24 Interface Setup

Search page allows you to search by Property or by External systems code. The recommendation is to search interfaces by Property to get all the configured interfaces and search by Interfaces to get the selected interface. Selecting multiple properties and interfaces provides search results for all selected interfaces in the search results.

Searching an Interface

1. From the OPERA Cloud Exchange menu, select Interface Setup , and then select Interface Setup from the drop down menu.
2. From the Search panel, select Property and click Search.
3. In the search results table, click the vertical ellipsis to Edit or Delete the setup. Search result table shows External System Property Code and External System Active/Inactive status.
4. Click I Want To…, to update exchange capabilities. It allows you to configure the Business Events. It also allows you to activate External System if the external system is in an inactive state.

Adding a New Interface

1. From the OPERA Cloud Exchange menu, select Interface Setup , then select Interface Setup from the drop down list.
2. On the Interface Setup screen, click New
3. Select the Property.
4. Select an Interface that you need to configure.
5. In the Description field, the description of the interface automatically populates when you select a defined interface.
6. Enter the External Property. This is the external system’s property code that is configured for the selected interface. You must enter the correct external system resort code here.
7. The External Database automatically gets populated in the External Database field when you select an Interface. If the database code is not automatically populated, you can click the search icon to select a database.
   1. On the External databases screen, search for databases by Interface. If there are no codes available, you can create a new database code in the recommended format, for example, CHAIN-INTERFACE.
   2. Click New and in the External Databases dialog, enter the Code.
   3. Enter a Description and select or deselect the Copy Subscription check box.
   4. Select Properties from the available list and click Save.
   5. Close the External Databases dialog. The database code gets defaulted to interface setup database field.
8. Select the Delta Mode.
   1. Set it to Yes if the external system does not sends the full message for changes. For example, a room type change is sent for a reservation. The external system sending these delta changes sends only the mandatory message items together with the changed room type. In this case, only the data sent would be updated in OPERA Cloud, and all other data is retained as inserted earlier. This also depends on OXI parameters.
   2. Set it to No if the external system sends the entire message for changes as well. This is called a ‘full overlay’ of data. For example, the external system sends a full message with the updated room type for the room type change. In this case, all data for this record is deleted and re-entered in OPERA Cloud. Based on the interface ID, this is already pre-configured for custom interfaces.
9. Select the Data Flow. Data Flow defines the data flow for the interface and selects all boxes that apply.

   • External System -> OPERA : Select for all interfaces that receive data from an external system.

   • OPERA -> External System: Select for all interfaces that send data from OPERA Cloud to an external system.

10. In the Deletion Indicator panel you can set indicators for deleting data in the OPERA Cloud system from an incoming message. This section is accessible only if the Delta Changes flag is set to Y, which indicates that the external system does not always send full data for a change. In this case OXI leaves data that is not sent in the message untouched in OPERA Cloud. It is therefore important that the incoming message signals clearly when data gets deleted. This is the purpose of setting the deletion indicators.
    1. Select the values from the Character drop-down list. Character allowed values  ~, *, ^
    2. Select a numeric value from the Numeric drop-down list. Numeric allowed value -99999
    3. Select a date from the Date drop-down list.
    4. The Message Format defaults to XML format, which is the only format supported in cloud..
    5. Select a version in the Set All the Version As drop-down list. When this drop-down is selected, the version in the XML Version grid also changes to the selected version when you click Save. If you wish to change the version only for a particular XML Type, select the row and change the version individually and save.
11. Click the vertical ellipsis and then click Negotiate. This is applicable for OPERA Cloud to OPERA Cloud Interfaces such as ORS, MYFIDELIO, and so on, This option negotiates with the OPERA Cloud external system for the supported XML versions and updates in source interface XML versions for the XML types accordingly.
12. Click Save.