Help with apex to ebusiness suite 11.5.10

Question

Hello,
posted on ebusiness suite side, but they say to try here on apex side.
We are trying to follow the Cabot document found at
http://www.stuffspec.com/Read/_sp.d3d3Lm9yYWNsZS5jb20-sp..sltechnetwork.sl_developer-tools.sl_apex.sl_apex-ebs-wp-cabot-consulting-169064.pdf
but are having troubles just trying to get the ebusiness set up part done.
We are having troubles on page 5 of 8 where it talks about creating the plsql form function with the following attributes.
When we set the Properties/Type to be SSWA plsql function, it does not want to accept it and will not save as SSWA plsql function.
I have searched and read and followed so many links my head is spining. Has anyone else had this type of issue, and could tell us what we are doing wrong? Does the Cabot approach work for everyone, or is there another method that will work better?
We are using a stand alone apex server. We have a 11.5.10.2 e-bus suite which we use SSO for the hrSelfService. We are trying to add the new apex application to the hrselfservice menu. I following the Cabot white paper and I have created the procedure apex_launch as follows. I have some questions about it that are inline:
PROCEDURE APPS.apex_launch (
application IN NUMBER
, page IN NUMBER DEFAULT 1
, request IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
, item_names IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL
, item_values IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL)
Is
Begin
OWA_UTIL.mime_header('text/html', false); ---- Is the url correct? Since my apex server is separate, do I need the APPS_FRAMEWORK_AGENT???
OWA_UTIL.redirect_url( ---- Do i need to create a DAD for pls/apex?
'https://ourserver.school.edu/pls/apex/f?p='||
application||':'||page||'::'||request||':::'||
item_names||':'||item_values);
End apex_launch;
I created the form function with the following attributes:
Properties/Type -> SSWA plsql function
Web HTML/HTML Call -> apex_launch
Form/Parameter -> application=310
I am able to save the plsql form function with no errors. However, when i go back in to look at the form function: property type, it is set to "database provider portlet". (I have opened an SR on this issue and as yet, i don't have a solution.)
I then add the new form function to the hr self service menu. When I go into self service, the new function does not display.
If I change the property to SSWA plsql function that opens a new window (Kiosk mode) and save the form function and don't change anything else, when I go into self service the new function displays. However ,when I click on it, it opens another e-bus suite logon page. After entering the username/password it just brings up the ebus suite application, not the apex application.
Can anybody help me? thanks.
Thank you,
Mark

Answer 1

Hi Mark,
Nope, that is the one of the issue im facing still that is the single sign on(even if i integrated APEX with EBS R12), im having issues with that.
It is asking two login credentials for me
<li>one is Ebs login credentials
<li>The other one is Apex Login credentials.
Soon after logging into the ebs, if i clicked the APEX menu means, the APEX login page is appearing.
If it is SSO means, the APEX login page should not appear soon after clicking the APEX menu in the EBS.
How to pass my APEX login credentials to the EBS, so that i can enter into my APEX application (via) EBS only with the EBS login page. Soon after entering into the EBS login page into the application. While if i clicked the APEX menu means, i need to navigate directly to the APEX Application page. And APEX login page should not appear.
Thanks
Regards,
Mini