Issue with creating array of custom data type - WebLogic Integration

Hi,
We are doing WebLogic integration with Siebel for which from Siebel side we have generated java wrapper class which has all the methods, input\outputs defined and in\out params are serialized along with get\set methods. Following are the details of the input\output args.
Account_EMRIO.java
public class Account_EMRIO implements Serializable, Cloneable, SiebelHierarchy {
protected String fIntObjectFormat = null;
protected String fMessageType = "Integration Object";
protected String fMessageId = null;
protected String fIntObjectName = "Account_EMR";
protected String fOutputIntObjectName = "Account_EMR";
protected ArrayList <AccountIC> fintObjInst = null;
Above class also includes constructors\overloaded constructor\getters\setters
public AccountIC getfintObjInst() {
if(fintObjInst != null) {
return (AccountIC)fintObjInst.clone();
}else{
return null;
public void setfintObjInst(AccountIC val) {
if(val != null) {
if(fintObjInst == null) {
fintObjInst = new ArrayList<AccountIC>();
fintObjInst.add(val);
For the nested user defined data type AccountIC, it is defined in another java class as below
AccountIC.java
public class AccountIC implements Serializable, Cloneable, SiebelHierarchy {
protected String fname = null;
protected String fParent_Account_Id= null;
protected String fPrimary_Organization = null;
With the above, I was able to get all the AccountIC in the wsdl correctly and using this I was able to set the input param in the client
WSDL:
<xs:complexType name="accountEMRIO">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="fIntObjectFormat" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fIntObjectName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fMessageId" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fMessageType" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fOutputIntObjectName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fintObjInst" type="tns:accountIC" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:complexType name="accountIC">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="fName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fParent_Account_Id" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fPrimary_Organization" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
Now, I wanted to make slight difference in getter method of class Account_EMRIO method getfintObjInst so that an array of AccountIC is retured as output.
public ArrayList<AccountIC> getfintObjInst() {
if(fintObjInst != null) {
return (ArrayList<AccountIC>)fintObjInst.clone();
}else{
return null;
With the above change, once the wsdl is generated, I am no longer getting fintObjInst field for AccountIC due to which I am unable to get the array list of accountIC
WSDL:
<xs:complexType name="accountEMRIO">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="fIntObjectFormat" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fIntObjectName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fMessageId" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fMessageType" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="fOutputIntObjectName" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
The issue that I am facing here is, we have a custom data type(AccountIC) which has several fields in it. In the output I need a array of AccountIC. In the java bean, when this type was defined as
protected ArrayList <AccountIC> fintObjInst = null; I was unable to get a array of AccountIC. this gets complicated as inside a AccountIC there is array of contacts as well and all the time I am getting just the first records and not a array.
To summarize: How to get xsd:list or maxoccurs property for a field in WSDL for the user defined\custom datatype?
Can someone help me with this.
Thanks,
Sudha.

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07-11-2011 08:10 AM
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Hello Experts,
We are facing an issue with creating forecast profiles.
We have two FYVs defined in our system, one with 52/53 fiscal weeks (Fiscal Variant W1) and the other with 12 fiscal months (FYV M1), Our storage buckets profile (STP) uses W1, since we have many dataviews that use W1 as the FYV in the attached Planning buckets profile(PBP). We also have dataviews that display in fiscal months (use FYV M1 in the attached PBP), data from Fiscal weeks will be aggregated and shown in Fiscal months . We need to do forecasting using FYV M1, that is forecast in Fiscal Months , but since the storage bucket profile has W1 which is used in the Planning Area config. We are unable to create any Forecast profiles with FYV M1 . Please note that we cannot use M1 in STP because when we used M1 in STP, we could not create dataviews in fiscal weeks (using W1)
1. Is there any way we can forecast using M1 while having assinged W1 to the Planning area/STP ?
2. OR we are willing to assing M1 to PA, provided we can use W1 in some of the dataviews, unfortunately we were unable to do this, though the vice versa is possible i,e. we could have W1 in STP and M1 in some of the related PBPs/ Weekly Dataviews.
Please let me know if any of these are possible or if there is any alternative way to do forecasting in Fisc Months.
Thanks
Tej

Hi,
You are correct, the Storage bucket profile always has to be at a detailed level. Time bucket profile can be at higher levels like monthly, quarterly etc.,
Coming to the root of your problem, which is you are unable to forecast at a level other that what is specified in your Storage bucket profile, unfortunately the answer is no.
You can do a forecast only at the level at which the data is stored and not at the level at which the data is viewed.
One work around for this is to create an additional planning area with the same MPOS and this addl PA can contain only those bare minimum KF required for your forecast. After you generate your forecast, you can copy it to your Weeks based PA and then proceed from there. This copy of KF between PA is much faster as it will happen at LC level and should not cause time delays.
NOTE - You have to exercise caution when you are using 2 periodicities i.e., weeks and months, if you are using standard SAP calendar then you are good to go. If you are creating custom Fiscal variants pls ensure the start and end of a month is same in both the weekly and monthly variants. Failing which, there will be mismatch of data between the two dataviews.
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Mani Suresh

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