Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

Part I Introduction

1 Introduction to Oracle Business Data Synchronization Server

2 Understanding the BDSS Architecture

3 Installing the BDSS Components

Part II Basic Administration

4 Getting Started with Administering BDSS

4.1 Overview of Administration Tasks
- 4.1.1 Managing BDSS Components Using MBeans
  - 4.1.1.1 Accessing MBeans through the Oracle Enterprise Manager Console
  - 4.1.1.2 Accessing MBeans through JConsole
- 4.1.2 Specifying the Synchronization Direction
4.2 Managing Connectors
4.3 Managing BDSS Server Instances
- 4.3.1 Adding and Updating BDSS Instances
- 4.3.2 Deleting a PIM Server Instance
4.4 Managing Connector Instances
- 4.4.1 Adding and Updating Connector Instances
- 4.4.2 Deleting a Connector Instance
4.5 Managing Domains
- 4.5.1 Creating a Domain for a Connector
  - 4.5.1.1 Configuring Domain-Level Synchronization
- 4.5.2 Deleting a Domain from a Connector
4.6 Managing Domain Filters
- 4.6.1 Creating a Filter for a Domain
- 4.6.2 Deleting a Filter from a Domain
4.7 Managing Users
4.8 Managing Profiles
- 4.8.1 Viewing Profiles
  - 4.8.1.1 Viewing All Profiles for a Connector
  - 4.8.1.2 Viewing a Specific Profile
- 4.8.2 Managing Profile Parameters

5 Configuring the BDSS Hub Services

6 Configuring the BDSS Connector for Microsoft Exchange 2007

7 Configuring Security for BDSS

8 Mapping Connector Fields to Hub Fields

9 Synchronizing the Calendar Domain

Part III Appendixes

A BDSS Configuration Operations

B Tables in the BDSS Data Stores

C Connector API

D Custom Field XSLTs and XSDs

E Troubleshooting BDSS

E.1 Exchange 2007 Connector Fails First-Time Synchronization

Glossary