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Object Storage with Oracle Integration Cloud – Part 1

Over the past few years, in everything from personal photo storage to enterprise development there has been an incredible uptake of cloud storage buckets which provide a simple, low-cost mechanism for storing unstructured data. For much longer than that, there has been a need to consume, stage and produce unstructured data in enterprise integration scenarios. File servers accessible via protocols such as FTP/SFTP, etc. are commonly used to meet the staging requirements of traditional file-based integration use cases.

The practice of using an FTP/SFTP server alongside Oracle’s cloud integration platform – Oracle Integration Cloud (henceforth, OIC), is nothing new and is well documented.

In a series of upcoming blogs, I will explore how we can use Oracle’s cloud storage buckets (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Object Storage) instead of a traditional FTP server in cloud-based integrations. In this initial blog I will focus on:

Connecting to Object Storage with Oracle Integration Cloud
Writing Files to Object Storage with Oracle Integration Cloud
Enforcing an archival policy for files at rest

Oracle Integration Cloud Autonomous Transaction Processing Adapter Configuration !!!

Oracle’s two major ground breaking innovation last year were Autonomous Data warehouse (ADW) and Autonomous Database Transaction processing (ATP) both are database offering suitable for different workload and are self-driving, self-securing, and self-repairing in nature. If you want to read more about these services then please go through above links.

ADW/ATP both can be quickly provisioned on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, it’s take less than 5 minute to spin ADW/ATP instance and database is ready to connect.

User can use Oracle SQL Developer to connect to ADW/ATP database as long as they are supported version. These DBaaS services also offers out-of-box browser based SQL Developer tool which can be used to run any kind of SQL statements.

Here is sample snap of browser based SQL Developer capabilities –

Once user has Database ready, obviously there could be requirement to access data residing inside ADW/ATP instances.

Fortunately, Oracle Integration Cloud provide Adapter for connecting ADW/ATP instance, click here to know more about ATP Adapter capabilities –

In this blog I will be covering simple steps how you can connect to ADW/ATP instances using OIC Autonomous Transaction Processing Adapter (ATP) Adapter.

I made assumption that ADW/ATP instance already exists. if you not sure how to create ADW/ATP instance then refer this blog which was written by my colleague who already explained how to create ADW/ATP database instance and connect from SQL developer.

So, let move forward. Login to your Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) home page >> Integration >> Connection >> Create >> search for “Oracle ATP” >> select the same

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Simplified OAuth Config for Oracle Integration Cloud REST API using Postman !!!

This blog will be discussing very specific use case requirement which is more developer oriented and providing a quicker and efficient solution to invoke Oracle Integration REST API using OAuth access_token for testing purpose.

As an integration developer time to time you need to invoke Oracle Integration REST API to test API functionality. All the REST API in OIC needs a header parameter called “Authorization” which must needs to hold a valid access_token value in this format “Bearer access_token“.

In above format, “Bearer” is static world, However, access_token is the token value which we get after successfully OAuth Authentication from Oracle Identity Cloud Service. Getting access_token from IDCS using code credentials flow is multi steps and cumbersome process.

However, developer can leverage Postman environment and variable features to simplify the process of getting access_token. That’s what, I will be covering in this blog.

Before I proceed further, I must redirect you to read my colleague blog which has greater in-depth explanation about what is IDCS, how IDCS govern security aspect of all Oracle PaaS products such as Oracle Integration Cloud, Analytics Cloud, Digital Assistant and so on and OAuth client and token generation process etc. I am recommending you to read his blog because I will be using few artefacts e.g. IDCS URL, Client ID, Client Secret etc which we need to get from IDCS OAuth Client Application as per the process given in his blog.

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Advance XSL Mapping inside Oracle Integration Cloud !!!

Recently, I came across one issue while working with one Customer where they were facing bit of challenges to update existing working Integration with new JSON field input.

So, in this use case, two integration orchestration process flow are involved, Master Integration and Child Integration both working well in production. However, time to time developer gets requirement from business to enrich this working flow by adding more fields into Child Integration which was interacting with Oracle Responsys System. The Master Integration getting data from NetSuite, passing Child Integration same data which was interacting with Responsys and completing business flow.

Here is flow diagram with existing working flow Vs flow with new requirements and highlighted problem area.

Problem Statement:

Once developer add new fields into Child OIC orchestration flow, saved, activated and tries to refresh the Parent OIC orchestration flow, it breaks existing mapping. Behind the scene obviously since Child Integration orchestration flow input payload got changed it has cascading impact on calling Integration flow and calling Integration flow fails to deduct those changes and breaks existing mapping and wiped out existing mapping. see the relevant snaps –

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Retrieve Custom Fields from NetSuite using Oracle Integration Cloud NetSuite Adapter !!!

