1. Extending Oracle Cloud Applications with Visual Builder Studio
  2. Build an Extension
  3. Work With Services
  4. Manage Service Connections
  5. Create a Service Connection
  6. Create Service Connections from the Oracle Cloud Applications or Integration Applications Catalog

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:
  4. Select the Oracle Cloud Applications or Integration Applications catalog you want to browse.
  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.
    • If you want your endpoint definitions to be stored in your visual application's sources, select Copy full OpenAPI to the application in the Metadata Retrieval Option drop-down list, then select the endpoints that you require for your application. This way, you create a static service connection:
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      Tip:

      You can select a top-level object to select all endpoints for that object, or select individual endpoints to improve performance.
    • If you want your endpoint definitions to always be dynamically retrieved from the service metadata, select Dynamically retrieve metadata in the Metadata Retrieval Option drop-down list, 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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    Note:

    For ADF Describe-based services, the recommended option for metadata retrieval is Copy minimal OpenAPI to the application (default). 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.
  6. Optional: 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.
  7. Click Create.