B2B Integration

Hi,
What Adapters we can in B2B Integration?
Is B2B means for example, communication between R/3 and Oracle Applications?
Let me know.
Thanks
Seshu

Seshu,
<i>Is B2B means for example, communication between R/3 and Oracle Applications?</i>
B2B Integration refers to Business to Business Integration .
Take the case of anm Automotive company for example. He might have multiple suppliers and one might be a Tyre Manufacturing Company. Now , an integration between these 2 organizations can be termed as a B2B integration.
The same automotive company can have multiple applications including ERP , HR systems running internally and integrating these systems is referered to A2A Integration.
Regards,
Bhavesh

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B2B integration with just one trading partner using a dedicated VPN channel

Hi colleagues,
We are working in a B2B integration escenario, where our company will just integrate with a service provider using a dedicated VPN channel, so we won't go out to internet, for that B2B communication we have identified 10 inbound + 9 outbound interfaces.
Do we need to look into implemeting an document exchange protocol for that? Of course we need some ACK mechanism as there'll be SLAs in place. If so, what would it be the most appropiate? I've been reading about ebxml, rosettanet etc but still not very clear for me which level of customization you'll need in order to apply those protocols. If this is much and given the fact that we are just dealing with a trading partner and we won't scale this platform to use more parther in the future, would it be worthy to customize our own ACK mechanism?
If relevant, in our side we use oracle fussion middleware, the trading partnel is using SAP IS-U. The message format will be standard XML, we haven't identified the need of any other formatting at the moment such EDI.
I know this is a very open question, so any advices or recommendations on that are highly appreciated.
Regards,

Hello Dipal,
There is a lilttle catch. Eventhough your Delivery channel which is used in the agreement for a specific trading partner specifies some IP/Port, you can dynamically send the message to some other IP as well. This is specified in the document.
This will give a flexibility of sending the HL7 message not just to the end point which is mentioned in the agreement but also to any othere ip/port as driven by the ACTION_NAME field in the IP_MESSAGE type. However ACTION_NAME filed overrides the delivery channel information, hence at any point of time you can
1. Send a message to the end point mentioned in the delivery channel and used in the agreement. In this case ACTION_NAME is null or
2. Any dynamic end point driven by the ACTION_NAME.
Hope this is clear.
Rgds,Ramesh

WLI 7.0 - XOCP Transport Exception while sending message in B2B Integration

Hi,
I am trying to implement B2B integration on two WLI Servers . I have done the
configuration of
Trading Partners, Conversation and Collaboration Agreements on both the machines.
The business protocol used is XOCP. I am trying to implement XOCP
Peer-to-Peer Messaging with one WLI server(first) having two trading partners
configured, one with a Hub delivery channel and the other with a spoke delivery
channel.One Trading Partner(with a spoke delivery channel) is configured on the
other WLI server(second).
When I start the second WLI server (the other Trading Partner) I get the following
error on the console:
<Error> <B2B> <000000> <<CA> ERROR: Failed to register Collaboration Agreement
WLP_SERVER/10.3.8.183:57bef0:f8f7b78128:-8000 with error ERROR: Failed to join
Channel, received null reply.>
At the same time the WLI server of the first Trading Partner shows the following
error:
<Error> <B2B> <000000> <<XOCP-Protocol> ERROR: CA received WLP_SERVER/10.3.8.183:2aabf2:f8f7c4b9f2:-8000
in XOCP message
http://10.3.8.183:9001/ExampleReplierPartner:JoinCSpace_ExampleReplierPartner_1069318538697:0
not found in repository. Rejecting the message...>
<Error> <B2B> <000000> <<XOCP-Protocol> ERROR: While decoding XOCP request, received
transport exception: ERROR: CA received WLP_SERVER/10.3.8.183:2aabf2:f8f7c4b9f2:-8000
in XOCP message
http://10.3.8.183:9001/ExampleReplierPartner:JoinCSpace_ExampleReplierPartner_1069318538697:0
not found in repository. Rejecting the message...>
Please find attached the files with WLI console errors for your reference.
Any help on solving this problem would be highly appreciated.
Nirupama Srivastava
MBT, MUMBAI
[B2BError.zip]

