About Online Data Synchronization

The online data synchronization process uses a point-to-point integration methodology. Web services provided in the Integration incorporate Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Enterprise Business Message and Enterprise Business Object entities. These Web services provide the data object definitions and data operations required to synchronize data in the participating applications directly, without the need for middleware.

Note: In this guide, the term, the Integration, refers to Siebel CRM Integration to Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking.

The Web services use request-and-response messages to exchange data between the participating applications. These request-and-response messages include and extend Oracle AIA Enterprise Business Message structures, and are designed to process the same message payload. In the online integration processes, Web services accept messages in Enterprise Business Message format as input and return messages in the same format as output.

The online synchronization processes are implemented as inbound and outbound synchronous Web services, and inbound and outbound fire-and-forget Web services. Inbound and outbound Web service calls are defined in terms of Siebel CRM. Detailed information on each type of Web service is given in the following topics. For additional information about the fire-and-forget Web services, see About Inbound Fire-and-Forget Web Services.