Create Service Connections from the Oracle Cloud Applications or Integration Applications Catalog

The Oracle Cloud Applications and Integration Applications catalog provides a list of services and their endpoints for you to quickly create needed service connections.

To create service connections from one of these catalogs:

1. Click Services in the Navigator.
2. In the Services pane, click the + sign and select Service Connection.
3. Click Select from Catalog in the Select Source step of the Create Service Connection wizard:
   
   

   
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4. Select the Oracle Cloud Applications or Integration Applications catalog you want to browse.

   Note:

   If you encounter an error loading the service catalog (other than an authentication or 401 error) or you don't see the resources you require, try creating your service connection using the Define by Specification option. You'll need to know the name of the resource for this option. See Create a Service Connection from a Service Specification.

   If you see a 401 error, check the credentials you provided or contact the service's administrator.

5. Enter a Service Name, and select the REST endpoints you want to add from the list of endpoints available for each resource provided by the service.
   
   
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6. From the Metadata Retrieval Option drop-down list, select one of the available options:
   • Dynamically retrieve metadata: If you want your endpoint definitions to always be dynamically retrieved from the service metadata, select this option, then select the top-level resource that you require for your application. This option changes the resource selection to include complete objects instead of individual endpoints:
     
     
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   • Copy full OpenAPI to the application: If you want your endpoint definitions to be stored in your extension's sources, select this option, then select the endpoints that you require for your application. This way, you create a static service connection:

     Tip:

     You can select a top-level object to select all endpoints for that object, or select individual endpoints to improve performance.
   • Copy minimal OpenAPI to the application (default): This is the recommended option for ADF Describe-based services. This option is a happy medium between copying the full OpenAPI endpoint definition to your application's sources and always retrieving the OpenAPI definition from the source URL. It copies a minimal OpenAPI definition for the endpoints you select and dynamically retrieves the request/response schema only when required.
7. If you want all list of values (LOV) for the selected objects/endpoints in an Oracle Cloud Applications catalog to be automatically included in the service metadata, select Automatically include list of values (LOV). Take note that selecting this option may increase the size of the openapi3.json file that holds service metadata and potentially impact performance.
8. Click Create.