Contents

List of Examples

List of Figures

List of Tables

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Introduction to Oracle B2B

1 Introduction to Oracle B2B

• 1.1 Oracle B2B and Business-to-Business E-Commerce
• 1.2 Protocols Supported in Oracle B2B
• 1.3 Oracle B2B Metadata
• 1.4 Security Features of Oracle B2B
  • 1.4.1 Payload Obfuscation
  • 1.4.2 Restricting Access to Document Types
• 1.5 How Does Oracle B2B Fit into a SOA Implementation?
• 1.6 Sending a Purchase Order: An Example of a SOA Implementation
• 1.7 Oracle B2B Samples and Cookbooks
• 1.8 Administering Oracle B2B in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment

2 Getting Started with Oracle B2B

• 2.1 What You Need to Get Started with Oracle B2B
• 2.2 Logging in to Oracle B2B
  • 2.2.1 Finding Port Information
  • 2.2.2 Accessing Oracle B2B Through Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • 2.2.3 Enabling the weblogic User for Logging in to Oracle B2B
• 2.3 Using the Oracle B2B Interface
  • 2.3.1 Administration
  • 2.3.2 Partners
  • 2.3.3 Reports
  • 2.3.4 Metrics
• 2.4 Creating a B2B Transaction: An Overview of the Process Flow
• 2.5 Using Oracle B2B in the Oracle JDeveloper Environment
  • 2.5.1 How To Use B2B Binding Components in a SOA Composite Application
  • 2.5.2 About Using the JMS Integration Type in the B2B Configuration Wizard
  • 2.5.3 The B2BX12OrderGateway Composite in the Fusion Order Demo
• 2.6 What You May Need To Know About Using Oracle B2B
  • 2.6.1 Enabling Debug Mode at Run Time
  • 2.6.2 Logging Out: SSO Logout Configuration for Oracle Access Manager

Part II Oracle B2B Process Flow

3 Creating Guideline Files

• 3.1 Introduction to Oracle B2B Document Editor
• 3.2 Installing Oracle B2B Document Editor
• 3.3 Creating Guideline Files: EDIFACT D98 Example

4 Creating Document Definitions

• 4.1 Introduction to Document Protocols
  • 4.1.1 The Document Hierarchy
  • 4.1.2 Document Protocols with Acknowledgments
• 4.2 Creating Document Definitions
• 4.3 Deleting a Document Definition

5 Configuring Trading Partners

• 5.1 Introduction to Trading Partners
• 5.2 Creating Trading Partner Profiles
• 5.3 Adding Trading Partner Users
• 5.4 Adding Document Definitions
• 5.5 Configuring Channels
  • 5.5.1 About MLLP
    • 5.5.1.1 Overriding the Connection Mode
    • 5.5.1.2 Generic Support for TCP
    • 5.5.1.3 Dynamic Endpoints
    • 5.5.1.4 Using a Transport Callout to Extract Custom Headers
    • 5.5.1.5 Message Sequencing in MLLP Exchanges
• 5.6 Using the Auto Create Agreement Feature
• 5.7 Using Identifiers for Trading Partner Lookup

6 Creating and Deploying Trading Partner Agreements

• 6.1 Introduction to Agreements
• 6.2 Creating an Agreement
• 6.3 Deploying an Agreement
  • 6.3.1 Redeploying an Agreement
• 6.4 Deleting and Exporting Agreements

Part III Oracle B2B Administration

7 Using Document Protocols

• 7.1 Using the Custom Document Protocol
  • 7.1.1 How to Configure the XPath Expression for a Custom XML Document
    • 7.1.1.1 Option 1: Specify the XPath and the Matching Value
    • 7.1.1.2 Option 2: Check for the Existence of a Node
    • 7.1.1.3 Option 3: Check the Value of an Attribute
• 7.2 Using the EDI EDIFACT Document Protocol
• 7.3 Using the EDI X12 Document Protocol
• 7.4 Using the HL7 Document Protocol
• 7.5 Using the Positional Flat File Document Protocol
• 7.6 Using the RosettaNet Document Protocol
  • 7.6.1 PIPs
  • 7.6.2 RosettaNet Validation
• 7.7 Using the UCCNet Document Protocol
  • 7.7.1 Creating a 1Sync Document
• 7.8 Changing Document Details
  • 7.8.1 Changing Document Definitions After Deploying an Agreement
  • 7.8.2 Changing Document Definitions After Importing Metadata
• 7.9 Using Document Routing IDs

8 Managing Deployments

• 8.1 Introduction to Agreement Deployment States
• 8.2 Managing Deployed Agreements
  • 8.2.1 Searching for Deployed Agreements
  • 8.2.2 Changing the Deployment State
  • 8.2.3 Exporting an Active Agreement