Hi,
I am trying to implement B2B integration on two WLI Servers . I have done the
configuration of
Trading Partners, Conversation and Collaboration Agreements on both the machines.
The business protocol used is XOCP. I am trying to implement XOCP
Peer-to-Peer Messaging with one WLI server(first) having two trading partners
configured, one with a Hub delivery channel and the other with a spoke delivery
channel.One Trading Partner(with a spoke delivery channel) is configured on the
other WLI server(second).
When I start the second WLI server (the other Trading Partner) I get the following
error on the console:
<Error> <B2B> <000000> <<CA> ERROR: Failed to register Collaboration Agreement
WLP_SERVER/10.3.8.183:57bef0:f8f7b78128:-8000 with error ERROR: Failed to join
Channel, received null reply.>
At the same time the WLI server of the first Trading Partner shows the following
error:
<Error> <B2B> <000000> <<XOCP-Protocol> ERROR: CA received WLP_SERVER/10.3.8.183:2aabf2:f8f7c4b9f2:-8000
in XOCP message
http://10.3.8.183:9001/ExampleReplierPartner:JoinCSpace_ExampleReplierPartner_1069318538697:0
not found in repository. Rejecting the message...>
<Error> <B2B> <000000> <<XOCP-Protocol> ERROR: While decoding XOCP request, received
transport exception: ERROR: CA received WLP_SERVER/10.3.8.183:2aabf2:f8f7c4b9f2:-8000
in XOCP message
http://10.3.8.183:9001/ExampleReplierPartner:JoinCSpace_ExampleReplierPartner_1069318538697:0
not found in repository. Rejecting the message...>
Please find attached the files with WLI console errors for your reference.
Any help on solving this problem would be highly appreciated.
Nirupama Srivastava
MBT, MUMBAI
[B2BError.zip]

Questions on B2B Integration

We are evaluating B2B Integration for one of our Peer to Peer B2B projects
using RosettaNet v1.1. I have reviewed most of the online docs to gain
knowledge on how the product works. I plan on running the examples pretty
soon. I need answers to a couple of basic questions that I have in order to
get started.
1. Our trading partner does not use Weblogic Integration or any Weblogic
products. Can we still use Bea B2B Integration on our side to :
a. Receive the RosettaNet envelope (handshake) with attachments from the
remote trading partner (Non-weblogic) using a local public workflow, process
it using a local private workflow and return a response back to the remote
trading partner ?
b. Have a private workflow generate an event, pass it to the public workflow
and have the public workflow handshake with the remote trading partner to
pass the envelope and receive a response from them ?
If the answer to any of the above is 'yes', I'll appreciate if you also
include briefly how and refer me to a URL that describes the scenario in
detail.
2. Since BPM workflows are JMS based (eventQueues) I am curious how the
public workflows would be triggered using HTTP/HTTPS transport. Do I need to
write Servlet code if I want to receive the RossetaNet v1.1 envelope with
attachment over HTTP/HTTPS from the remote trading partner ?
3. Do I need to write Servlet code if I want to send a RossetaNet v1.1
envelope with attachment over HTTP/HTTPS to the remote trading partner ?
4. Is the attachment size an issue ?
5. Can I create and use custom PIPs in B2B Integration ?
6. Can I create and use custom message formats in B2B Integration ?
I hope I have put forward the questions clearly. I'll appreciate a quick
answer to the following questions, so that I can get started on the project.
Regards,
Adarsh

