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Solutions Overview
This guide describes the Oracle Application Adapters for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Oracle ECM. The adapters include the following optional solutions for
Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle PeopleSoft:
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Imaging Solution , which provides imaging, capture, and workflow capabilities
using Oracle Imaging and Process Management Oracle IPM. See Section 1.2,
About the Imaging Solution.
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Managed Attachments Solution , which enables business users to attach, scan, and
retrieve document attachments stored in an Oracle Universal Content Management Oracle UCM repository. See
Section 1.3, About the Managed Attachments Solution.
This chapter covers the following topics:
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Section 1.1, About Application Extension Framework AXF
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Section 1.2, About the Imaging Solution
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Section 1.3, About the Managed Attachments Solution
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Section 1.4, About the Adapter Components
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Section 1.5, About Adapter Security and Authentication
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Section 1.6, Adapter System Requirements
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Section 1.7, Adapter Configuration Roadmap
1.1 About Application Extension Framework AXF
Oracle Enterprise Content Management solutions use the Application Extension Framework AXF
infrastructure, a command-driven, web services integration, to integrate a business application such as Oracle E-Business Suite or Oracle PeopleSoft
with a content management application such as Oracle IPM or Oracle UCM. Oracle UCM uses Oracle Content Server as its repository.
An AXF solution is a micro-application whose components are created using the AXF infrastructure. Solutions are installed on top of a base configuration of core AXF and
business application files standard to solutions that use AXF functionality. The open Java-based architecture of AXF enables integrators to configure and modify multiple
business process solutions separate from the systems themselves, and to upgrade systems without affecting implemented AXF solutions.
Note: AXF is included in Oracle IPM installation.
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The Application Extension Framework includes the following components:
AXF Solution Implementation Accelerators Oracle provides implementation accelerators for specific functions, such as automating
invoice and receipt processing using BPEL-based workflows with associated approval rules, data entry forms, and reports.
AXF Commands AXF provides reusable commands for implementing functionality.
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The Imaging solution uses multiple AXF commands, as described in Section 1.2.3
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The Managed Attachments solution uses a single AXF command that implements Oracle UCM services that temporarily display and provide access to documents
associated with a business application entity.
AXF Web Tools AXF provides web interface components for display to users, such as a task list and
task viewer. These web tools are used in the Imaging solution and configured through the AXF tables. They are described in
Section 1.2.4 .
AXF Configuration Database Tables You configure AXF solutions, commands, and web tools by configuring the AXF
database tables. The solutions use the AXF tables in different ways.
In addition, AXF-related business application tables are configured for the selected solution:
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In Oracle E-Business Suite, AXF-related tables specify which screens are enabled to execute AXF commands.
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In Oracle PeopleSoft, AXF-related tables enable AXF components on Oracle PeopleSoft pages.
1.2 About the Imaging Solution
