Recent Posts by Antony Reynolds

It is time for the May quarterly update to Oracle Integration. With Spring in the air, Lilly, the Oracle integration mascot, is excited to share all our exciting new features and improvements. Note that testing is still underway for these features and, although unlikely, it is possible that some will not meet our quality standard and be deferred to a later release. Announcements & Update Windows Currently tenant administrators get notified of OIC Gen 2 updates via notifications...

It is time for the February quarterly update to Oracle Integration. Lilly, the Oracle integration mascot, has lots of exciting new features and improvements to share with you. Note that testing is still underway for these features and, although unlikely, it is possible that some will not meet our quality standard and be deferred to a later release. Announcements & Update Windows Currently tenant administrators get notified of OIC Gen 2 updates via notifications in the OCI...

It is time for the November quarterly update to Oracle Integration. Lilly the Oracle integration mascot is looking forward to it. We have lots of exciting new features and improvements to share with you. Note that testing is still underway for these features and, although unlikely, it is possible that some will not meet our quality standard and be deferred to a later release. Announcements & Update Windows Currently tenant administrators get notified of OIC Gen 2 updates via...

Starting in the November Quarterly release we will allow customers to choose between two update windows for their OIC Generation 2 instances. What is an Update Window? We currently provide OIC functional updates every quarter. For OIC Generation 2 instances we do this in two windows, usually two weeks apart. Starting with the November release we will allow customers to select the windows in which they wish to be updated. We recommend that non-production instances are updated in...

Often when creating an integration we have a number of constant values used in maps, expression editors and conditional expressions. Although they may be constants, sometimes they need to changed. For example we may have an email list that is passed in to a notification activity. As we promote the code between environments we may need to change this "constant" email address. Introducing Integration Properties OIC has a new feature in the August 2020 release called Integration...

Oracle IDCS is the core identity management system for many of Oracle PaaS services and can also be used with Fusion Applications. As such it is often useful to be able to manipulate identity information from within OIC. In this post I will show how to connect to IDCS from within OIC. One use case for this was the training that Oracle Integration PMs deliver. We create unique user ids for each training, and also have a need to unlock user accounts during training. By creating...

Well it is update time again, and we have new features for you and a new release cycle. New features include a New Home Page, Data Stitch and new Adapters. The new release cycle will provide a more predictable update for your instances. Release Cycle We are introducing a new release cycle into Oracle Integration. We will be releasing new functionality every 3 months, in February, May, August and November. We are doing this to make it easier for customers to know when their...

A few years ago my wife and I were honored to be invited to our friends promotion ceremony. By hard work, dedication and outstanding leadership he was promoted to a full Colonel in the US Air Force. Fortunately when promoting integrations between environments it is a lot less work. Environments We usually have multiple environments for our code. Some possible environments are listed below: Development for building integrations. Test for testing integrations. Production for running...

We are excited to announce improvements in how you navigate and use Oracle Integration! What: We've enhanced the navigation experience so it's quicker and easier to move around Oracle Integration. Adjusting to a new way of navigating can be challenging the first time, but we are convinced you'll soon appreciate the improvements which should give you a faster and friendlier user experience. What’s been added? We're rolling out a consumption chart that shows how many messages you...