yes it does.
"Adarsh Dattani" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Robert, thanks for the detailed answers. I'd like to know if B2Bisupports
attachments on RNIF v1.1 messages.
Thanks,
Adarsh
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"Adarsh Dattani" <[email protected]> wrote:
We are evaluating B2B Integration for one of our Peer to Peer B2B
projects
using RosettaNet v1.1. I have reviewed most of the online docs to gain
knowledge on how the product works. I plan on running the examples
pretty
soon. I need answers to a couple of basic questions that I have inorder
to
get started.
1. Our trading partner does not use Weblogic Integration or anyWeblogic
products. Can we still use Bea B2B Integration on our side to :
a. Receive the RosettaNet envelope (handshake) with attachments from
the
remote trading partner (Non-weblogic) using a local public workflow,
process
it using a local private workflow and return a response back to theremote
trading partner ?Yes. Since RN is an open standard, WLI will integrate with any productsthat supports
the RN spec.
b. Have a private workflow generate an event, pass it to the public
workflow
and have the public workflow handshake with the remote trading partner
to
pass the envelope and receive a response from them ?WLI provides a 'Start public workflow action' that allows a privateworkflow to
start a public workflow (i.e. the PIP) on the
initiator side. You will typically generate the event for the private WFand use
the action to start the pip.
If the answer to any of the above is 'yes', I'll appreciate if you also
include briefly how and refer me to a URL that describes the scenario
in
detail.
2. Since BPM workflows are JMS based (eventQueues) I am curious how the
public workflows would be triggered using HTTP/HTTPS transport. Do I
need to
write Servlet code if I want to receive the RossetaNet v1.1 envelope
with
attachment over HTTP/HTTPS from the remote trading partner ?No custom servlet is needed. When a message arrives, the contents of themessages
will be parsed by WLI and the appropriate public workflow is started.(Each public
workflow
is assoicated with properties like roles, conversation name etc).
For this example, the workflow will be marked as started by a
business message (RN).
3. Do I need to write Servlet code if I want to send a RossetaNet v1.1
envelope with attachment over HTTP/HTTPS to the remote trading partner
?No. You will write workflows that provides the RM message content. (Anddetails
of the attachments to send.) WLI will take the message content and theattachments
and generate the RNO (headers etc) on sending.
4. Is the attachment size an issue ?
I've have seen attachments of 20 meg. The limit is restricted
by system resource.
5. Can I create and use custom PIPs in B2B Integration ?
Yes. The product ship with a 3A2 as an example and maybe used
as a template to create additonal pips.
6. Can I create and use custom message formats in B2B Integration ?
Do you mean custom protocol?
I hope I have put forward the questions clearly. I'll appreciate a
quick
answer to the following questions, so that I can get started on theproject.
Regards,
Adarsh

B2B Integration using Beehiveonline

Hi,
We're keen to use Beehiveonline for Oracle's B2B integration with its Trading Partner. Following is our use case:
Partners will upload (automated/manual) business file (Size ~ few MBs). We can build a custom code to using SOA/B2B technologies to fetch the file and upload it to back end system.
My question is
1) Is this flow achievable using Beehiveonline ?
2) How can we fetch the files from Beehiveonline directories ? Can we use generic SFTP/FTPS adapters to do so?
Appreciate your inputs.
Thanks,
Saurabh

Saurabh,
Well it is achievable with a bit of custom code which should not be very difficult to make.
1) Is this flow achievable using Beehiveonline ?
Yes, you can have the external users programmatically upload the content into the system and if you set up a subscription for a genric user/email it could be informed when something changes and programmatically copy it out to wherever you need it to go.
2) How can we fetch the files from Beehiveonline directories ? Can we use generic SFTP/FTPS adapters to do so?
FTPS can be used along with the developers kit, webDAV and HTTP transfers - I have a working java FTPS programme that can be used to upload/download the files so that piece already exists.
As usual the devil will be in the detail and the flow you describe at the moment is a bit sparce on detail :-)
Phil

Regarding A2A And B2B Integrations in SAP XI

Hi Experts,
I want to Know the Difference Between the A2A And B2B Integrations in XI.
Any one Can Please Explain me In General Words Using One Real Time Scenario.
Helpful ANS Will be Rewarded.
Regards
Khanna

