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DEV-30: Integrating Business Objects® and Your OpenEdge® Application

Brandon GibbsManager, US Solution Engineers

© 2008 Progress Software Corporation2 DEV-30 Integrating Business Objects and your OpenEdge Application

Agenda

BO/Crystal/Xcelsius® product overviews BO/Crystal OpenEdge Data OpenEdge applications BO/Crystal


Xcelsius - http://www.xcelsius.com

Xcelsius Engage• An intuitive desktop application designed to create flash-based data

presentations and dashboards from many sources (Excel, DB’s, etc.)

Xcelsius Engage Server (includes Engage and…)• Integration kits for Adobe® LiveCycle Data Services, IBM®

Websphere®, Microsoft® SharePoint, and Reporting Services• Flynet Web Services generator

Development Time Run Time


Xcelsius Example


COPYRIGHT © 2007 BUSINESS OBJECTS S.A. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Xcelsius Example


Scalable for Functionality

Scalability

CR Server

BO

Enterprise

Professional

Java™, .NET™ & COM SDKs

Max 20 CALServer provides:- Web Access- Scheduling- Security

Add-on:Live OfficeCR 2008

Crystal Reports 2008 / Business Objects XI 3.0


Agenda

BO/Crystal/Xcelsius product overviews Crystal OpenEdge Data OpenEdge applications Crystal


Connection Options


ODBC

Most common way of data access

OE SQL

engine

OE SQL

engine

Crystal

Reports

Crystal

Reports

Crystal

Server

Crystal

Server

SQL statement

Resultset

ServerClient


ODBC

Works with all Crystal products Easiest to implement ad-hoc option Most flexible approach Re-implement data security and logic in SQL ODBC install and configure on each client

Wizard usable in all scenarios – more details can be found at:

http://www.psdn.com/library/kbcategory.jspa?categoryID=1417

Most common way of data access


ODBC


Business ServicesBusiness Services

OpenEdge Reference Architecture

PresentationPresentation

Business ServicesBusiness Services

Data AccessData Access

Data SourcesData Sources

Co

mm

on

Infrastru

cture

Co

mm

on

Infrastru

cture

Enterprise ServicesEnterprise ServicesCrystal

Business Services (XML Export / Open Client)Business Services (XML Export / Open Client)

ODBC

OE SQL OE ABL


ADO.NET (XML)

Most simple way to reuse business logic & security

CRServer/BO Ent

CRServer/BO Ent

TempTableProDataSet™

AppServer™AppServer™

ServerClient

CrystalReports®

CrystalReports®

OpenEdgeApp

OpenEdgeApp

XML XML


ADO.NET (XML)

Some overhead Usable in 2-tier, 3-tier and 4-tier Only Push from ABL (no scheduling) Limited or no ad-hoc option

Most simple way to reuse business logic & security


ADO.NET (XML)


Open Client

Most elegant way of integration

CR Server/BO Ent

CR Server/BO Ent

TempTableProDataSet

AppServerAppServer

ServerClient

CrystalReports

CrystalReports

Open ClientJava / .NET

Open ClientJava / .NET

TempTableProDataSet

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proxy.pproxy.p

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Open Client

100% OpenEdge Reference Architecture Usable in 3-tier and 4-tier (AppServer req.) Usable without OpenEdge application push!

ADO.NET implements ProDataSet Java client implements Temp-Table

NEW in OpenEdge 10.1A - can use ProDataSet!

Most elegant way of integration


ADO.NET Example


Java / Temp Table Example


Web Services - GetOrders.P

DEFINE TEMP-TABLE OrderDetails

FIELD OrderNum LIKE Order.OrderNum

FIELD SalesRep LIKE Order.SalesRep

FIELD OrderDate LIKE Order.OrderDate

FIELD ShipDate LIKE Order.ShipDate

FIELD TotalDollars AS DECIMAL

FIELD OrderStatus LIKE Order.OrderStatus.

DEF INPUT PARAMETER i AS INTEGER.

DEFINE OUTPUT PARAMETER TABLE FOR orderdetails.

FOR EACH Order WHERE Order.CustNum = i:

CREATE OrderDetails.

ASSIGN

OrderDetails.OrderNum = Order.OrderNum

OrderDetails.SalesRep = Order.SalesRep

OrderDetails.OrderDate = Order.OrderDate

OrderDetails.ShipDate = Order.ShipDate

OrderDetails.OrderStatus = Order.OrderStatus.

END.


Web Services - WSDL

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<wsdl:definitions name="OrderInfo" targetNamespace="urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo" xmlns:tns="urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo“

...

<wsdl:documentation>Author=Brandon, EncodingType=DOC_LITERAL, Proxygen_Product=Progress Version 10.1A</wsdl:documentation>

<wsdl:types>

...

