6 Application Adapters

Oracle's Application Extension Framework (AXF) is a command-driven, web services integration between a business application such as E-Business Suite or Siebel and a content management application such as Oracle I/PM or Content Server.

This chapter provides a summary of the different integrations provided with Oracle AXF. It has the following sections:

"Application Extension Framework (AXF)"
"Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter for Oracle UCM and Oracle I/PM"
"Oracle Siebel Adapter for Oracle UCM"
"Oracle PeopleSoft Adapter for Oracle I/PM"

6.1 Application Extension Framework (AXF)

The open Java-based architecture of AXF allows integrators to configure and modify multiple business process solutions separately from the systems themselves, and to upgrade systems without affecting implemented AXF solutions.

The following illustration shows the integration of Oracle I/PM and AXF.

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The following adapters can be configured for use with AXF:

"Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter for Oracle UCM and Oracle I/PM"
"Oracle Siebel Adapter for Oracle UCM"
"Oracle PeopleSoft Adapter for Oracle I/PM"

6.2 Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter for Oracle UCM and Oracle I/PM

The E-Business Suite (EBS) Adapter for Oracle UCM is available for Oracle UCM and Oracle I/PM.

EBS includes an Imaging Solution, provides imaging, capture, and workflow capabilities via Oracle I/PM, and the Attachments Solution, which allows business users to attach, scan, and retrieve document attachments stored in an Oracle UCM repository. Solutions are installed on a base configuration of core AXF and E-Business Suite files standard to solutions that use AXF functionality.

The following illustration shows the interaction of EBS, Oracle UCM, and AXF.

See the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter for Oracle Enterprise Content Management and the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Solutions for details.

6.3 Oracle Siebel Adapter for Oracle UCM

The Siebel Adapter for Oracle UCM allows Siebel CRM users to scan, attach, store, and retrieve attachments stored in an Content Server repository. Oracle UCM documents are displayed as managed attachments to Siebel entities in a customizable iFrame within the Siebel application.

See the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle Siebel Adapter for Oracle Enterprise Content Management and the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Solutions for Oracle Siebel for details.

6.4 Oracle PeopleSoft Adapter for Oracle I/PM

The PeopleSoft Adapter for ECM is available for Oracle I/PM implementations only.

The PeopleSoft Adapter provides easy access to invoice processing, allowing providing users with one-click access from PeopleSoft. Users can retrieve and annotate documents with markups individually secured based on their PeopleSoft role.

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See the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle PeopleSoft Adapter for Oracle Enterprise Content Management and the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Solutions for Oracle PeopleSoft for details.