Hi Rajesh ,
Today's business world is infinitely more complex than it was a long time ago.
Modern companies have a large number of applications that take care of
running the business. Such diverse applications weren't a problem initially
because they were meant to provide stand-alone, independent, and
automated functions. The result of this diversity was a collection of stovepipe
applications rather than a unified network of linked systems. But now, the
companies are realizing the utmost need to integrate these independent data
silos to leverage the information stored in them across the various vertical
and horizontal domains as well as surmount the ever-increasing costs of
building new applications.
And this is where an A2A Integration solution comes into the picture.
1>A2A Integration
A2A Integration is a collection of processes, software and hardware tools,
methodologies, and technologies. When implemented together, they have the
aim of consolidating, connecting, and organizing all the businesses computer
applications, data, and business processes (both legacy and new) into a
seamlessly interfaced framework of system components that allow real-time
exchange, management, and easy reformulation of the company's missioncritical
information and knowledge.
2> B2B Integration
B2B Integration is fundamentally about coordinating information among
businesses and their information systems.
In today's world with companies operating in a global business environment,
B2B Integration is a pre-requisite for them to remain competitive. They need
to come out of their shell and interact with their suppliers, partners, and
customers distributed throughout the world. B2B Integration enables a
company to focus on its core competencies and offload other services to
partners to gain efficiency and reduce cost.
For B2B integration in SAP Xi refer the following links .
/people/shailesh.mane/blog/2006/06/27/b2b-configuration-part-i--creating-an-integration-scenario
/people/shailesh.mane/blog/2006/06/29/b2b-configuration-part-ii--creating-the-configuration-using-the-automated-configuration-tool
Thanks ,
Suvarna
Award pts if this ans helps you .

B2B INTEGRATION USING WEBLOGIC INTEGRATION PLATFORM 8.1

procedure and requirements for B2B INTEGRATION USING WEBLOGIC INTEGRATION PLATFORM 8.1
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sachu

Saurabh,
Well it is achievable with a bit of custom code which should not be very difficult to make.
1) Is this flow achievable using Beehiveonline ?
Yes, you can have the external users programmatically upload the content into the system and if you set up a subscription for a genric user/email it could be informed when something changes and programmatically copy it out to wherever you need it to go.
2) How can we fetch the files from Beehiveonline directories ? Can we use generic SFTP/FTPS adapters to do so?
FTPS can be used along with the developers kit, webDAV and HTTP transfers - I have a working java FTPS programme that can be used to upload/download the files so that piece already exists.
As usual the devil will be in the detail and the flow you describe at the moment is a bit sparce on detail :-)
Phil

Any recomdations for B2B integration product to work with WLS?

Hi, any recomdations for B2B integration product to work with WLS?
Thanks
Wasiq Hasan
[email protected]

Yes:
http://www.beasys.com/press/releases/2000/0607_collaborate_eap.html
Thanks,
Michael
Michael Girdley
Product Manager, WebLogic Server & Express
BEA Systems Inc
"Globalink" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Hi, any recomdations for B2B integration product to work with WLS?
Thanks
Wasiq Hasan
[email protected]

