2 Setting Up Adapters to External Systems

This chapter contains the following topics:

• About Adapters
  The Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub (Oracle LSH) includes a set of predefined adapters that handle the interface between Oracle LSH and external systems.
• Adapter Structure
  Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub adapters are defined objects like other defined objects in Oracle LSH.
• Creating Your Own Adapters
  You can create adapters to other external systems you want to use with Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub; for example, third party visualization and reporting tools.
• Setting Up Security for Adapters
  This section contains the following topics:
• Clearing Oracle Applications Cache
  Every time you assign a user to a user group, clear the Oracle Applications cache so that users logging into Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub do not see unassigned privileges.