Welcome to the 23.06 release of Oracle Integration. This release brings a plethora of new features, so without further ado, let’s look at them!
Common Features
Process Automation now available in Oracle Integration
Process automation has been available since the May 2023 update, but I just want to highlight this to you all. Check out the post here on how to enable Process Automation for your Oracle Integration instance.
Integration
Oracle Integration Events
Oracle Integration 23.06 includes the general availability of OIC Events. For many of you with a SOA Suite background, think of EDN. For Oracle Integration Generation 2 users, think of the Publish/Subscribe pattern. Here we have the ability to define events in Oracle Integration. These events can be published by an integration. The 23.06 release also gives us triggers, based on event subscriptions;
For example, integration A can publish a NewOrder event, while integration B can subscribe to the NewOrder event.
OIC Support for Private Endpoints
OIC support for Private Endpoints enables secure access to your application endpoints in private networks. The 23.06 release of OIC includes the initial release of Private Endpoint support. Using this feature, OIC can securely invoke target applications deployed in the private subnets of your tenancy. To achieve this, we have added a new menu item in the Service Console for creation of a Private Endpoint, as well as a new option for connectivity in a select set of adapters.
In the first release, we are supporting the following adapters
1. REST
2. FTP
3. Oracle DBaaS
4. Oracle ATP
5. Oracle ADW
Private Endpoint support will be extended to additional adapters, in future OIC releases.
Please see this post for more details.
OIC Projects – RBAC Support
OIC Projects are a great way of organizing your integration assets. We have now augmented this with RBAC (Resource Based Access Control) functionality.
Please see the detailed post here for more details.
Ability to add a WAIT action to a Synchronous Flow
Oracle Integration Observability Improvements
B2B in Oracle Integration
Re-deliver Capability –
Redelivery is a common B2B requirement. This could be due to issues in downstream applications etc. The 23.06 release will allow one to redeliver successful B2B transactions.
B2B Standalone Mode
This was a feature available in OIC Gen 2. It is now included in OIC 23.06
Ability to assign file / directory value names dynamically
This gives you more flexibility, whatever you specifiy in the mapper overrides what has been specified in the B2B transport definition.
B2B specific artifacts can now be used and executed within the context of an OIC Project
OIC Projects are the way to go in respect of organizing your integration artifacts, now this includes use of B2B.
File Server
Prebuilt Connectivity Adapters, Recipes, and Accelerators
Every release of Oracle Integration brings new additions in this space, and this one is no exception. The 23.06 release sees the enhancements to existing adapters, and new recipes and accelerators.
New Adapters
Adapter Enhancements
- OData adapter: now offers connectivity with On-Premises OData Based applications. Also offers support for ATOM-XML message format. It also supports Custom Queries in the Query operation
- IBM DB2 adapter: now certified on AS400.
- Oracle Hospitality adapter: enhanced adapter endpoint wizard.
General Connectivity
- Large Payload support upto 100 MB
- Inbound Polling without connectivity Agent
Check out the detailed blog post here for more details on the 23.06 connectivity features.
New Recipes
Recipes are pre-assembled solutions that bundle all the resources required by the integrations, such as the connections and lookups, into one package. Use a recipe to quickly get started building your first integration. This release sees more recipes added to the growing collection.
1. HubSpot — Oracle CX Sales and B2B Service | Creates sales accounts in Oracle CX Sales and B2B Service for companies in HubSpot.
2. Oracle JD Edwards — Salesforce | Import Customers in Bulk
3. Salesforce — Adobe Sign | Import Quote Attachments
4. Oracle Unity — Salesforce Marketing Cloud | Import Segments
5. Oracle ERP Cloud — Shopify | Export Items in Bulk
6. Oracle ERP Cloud — Shopify | Export Items with Variants
New Accelerators
1.Oracle Fusion HCM – Oracle Field Service | Employee & Employee work availability update to Field Service
2.Oracle Fusion Service – Oracle Field Service | Appointment Booking and Activity Management
3.Oracle ERP — OPERA | Customer and Invoice Sync (22.2 Update)
Summary
Every Oracle Integration release gives you more functionality to make it easier to organize and develop your integrations. I hope you get the opportunity to try the new and enhanced 23.06 features soon!