B2B : Integration with SOA

Hi gurus,
i want to test the B2B Integration with SOA. I am using
Document Protocol : EDI_X12
Document type : 850 (Purchase Order)
Version: 4010
B2B version: 11.1.1.5.0
Weblogic server : 10.3.5
Probelm Description:
I am working on Integration effort. I have created a SOA composite , A file adapter is configured for polling EDI native xml from local file location and a B2B send Adapter is configured for sending the EDI native xml data to the B2B console. And I have used Mediator as component. Now in B2B console, I have configured an Agreement which will translate the EDI native xml to EDI native data and send it to a FTP location (Generic FTP channel is created). And another B2B listening channel is listening the loaction and performs the B2B Inbound Operation.
This scenario is working fine but the problem is the EDI native data , which is generated from B2B console is not in proper format.
Data:
* ISA~00~ ~00~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~110926~1552~U~00401~100000011~0~P~\ *
GS~PO~ ~ ~20110926~1552~1011~X~004010
ST~850~0001
BEG~00~AB~P~~20110913
PO1~A
SE~4~0001
GE~1~1011
IEA~1~100000011
some fields of ISA and GS segments are not generated , thats why my B2B Inbound Operation is getting hampered , it always throws error.
B2B Inbound operation is working fine when i am putting EDI_Native data in that location manually.
My Expected data is :
===========================
ISA~00~Authorizat~00~Security I~01~Interchange Sen~01~Interchange Rec~110913~1725~U~00401~000000001~0~P~\
GS~PO~EDI~LOCAL~20110913~1725~1~T~004010
ST~850~0001
BEG~00~AB~P~~20110913
PO1~A
SE~4~0001
GE~1~1
IEA~1~000000001
How will I get it ?
Any suggestion would be helpful to me..
thanks in adv.
Sharmistha

Hi Sharmistha,
I think you have not added the EDI identifiers (EDI Goup Id, EDI Interchange ID, EDI Interchange ID Qualifier ) in the outbound agreement. Make sure that you are adding all three in both the trading partner profiles while creating the agreement. Save, validate, deploy the agreements after adding these in the agreements and try a test again.
You may use "Ctrl" or "Shift" button of keyboard to select more than one identifiers at a time. You need to also add the same in inbound agreement.
Regards,
Anuj

INVOIC02 message structure for B2B integration.

Is there any way to export INVOIC02 IDoc message structure in XML format?
I have tried WE60 (Documentation) transaction, but it only allows to export the structure in xsd format.
Edited by: Nicky Ben on Sep 14, 2009 11:57 AM
Edited by: Nicky Ben on Sep 14, 2009 11:59 AM

Hi Sarat,
1. Oracle B2B requires Oracle Application Server - Infrastructure and Middletier. You need to use Oracle Application Server 10.1.2 as it provides both these components. Oracle Application Server 10.1.3 doesn't contain all the Infra & Middle Tier components -
it only contains :-
* Oracle HTTP Server
* Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J)
* Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g Application Server Control
* Oracle Business Rules
* Oracle TopLink
2. You can download Application Server Integration(10.1.2.0.2) that contains Oracle Integration B2B. You can get more information about the other components at the download page for Oracle Application Server 10.1.2.
3. You can get information about Oracle B2B at the link :-
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/integration/b2b/index.html
4. The Quick Start Document at this link should give you a summary about B2B - features, installation, configuration ,etc...:-
http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/integration/b2b/pdf/B2B_TN_001_Installation_Quickstart.pdf
Regards,
Sandeep

BPEL-B2B integration using default AQ

I'm trying to invoke a partnerlink that will call Integration B2B to send an EDI 850. I followed the instruction in BPEL_B2B.zip that came with Integration B2B. I was able to setup the partnerlink and used WSIF to select the appropriate 850 document. My question is: where in the PartnerLink or Invoke function can I assign the IP_MESSAGE_TYPE with appropriate from/to id information before the document goes to B2B. Do I need to define this IP_MESSAGE_TYPE? I have been trying to find documentation that describes how to do this in BPEL and I haven't been able to. Your help is greatly appreciate.
Dang

This information goes in the AQ header. To create the AQ header variable, go to the invoke activity that connects to your AQ partnerlink. Open up the properties for the invoke and go to the "Adapters" tab. You'll see a field for the input header variable. To create this, click on the flashlight and use the variable chooser to create a new variable called "b2bHeader" or something like that. This variable will be a message of type Header_msg which you'll find in the WSDL for your AQ partnerlink. Once you've created the variable, you can assign the message type, etc. as needed.
There may be another (simpler) way to do this, but this seems to work fine for me.