This blog is showcasing very specific use case related to NetSuite Custom Field retrieval and how we accomplish that using Oracle Integration Cloud NetSuite Adapter.

In this example we will be retrieving custom fields values e.g. birthDt from NetSuite by passing specific Customer Id. It may sound very easy but it was bit complex to deal with because the way how NetSuite was responding Custom Fields values using NetSuite Adapter.

Here is the use-case diagram –

In my previous blog I have already shown all the configuration which needs to be done to connect to NetSuite using Oracle Integration Cloud NetSuite Adapter and deal with NetSuite Custom fields. Hence, this blog will just focus on specific mapping challenges which I have faced initially during implementation.

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Manage Custom Fields in NetSuite using Oracle Integration Cloud NetSuite Adapter

Customization is essential part of any SaaS implementation to capture unique business needs. In NetSuite SaaS application also, there could be several use-cases where user might need to create a new Custom Object or add custom fields into existing Standard Object such as Contact, Account and Organization etc. In this blog I will be showing how can we add Custom fields e.g. Degree name and Passing Year etc. into existing NetSuite Contact object and can update the same field using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) NetSuite adapter.

Please Note: NetSuite Adapter handles the Custom fields in very different way in compare to other adapters. Due to NetSuite API limitation, OIC Adapters not able to discovers Custom fields created in NetSuite which could be concern to many Customers. However, Oracle NetSuite Integration Adapter provide a way to specify manually all those Custom fields using InternalId and ScriptId and assign associated values coming from Source System to those fields and that’s the core objective of writing this blog to show to reader how we can manually add and assign values to NetSuite Custom fields using OIC NetSuite Adapter.

The use case scenarios –

Below are the high level steps user need to perform to achieve outcome.

NetSuite – Create Custom Entity fields in NetSuite for Contact object
OIC – Create NetSuite Adapter connection as Target System
OIC – Create REST Connection as Source System
OIC- Workout Request Response Payload for REST Adapter Input
OIC – Create Integration, do mapping and Activate Integration
OIC – Test Integration using POSTMAN
NetSuite – Verify Contact object details

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OMC Custom Metric – empowering custom monitoring

Sometimes it is necessary to monitor specific processes that are not in the provided OMC processes list and this is where CUSTOM METRIC come into the scene.

In this short post I will show how to create a CUSTOM METRIC and ALERT RULE to manage it.

So the challenge of the day: Monitor custom windows / linux process and if it stops giving signs of life alert to the support group.

Manage Custom Fields in Salesforce using Oracle Integration Salesforce Adapter !!!

Customisation is essential part of any SaaS implementation to capture unique business needs. In Salesforce SaaS application also, there could be several use-cases where user might need to create a new Custom Object or add custom fields into existing Standard Object such as Contact, Account and Organisation etc. In this blog I will be showing how can we add Custom fields e.g. Degree name, Passing Year etc. into existing Salesforce Contact object and can update the same field using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) Salesforce adapter. I will write another separate blog later where I can show how a completely new Custom Object can be created in Salesforce and updated through Oracle Integration Salesforce Adapter.

Before, I go into deep drive, just want to highlight the core objective of this blog to show Salesforce configuration and OIC Salesforce adapter configuration, I am assuming reader has already basis understanding of OIC product features such as Connection, Integration, mapping and deployment.

My colleague had already covered Salesforce Inbound and Outbound integration using Oracle Integration Cloud Salesforce Adapter. So, I might not be repeating few steps which already been covered in this blog. if you doing Salesforce Integration first time, then its recommended to review these blogs as well.

So let’s do deep dive now. Below are the high levels flow and steps which needs to be performed to achieve desired result.

Create custom fields e.g. Degree Name and Passing year into Salesforce existing Contact Object
Create/Update Salesforce Connection in OIC
Create REST Adapter in OIC
Create Integration which maps Contact Object Custom Fields from REST Adapter to Salesforce
Activate Integration
Trigger Integration using Postman
Verify Result In Salesforce

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Autoscaling in Oracle Cloud and OKE (Oracle Container Engine) as load generator

I just came across this great article by Ali Mukadam to autoscale OCI instances based on Instance Configuration, Instance Pools and defining auto-scale policies. Finally, using Kubernetes (OKE) to generate load.

Don’t miss out this great read:

https://medium.com/oracledevs/autoscaling-in-oracle-cloud-and-oke-oracle-container-engine-as-load-generator-2e9ccb44b44