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SOA, Portals and Enterprise Integra5on with JDE

Sco$ Robertson

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Who are Thiess?


Who am I?

•  Worked for Thiess for just under 5 years •  Started as an undergraduate •  Worked on JD Edwards for 2 years •  Moved to Middleware about 3 years ago •  First Middleware project was an “Employee Self Service” soluJon (named ESS)


What is ESS?

•  Integra5on Solu5on with 3rd Party Payroll: –  Import leave and payslips –  Import new Employees – Export updated employee data (stored in JDE)

•  A Web Applica5on for: – Maintaining employee data – Replacing paper-‐based processes


ESS – The Web ApplicaJon


Example 1 -‐ Replacing Paper Forms


Example 2 -‐ Maintaining JDE Data


ESS – Web ApplicaJon Overview

WebCenter InteracJon 10.3.0

User Interface

Web Services

Java Web ApplicaJon (10g)

JD Edwards 8.12 Oracle SOA 11.1.1.3.0

JDE Database (Oracle 11g)


Portlet -‐ Personal Details

ESSDetails

ESSPhoneNumbers

ESSContacts

Java (Backing Bean) SOA (En5ty Services) Portlet (Form)


Portlet -‐ Request Portlet Java SOA

Portlet requested by Portal

Java backing bean constructed

Users details retrieved from database

Variables set using SOA response

HTML page constructed using Java variables


Portlet -‐ Submit Portlet Java SOA

User clicks update bu$on

Java backing bean update method called

User details modified in database

Status boolean variable set to SOA response

HTML page constructed using boolean status

Variables updated in backing bean


“EnJty”SOA

F060116 ALPH MCU DOB P019 P020 ...

F060117 SALU PRNM ...

JDE Database Tables

<details>

<salutaJon>MR</salutaJon>

<firstName>John</firstName>

<lastName>Smith</lastName>

<preferredName>Jono</preferredName>

<dateOfBirth>1979-‐01-‐01</dateOfBirth>

<jobNumber>9999</jobNumber>

<project>XYZ</project>

<department>ABC</department>

...

</details>

XML En5ty SOA

Select

Insert

Update

Delete

Process


What is the “Process” OperaJon For?


What does the “Process” OperaJon do?

Process operaJon called with XML EnJty input

Non-‐key fields blank?

Delete record(s) in relevant table(s) using key fields

Select from table(s) using key fields of EnJty input

Are record(s) found?

Insert record(s) into relevant table(s)

Update record(s) in relevant table(s) using key fields

No

No

Yes

Yes


ESS -‐ The IntegraJon


ESS – The IntegraJon

•  Exports data to 3rd party payroll system which: – Manages leave accruals – Pays employees – Creates payslips/group cerJficates

•  Imports data from 3rd party: – New employees – Updated leave balances – New payslips/group cerJficates


ESS -‐ IntegraJon THIESS

JD Edwards 8.12 Oracle SOA 11.1.1.3.0

JDE Database

EXTERNAL PAYROLL SYSTEM


IntegraJon -‐ Process Thiess FTP Server 3rd Party Payroll

Users update JDE details through ESS

Export file retrieved, and users updated

SOA updates all details in JDE

SOA creates XML file from updated users

Thiess Export File

Import Success?

Creates XML export file containing ALL users

3rd Party Export File

New/Updated details available in ESS


JDE Business Services (BSSVs)


JDE BSSVs

Java

SOA

ESSLeaveBalances

JDE BSSV Web Services

LeaveTypeReason

Portlet


Issues, Lessons & Future


Portlet Issues •  Conversion from Java Web App to Portlets – ESS IniJally wri$en as JSF web applicaJon – Asked to convert into portlets – Should easily convert using “JSF Portlet Bridge” – Some funcJonality did not work when converted – Used “faux-‐portlets” funcJonality of WCI which creates portlet from any URL

– Now portlets cannot be consumed outside of WCI – Need to be re-‐wri$en for new Portal(s)


IntegraJon Issues

•  Difficult to co-‐ordinate tesJng •  3rd Party had no web service capability – Had to use large file via FTP – No real-‐Jme integraJon

•  Performance –  ImporJng approx. 4,000 employees each night (approx. 50,000 SOA calls)

–  Crashed SOA server – Had to implement batching


Lessons Learnt

•  Start with data design (enJJes) •  Use MDS for XSD/WSDL files •  Spend Jme making “correct” portlets instead of taking quick wins

•  Use JDE BSSVs more •  Interface directly from portlets to BSSVs


Future Plans

•  Move portlets to 11G and uJlise ADF, instead of standard JSF – Gives us new features – Makes portlets standardised – Removes custom javascript

•  Consume 11G portlets using a WebCenter Portal instead of WCI


QuesJons???

Sco$ Robertson Email: [email protected]

Phone: (07) 3002 9895

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