XML Standard for B2B Integration

Hi B2B Gurus-
One of our client is looking at implementing a B2B solution using Oracle B2B to send and receive business documents with its Trading Partners (Suppliers and Banks).
The typical transactions as of now would be:
1. Purchase Order Outbound to Trading Partners
2. Advances Shipment Notice and Invoice Inbound from Trading Partners
3. Payment Files Outbound to the banks
The client will not be using EDI or Rosettanet standards. They are looking for XML standards ONLY.
I understand that Oracle B2B supports cXML, xCBL, ebXML, OAGIS etc
Can anybody please suggest which XML standard is the best for the above mentioned B2B transactions.
Please note that the back-end ERP system in our case is Oracle E-Business Suite R12.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Dibya

Hello Dibya,
RoesttaNet is a XML based standard but if I am right then your client does not want to use it.
Deciding a document protocol in B2B communication is mutual agreement based process between the trading partners, so I think your client should first check with it's TP's that which document protocol they would prefer.
Still if I have to give personal opinion, then I would go for ebMS because it has support for SOAP standard using which you may even connect with web-services of your TP (if they do not have a B2B product). Moreover, I can define my own message structure in ebMS (obviously with my TP's ack) and have CPP/CPA import functionality. There is also a PING-PONG message facility in ebMS to test connectivity between TP's. Apart from this there is also ActionName based agreement identification support for ebMS.
I would suggest you to ask your client to discuss it with their TP's and then take a decision.
Regards,
Anuj

B2B integration with OSB

Hello,
I have an OSB and i want to make it communicate with partners through AS2 protocol and EDIFACT. So i guess the best thing is to go through Oracle B2B.
But i don't know how OSB can communicate with B2B. is it a necessary to go through a SOA Composite which will communicate with B2B, or there is a way for OSB to communicate directly with B2B.
Thanks
Farouk

Thank you Anuj for your clear answer.
I have another question, i'm sorry it's not in the same object of thread.
I'm new in B2B, and i saw that there are two places where i can create channels :
1- Administration --> Listening channels
2- Partners --> Partner --> Channels
in the first one, i can't choose an AS2 Channel, but in the second one I can choose an AS2 Channel. what's the difference between them and why in the first listenning channel i don't see an AS2 Channel.
I just wanna be sure that I can communicate with my partners through AS2 protocol.
Thank you very much
Farouk

B2B integration with EBiz for a custom positional flat file

I have installed SOA 11g with the latest patch. I am confused with my setup since I could not find any good example for my use case. I get a positional flat file from my trading partner (VDA4905). I have done the following so far:
Created Document Definition : Custom, version 1.0, type PO with identification type as "flat". I have given the first 3 characters of the file to contain "511" as the identification value.
I have created trading partners, host listening channel (folder as /tmp/b2b) and agreement. Validated and deployed the agreement.
I created a dummy file with first 3 characters as 511 and put it in the /tmp/b2b. The file is not getting consumed and I see the pretty standard error "Agreement not found from TP is null".
My questions are:
1. When I created the document definition, do I need to specify any xsd or ecs file? Since I am using positional flat file, is this mandatory?
2. I changed the name of the dummy file in the "FROM TP_HOST_seq.txt", still see the same issue.
Any help is appreciated.
Shanthi

When I changed the file name, it gets consumed. Regarding the file name, I have the following question:
I get the files from different plants and the file names are different for each plant, however, the processing is the same. If I need to have file name in %From TP%_%SEQ%.txt this format, do I need to create multiple TPs such that the file name maps to TP name? Can I use the same agreement for all these dummy TPs that I create?
Is there anything I can do, to consume all messages in a specific directory irrespective of the file name?
Thanks
Shanthi

B2B Integration:Sender channel AS2

I will be grateful incase someone can give me sender channel documentation using AS2.
I am getting tons of documents,but without any concrete explanations.

I have no option other than the fact ,I have to make AS2 handshake run at first attempt. Partner cant be asked to puch multiple files at different times as I do debugging.
I haven't got enough help here so long.

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