Oracle B2B Samples and Cookbooks Administering Oracle B2B in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment

Introduction to Oracle B2B 1-11 ■ Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console—Administer settings for performance tuning. See Oracle B2B Performance Tuning in Oracle Fusion Middleware Performance Guide for more information. ■ Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control—Set Oracle B2B Server properties to enable Enterprise Manager metrics and monitor the Oracle B2B Infrastructure. See the following for more information: – Section B.1, Properties To Set in Fusion Middleware Control – Configuring Oracle B2B and Monitoring Oracle B2B in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Business Process Management Suite Within the Oracle B2B interface, use the following for monitoring and configuration: ■ Administration Configuration tab See Chapter 16, Configuring B2B System Parameters. ■ Administration Reports tab See Chapter 17, Creating Reports. ■ Administration Metrics link See Chapter 18, Using B2B Metrics. 1-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle B2B 2 Getting Started with Oracle B2B 2-1 2 Getting Started with Oracle B2B Oracle B2B provides a Web-based interface for creating B2B transactions. This chapter contains the following topics: ■ Section 2.1, What You Need to Get Started with Oracle B2B ■ Section 2.2, Logging in to Oracle B2B ■ Section 2.3, Using the Oracle B2B Interface ■ Section 2.4, Creating a B2B Transaction: An Overview of the Process Flow ■ Section 2.5, Using Oracle B2B in the Oracle JDeveloper Environment ■ Section 2.6, What You May Need To Know About Using Oracle B2B

2.1 What You Need to Get Started with Oracle B2B

In addition to installing Oracle SOA Suite, which includes Oracle B2B, you will need to install: ■ Oracle B2B Document Editor ■ Oracle JDeveloper Use the standards-based templates of Oracle B2B Document Editor to create guideline files. Then, using Oracle B2B, you create and deploy the transaction as part of a B2B agreement. To include the B2B transaction in a SOA composite application, use Oracle JDeveloper, as shown in Figure 2–1 . 2-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle B2B Figure 2–1 Oracle JDeveloper: A SOA Composite Application with a B2B Binding Component The image shows a composite.xml file in the visual editing window of Oracle JDeveloper. Icons for the B2B_Receive activity, the BPEL process, and the File_Write file adapter activity are shown connected B2B to BPEL, BPEL to File. See the following for more information: ■ Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite for information on installing Oracle B2B as part of Oracle SOA Suite ■ Chapter 3, Creating Guideline Files ■ Oracle B2B Document Editor Help menu ■ Oracle JDeveloper Help menu

2.2 Logging in to Oracle B2B

These instructions assume that you have installed Oracle SOA Suite, which includes Oracle B2B. See Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite for more information. Use a supported Web browser: ■ Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.x and 8.x ■ Mozilla Firefox 2.x and 3.x ■ Apple Safari 4.x To log in to Oracle B2B: 1. Open a supported Web browser and go to: http:host_name:port_numberb2bconsole