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Prerequisites for Integrating Oracle Policy Automation

Before you can integrate Oracle Policy Automation (OPA) with Siebel Public Sector eService, you must complete the following tasks:

• Create and deploy the rulebases in OPA.

  Sample rulebase projects are packaged in Siebel Tools, and you can extract the rulebase projects from the following directories:

  Tools_install_location\REPPATCH\SampleScreening.zip

  Tools_install_location\REPPATCH\ApplyForBenefits.zip

  When you deploy the sample rulebase for screening, you must change its deployment name to Screening so that it functions with the preconfigured OPA integration. Similarly, when you deploy the sample rulebase applicable to applying for benefits, its deployment name must be ApplyForBenefits so that it functions with the preconfigured OPA integration.

• Activate the appropriate workflows.
  • For implementations applicable to releases before Innovation Pack 2015, Patchset 5, activate the following workflows:
    • OPA Integration Workflow. You must also reload the runtime events for this workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Integration Workflow.
    • OPA Integration Sub Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Integration Sub Workflow.
  • For implementations applicable to release Innovation Pack 2015, Patchset 5 or later, activate the following workflows:
    • OPA Interview Service Main Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Interview Service Main Workflow.
    • OPA Interview Service Sub Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Interview Service Sub Workflow.
    • OPA Get PreSeed Data Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Get PreSeed Data Workflow.
    • OPA Process Submit Data Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Process Submit Data Workflow.
    • OPA End Interview Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA End Interview Workflow.
    • OPA Get Meta Data Service For PUB Sample Intake Contact Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Get Meta Data Service For PUB Sample Intake Contact Workflow.
    • OPA Metadata Service - CheckAlive Workflow. For more information about this workflow, see OPA Metadata Service - CheckAlive Workflow.
• Use the InvokeWorkflow method in the appropriate business service to call the appropriate workflow.
  • For implementations applicable to releases before Innovation Pack 2015, Patchset 5, the Invoke Workflow method in the OPA Interface Service business service calls the OPA Integration Workflow. For information about other methods in this business service, see OPA Integration Workflow and OPA Integration Sub Workflow.
  • For implementations applicable to release Innovation Pack 2015, Patchset 5 or later, the Invoke Workflow method in the OPA Interview Framework Service business service calls the OPA Interview Service Main Workflow. For more information about the methods in this business service, see Business Services for Oracle Policy Automation.

    The required input parameters for the InvokeWorkflow method are Rulebase and WorkflowName. If you want to add other input parameters to this method, then you must define these parameters in the process properties of the workflow so that the workflow can receive these parameters.

    To configure the text for the Close button on the last screen of the interview session, you pass the CloseBtnLOV input parameter to the InvokeWorkflow method. The value for this parameter is a Type field value that you set up in the List of Values view of the Administration - Data screen in Siebel Public Sector. In this view, specify a value for the Type field (for example, OPA_CLOSE), for the Language-Independent Code field (for example, close) and for the Display Value field (for example, Apply).

    For implementations applicable to release Innovation Pack 2015, Patchset 5 or later, you can use the Close Button LIC parameter and the IsCloseButtonRequired parameter to configure the Close button. For more information about these parameters, see Parameters for Configuring Interview Sessions.