<schema elementFormDefault="qualified" targetNamespace="urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo:OrderInfo" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"><complexType name="getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsRow"><sequence><element name="OrderNum" nillable="true" type="xsd:int"/><element name="SalesRep" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/><element name="OrderDate" nillable="true" type="xsd:date"/><element name="ShipDate" nillable="true" type="xsd:date"/><element name="TotalDollars" nillable="true" type="xsd:decimal"/><element name="OrderStatus" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/></sequence></complexType><complexType name="getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsParam"><sequence><element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="OrderDetailsRow" type="S2:getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsRow"/></sequence></complexType><element name="getOrderDetails"><complexType><sequence><element name="i" nillable="true" type="xsd:int"/></sequence></complexType></element><element name="getOrderDetailsResponse"><complexType><sequence><element name="result" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/><element name="OrderDetails" nillable="true" type="S2:getOrderDetails_OrderDetailsParam"/></sequence></complexType></element></schema>

</wsdl:types>


Web Services - WSDL

...

<Author>Brandon</Author><Service>asbroker1</Service><WorkDir>C:\OpenEdge\WRK\</WorkDir>

<WebServicesClient>true</WebServicesClient><UserDefinedAppService>true</UserDefinedAppService>...

</PGGenInfo>

<DeploymentWizard>

<SoapEndpointURL>http://localhost:8080/wsa/OrderInfo</SoapEndpointURL>

<WebServiceNamespace userDefined="true">urn:OpenEdgeServices:OrderInfo</WebServiceNamespace>

</DeploymentWizard>

<Name>OrderInfo</Name><ProPath>c:\openedge\wrk\</ProPath>

<Name>getOrderDetails</Name><ProPath>c:\openedge\wrk\</ProPath><ProcExt>p</ProcExt>

<Name>result</Name><Type>1</Type><Mode>0</Mode></ReturnValue><Parameter ordinal="1">

<Name>i</Name><Type>4</Type><Mode>1</Mode></Parameter><Parameter ordinal="2">

<Name>OrderDetails</Name><Type>15</Type><Mode>2</Mode>

<MetaData><FieldName>OrderNum</FieldName><TypeName>integer</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>SalesRep</FieldName><TypeName>character</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>OrderDate</FieldName><TypeName>date</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>ShipDate</FieldName><TypeName>date</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>TotalDollars</FieldName><TypeName>decimal</TypeName></MetaData>

<MetaData><FieldName>OrderStatus</FieldName><TypeName>character</TypeName></MetaData>


Web Services - WSA


Web Services


Data Connectivity OptionsSummary

ODBC XML ADO

.NET

Java

Pull + - + +

Ad-hoc ++ - - -

BusinessLogic/ Security reuse

-- + ++ ++

Config/deploy - + +- +-

2-tier/3-tier/4-tier 234 234 34 34


Agenda

BO/Crystal/Xcelsius product overviews

Crystal OpenEdge Data

OpenEdge Apps Crystal


Integration OpenEdge Crystal

Various client and server options

ASP/JSPASP/JSP

ServerClient

CR OCX

Viewer

CR OCX

Viewer

OpenEdge

App

OpenEdge

App

COM COM

CR OCX

Designer

CR OCX

Designer

CR RDCCR RDC

WSWS

CR Server /

BO Ent

CR Server /

BO Ent

CSPCSP

URLURLCreation


What Do You Want to Offer?

Run completely locally or with AppServer Auto generate reports, feed parameters Use ODBC, XML or Open Client View in ActiveX window Print to printer locally or on server Export to PDF, Word, Excel, XML, HTML ???


Very loosely coupled interface Viewrpt.asp (.csp pre release 10) URL Parts:

• id = CMS Object ID

• apsuser, apspassword, apsauthtype

• init = Viewer Type

• promptex

• cmd; export_fmt; export_opt = Export Options

• sf = Selection Formula

• gf = Group Selection Formula

URL Syntax


Example URL’s – View and Refresh

http://nbbgibbs/businessobjects/viewrpt.cwr? id=152&apsuser=administrator &apspassword=Pr0gr3$$&apsauthtype=secEnterprise&cmd=export&export_fmt=u2fpdf:0

<same as previous, except last line>&promptex-empStart=10&promptex-MyParam=My own report header&init=actx:connect


Conclusion

Data access• ODBC for easiest ad-hoc and other cases • XML or Open Client Java Bean / ADO.NET

for best re-use of business logic Integration

• Use CR Server if possible – grow path to Business Objects Enterprise

• ActiveX or DHTML/Browser to view

Many options exist – which to choose?


Business Intelligence Exchange Sessions

Monday• OPS-6 Beginners Guide on OpenEdge SQL via

ODBC or JDBC

Wednesday• OPS-27 Understanding Record and Table Locking

In OpenEdge SQL Applications• DEV-34 Get to Know Your Data – Open Source

Data Integration, Business Intelligence and more


Questions?


Thank You

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