9 Creating Types

• 9.1 Creating Custom Identifier Types
• 9.2 Creating Custom Contact Information Types
• 9.3 Creating Custom Trading Partner Parameter Types

10 Importing and Exporting Data

• 10.1 Importing and Exporting the Design-Time Repository
• 10.2 What Is Copied When You Import or Export from the Import/Export Tab
• 10.3 About the Exported File
  • 10.3.1 Exported ZIP Files Containing Agreement Names in Multibyte Character Languages

11 Batching EDI Messages

• 11.1 Setting Up a Batch
• 11.2 Managing Batched Messages

12 Managing Callouts

• 12.1 Introduction to Callouts
  • 12.1.1 Transport Callouts
  • 12.1.2 Creating a Callout Library JAR File
• 12.2 Creating a Callout
• 12.3 Including a Callout in an Agreement
• 12.4 Implementing a Callout

13 Purging Data

• 13.1 Purging Design Metadata and Instance Data

14 Configuring Listening Channels

• 14.1 Adding a Listening Channel and Protocol
• 14.2 Using Transport Protocols
• 14.3 Adding Listening Channel Details
  • 14.3.1 Transport Protocol Parameters
  • 14.3.2 Channel Attributes
  • 14.3.3 Exchange Protocol Parameters
  • 14.3.4 Security Parameters
• 14.4 Configuring a Listening Channel

15 Configuring B2B System Parameters

• 15.1 Setting Configuration Parameters

Part IV Reports and Metrics

16 Creating Reports

• 16.1 Introduction to Reports
  • 16.1.1 The Monitor User Role
  • 16.1.2 Purging Messages
  • 16.1.3 Resubmitting Messages from Oracle B2B
• 16.2 Creating Business Message Reports
• 16.3 Creating Wire Message Reports
• 16.4 Creating Application Message Reports
• 16.5 Creating Error Reports
• 16.6 Creating Conversation Reports

17 Using B2B Metrics

• 17.1 Introduction to B2B Metrics
• 17.2 B2B System Metrics
• 17.3 B2B Partner Metrics

Part V Scripts and Utilities

18 B2B Command-Line Tools

• 18.1 Prerequisites for Running the Command-line Tools
• 18.2 Purging Data
• 18.3 Importing Data
• 18.4 Exporting Data
• 18.5 CPP/CPA Templates
  • 18.5.1 Properties of cpp_cpa.properties
    • 18.5.1.1 CPA Import Properties
    • 18.5.1.2 CPA Export Properties
    • 18.5.1.3 Common Properties
• 18.6 CPP/CPA Import
• 18.7 CPP/CPA Export
• 18.8 Errors During Import

19 Utilities for Enqueuing and Dequeuing

• 19.1 AQ Enqueue and Dequeue Utilities
  • 19.1.1 AQ Enqueue
  • 19.1.2 AQ Dequeue
• 19.2 JMS Enqueue and Dequeue Utilities
  • 19.2.1 JMS Enqueue
  • 19.2.2 Enqueue—Using a JMS JCA Adapter or Custom Utilities
  • 19.2.3 JMS Dequeue
• 19.3 Using the attachmentsDescriptor.xsd

Part VI Appendixes

A Performance Tuning and Large Payloads

• A.1 Settings for Performance Tuning
  • A.1.1 Memory Arguments
  • A.1.2 Heap Size Settings
  • A.1.3 MDS Cache Size
  • A.1.4 Number of Threads
  • A.1.5 Stuck Thread Max Time
  • A.1.6 Tablespace Size
  • A.1.7 JTA Settings
  • A.1.8 Configuring High-Volume Systems
  • A.1.9 Settings for Batching a Large Number of Documents
  • A.1.10 Streaming Inbound and Outbound Attachments
• A.2 Handling Large Payloads
  • A.2.1 Introduction to Large Payload Support
  • A.2.2 Large Payloads and 32-Bit Windows PCs
  • A.2.3 Settings for a Large Dataset Scenario

B Setting B2B Configuration Properties in Fusion Middleware Control

• B.1 Properties To Set in Fusion Middleware Control
• B.2 Using the configmbeanutil Utility

C Back-End Applications Interface

• C.1 Mapping B2B IP_MESSAGE_TYPE to SCA Normalized Message Properties
• C.2 Normalized Message Properties

D Exception Handling

• D.1 Inbound Messages
  • D.1.1 Request or Response Messages
    • D.1.1.1 Inbound ebMS, AS1, and AS2 Messages
  • D.1.2 Acknowledgment Messages
  • D.1.3 Exception Messages
• D.2 Outbound Messages
• D.3 Using a JMS Queue for Error Message Delivery
• D.4 Using a Custom Exception Queue for Error Message Delivery
• D.5 Inbound Exception Handling Scenarios
• D.6 Exception Payload Definition

Index