What is SOLA

The primary purpose of the Admission Application Web Services (AAWS) suite (introduced in July, 2010) is to provide academic institutions, across the globe, with the ability to capture and move data from separately designed and constructed admissions applications into staging and production tables. Implementing and using this important technology and functionality requires in depth knowledge of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services Description Language (WSDL), and user interface design. The sample online application (SOLA) is an additional offering in Oracle's continuing efforts to provide documentation, references, and tools that will guide and assist academic institutions in their implementation of AAWS. SOLA provides the following important features:

  • A sample user interface in a familiar PeopleTools package that can be easily understood and referenced.

  • A pre-constructed user interface that utilizes and demonstrates how delivered AAWS is designed, organized, and managed. The sample interface includes embedded technical annotations within the delivered code.

  • A delivered example of how the Constituent Transaction Manager (CTM) and AAWS work within a user interface.

  • A working sample that can be used to test transaction setup and data update rules.

  • A working sample that can be used to create data in CTM and application staging tables.

By providing a standalone online application sample, Oracle hopes to reduce the time required for successful AAWS implementations and improve uptake of future SOA based development.

To navigate to the SOLA component, select Set Up SACR > System Administration > Utilities > Sample User Interfaces > Sample Online Application.