I’m highlighting OpenWorld 2008 presentations that cover some of the most popular E-Business Suite technology stack topics. A catalog of all of the Applications Technology track sessions with links to the presentations is available here:

It’s possible to integrate the E-Business Suite with external applications via a number of different interfaces and methods, including interface tables, concurrent programs, XML messages, EDI messages, PL/SQL APIs, Business Service Objects, and Business
Events.  There are over 2,500 service enabled integration points for the E-Business Suite today, with more being added regularly.

Veshaal Singh and Neeraj Chauhan from our Applications Technology Group discuss the latest techniques for integrating EBS with external applications using web services in this session:

Diagram showing Service Invocation for EBS plug-and-play services via Business Event subsystem and web services

Veshaal and Neeraj cover the following topics in their presentation:


  • Service Oriented Architecture benefits

  • SOA Gateway architecture and key features

  • Integration Repository as the single source of truth for all EBS integration points

  • Architecture for custom interfaces and the process for documenting them in the Integration Repository

  • Service enablement tools for business process orchestration, enterprise integration, and process monitoring

  • Service-enabled integration points

  • Integrated SOA Gateway

  • Walkthrough of a SOA Enablement use case, including

    • Extending the Integration Repository

    • Generating and deploying the web service

    • Implementing the integration

  • Composite services

    • Viewing composite services in the Integration Repository

    • Composite services at design time

    • Deploying composite services

  • Invoking web services via business events and web service subscriptions

  • Service invocation use case involving E-Business Suite HRMS and PeopleSoft HR Help Desk

  • SOA Monitor key features

  • Interoperatibility with other SOA standards

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