Oracle E-Business Suite can be integrated with other Oracle products. This chapter highlights some of the key integration points.
You can link to an Application Development Framework (ADF) application from the Oracle E-Business Suite home page, regardless of how or if the ADF application integrates with Oracle E-Business Suite data on the back end. For more information on using ADF applications with Oracle E-Business Suite, see E-Business Suite Application Development using Oracle Application Framework (OAF) and Application Development Framework (ADF), My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 563047.1.
Oracle E-Business Suite supports authentication of application users using Oracle Access Manager through the Oracle E-Business Suite AccessGate application. Oracle E-Business Suite AccessGate is a Java EE application that is deployed to a WebLogic Server instance, and works in conjunction with Oracle Access Manager and Oracle Directory Services to enable single sign-on capabilities for your entire enterprise. This application is currently targeted primarily at customers who have already deployed Oracle Access Manager in other organizations within the company, and who wish to extend the authentication capabilities of Oracle Access Manager to Oracle E-Business Suite instances. For information about the recommended integration for your version of Oracle E-Business Suite, see: Overview of Single Sign-On Integration Options for Oracle E-Business Suite, My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1388152.1.
See also: Overview of Single Sign-On Integration, Oracle E-Business Suite Security Guide.
Oracle E-Business Suite delivers a wide range of functionality to handle core areas of your business processing needs. However, there are situations where you want to extend your information systems beyond the range of Oracle E-Business Suite. Many times these necessary extensions are meant to handle unique industry conventions, specific customer requirements, or perhaps to offer some other competitive edge. Sometimes these change requests are simple enough, but other times more extensive customizations are needed. In these scenarios, Oracle Application Express, also known as Oracle APEX, provides an easy way to create supplemental applications that are easily integrated with your Oracle E-Business Suite and its data. For more information, refer to Extending Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 and Above Using Oracle Application Express (APEX), My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1306563.1.
Oracle Application Object Library added new standard Java datasource and Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) features, plus extended error logging routines, to Oracle E-Business Suite in Patch 8571001. These features are meant for use with Java EE programs deployed in application servers on external nodes; that is, nodes other than those where Oracle E-Business Suite application tier is installed. These are lightweight implementations that can be used on an external application server without needing to install an entire Oracle E-Business Suite instance on the application server machine. For more information, see: Oracle E-Business Suite Software Development Kit for Java (includes AppsDataSource, Java Authentication and Authorization Service, session management) Readme - Patch 13882058, My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 974949.1.
Attachments are fully integrated with Oracle's AutoVue Document Print Service, allowing users to print their file-type attachments. This integration also allows an enterprise to support the printing of attachments of different file types from a server where the Auto Document Print Service is configured, without having to install or configure additional software to view and print files in client/server machines.
Note: Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 integration with AutoVue Document Print Service is certified with Oracle AutoVue Release 20.1.1.
In the Attachments feature user interface, a Print icon is available in the Attachments list for file-type attachments. Users can select the Print icon to print the file. Users can use this feature only when the file-type attachment is committed to the database. If the Automatic Save property of an attachment region item is set to False, a user must explicitly commit the transaction of any newly-added file attachment first.
This feature is enabled through the profile option FND Attachment AutoVue Server.
For more information, see the Oracle Application Framework Developer's Guide available from My Oracle Support Document 1315485.1.
Refer to My Oracle Support Document 2004495.1, Using Oracle GoldenGate to Replicate Data from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2 for information on using Oracle GoldenGate 12c with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.