invoking the RunSamples Script on UNIX

To run the RunSamples script on a UNIX system:

1. Go to the bin directory in the samples domain. For example, if you installed the product in the default location, enter the following:

   cd BEA_Home/wlintegration2.1/samples/bin

2. Execute the RunSamples script by entering:

   . ./RunSamples

   After the RunSamples script finishes running, a Web browser, which displays the launcher Web page provided with the samples, is displayed.

Step 1B: Invoke the Start Server and Launcher Scripts

If you have previously run the RunSamples script, as described in Step 1A, the database has been created and populated with the sample data. In this case, when you want to run a sample, you can complete the tasks in this step (as an alternative to Step 1A). The procedures in Step 1B start WebLogic Server and invoke the launcher Web page on Windows and UNIX systems.

Invoking the Start Server and Launcher Scripts on Windows

To run the scripts on a Windows system, do one of the following:

• Using menus, invoke the Start Server script, and then the Samples Launcher script, as follows:

  1. Choose Start—>Programs—>BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform—>WebLogic Integration 2.1—>Samples—>Start Server.

     When the following message is displayed, the Start Server script has completed successfully:

     StartServer execution successful

  2. Choose Start—>Programs—>BEA WebLogic E-Business Platform—>WebLogic Integration 2.1—>Samples—>Samples Launcher.

     A Web browser, which displays the launcher Web page provided with the samples, is displayed.

• From the command line, invoke the Start Server script, and then the Samples Launcher script, as follows:

  1. Open a command window.

  2. Go to the bin directory in the samples domain. For example, if you installed the product in the default location, enter the following:

     cd \bea\wlintegration2.1\samples\bin

  3. Start the server by entering:

     startServer

     When the following message is displayed, the startServer script has completed successfully:

     StartServer execution successful

  4. Start the Web browser by entering:

     launchBrowser

     A Web browser, which displays the launcher Web page provided with the samples, is displayed.

Invoking the Start Server and Launcher Scripts on UNIX

To run the scripts on a UNIX system:

1. Go to the bin directory in the samples domain. For example, if you installed the product in the default location, enter the following:

   cd BEA_Home/wlintegration2.1/samples/bin

2. Start the server by entering:

   . ./startServer

   When the following message is displayed, the startServer script has completed successfully:

   StartServer execution successful

3. Start a Web browser using the following URL:

   http://localhost:7001/index.html

   The launcher Web page provided with the samples, is displayed.

Step 2: Choose the WebLogic Integration Sample

You can start several sample applications and administration consoles from the launcher Web page. Click the WLI Sample link under Sample Applications on this Web page to invoke the sample application that addresses the supply chain problem described in Introduction.

As shown in the following figure, the sample overview page is displayed in your browser.

Figure 2-1 WebLogic Integration Sample Overview Window

 

The overview window contains a brief description of the business problem and the solution offered by the WebLogic Integration sample.

Step 3. Start the Sample

Start the sample by doing either of the following:

• Click Run in the black horizontal bar at the top of the Overview window.

• Click Start the Sample at the bottom of the Overview window.

The Send QPA Request window, shown in the following figure, is displayed.

Figure 2-2 Send QPA Request Window

 

Note the following details about this window:

• The window contains the Query for Price and Availability (QPA) form which, in turn, contains the QPA request data to be sent from the buyer (GCS) to two suppliers.

  You cannot modify data in the fields in this form.

• The status bar is displayed on the right side of the window. This bar is a compact flow chart in which each box represents both a step in the procedure you follow, as you progress through the sample application, and a window that corresponds to that step. The appropriate status box is highlighted in each window as you progress through the sample. Use this status bar to track your progress.

Step 4. Send the QPA Request

Click Send QPA Request to trigger the QPA process. The Check QPA Response window, shown in the following figure, is displayed.

Figure 2-3 Check QPA Response Window

 

This window indicates that the QPA request has been sent to suppliers and that the buyer is waiting for responses.

Click Check QPA Response in the Check QPA Response window to go to the next window.

Step 5. Check for QPA Responses

Which window is displayed next depends on whether or not the buyer has received QPA responses from the suppliers:

• If the buyer has not received QPA responses from the suppliers, the following dialog box is displayed.

  Figure 2-4 QPA Response Dialog Box

  
   

  1. Click OK to close the dialog box. The Check QPA Response window remains displayed in the browser.

  2. Wait a few moments and click Check QPA Response again.

  3. Repeat steps a and b until the QPA Response dialog box is no longer displayed, indicating that the buyer has received responses from the suppliers. When the responses are received, the Create PO window is displayed, as shown in Figure2-5. If you do not get a response, check the WebLogic Server log for error information.

• If the buyer has received the QPA responses from the suppliers, the Create PO window, shown in the following figure, is displayed.

  Figure 2-5 Create PO Window

  
   

This window displays a form summarizing each supplier's response to the price and availability query.

Step 6. Create the Purchase Order

Complete the following procedure to create the purchase order for the silk-screened metal boxes:

1. Select either WLIS_SupplierOne or WLIS_SupplierTwo on the form displayed in Figure2-5.

2. Click Create PO to submit your request to the back-end ERP system, in which the specified purchase order is generated and sent to the selected supplier.

   The Check PO window is displayed. It displays a message indicating that the purchase order request has been submitted, as shown in the following figure.

   Figure 2-6 Check PO Window

   
    

To check the status of the purchase order you have submitted, click Check Purchase Order.

Step 7. Check the Purchase Order

When the purchase order has been submitted to the selected supplier, the system displays its contents, as shown in the following figure.

Figure 2-7 Check PO Ack Window

 

The preceding figure displays the PO information that you, as the buyer, submitted to the selected supplier. On receipt of the purchase order, the supplier returns an acknowledgment message.To view this message, click Check PO Acknowledgement.

Step 8. Check for Purchase Order Acknowledgment

When the supplier acknowledges receipt of the purchase order, a PO Confirmation page, as shown in the following figure, is displayed to the buyer.

Figure 2-8 PO Confirmation Window

 

The preceding figure shows the purchase order confirmation sent from the supplier to the buyer (GCS). Note that the supplier has added shipping information to the original purchase order sent by the buyer and confirmed by the supplier, as shown in the PO Master Information sections of Figure2-7 and Figure2-8, respectively.

You have now completed running the WebLogic Integration sample application. See Understanding the Sample, to find out how this application works.