What Functionality is Provided by the Action Framework?

Using Actions to Integrate Oracle BI EE with External Systems 5-5 A sample action configuration file is available for download from the Oracle Web site. You can use the samples contained in this file along with this document to understand the various ways to configure actions. The sample files are located at the following Oracle Web site: http:www.oracle.comtechnologyproductsbienterprise-edition. html After you modify the configuration file, you need to restart the Managed Server in Weblogic that is hosting your Oracle BI EE environment. For general information about how to restart the Managed Server in Weblogic, see Confirming Whether the Managed Server is Running in Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrator’s Guide for Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition.

5.3.1 Aliases

This topic describes the location alias element. Location aliases provide a substitution mechanism so that actions refer to an alias rather than a fixed URL. Aliases are useful if you want to switch between test and production systems. The aliases element can contain zero or more location-alias elements. Note the following example: location-alias aliaswebservicehostalias actualmyserver.oracle.com:7001actual location-alias Based on the webservicehost alias in this example, an Oracle BI EE user is able to create an action to invoke a target Web service through the following WSDL: http:msyserver.oracle.com:7001MyWebServicemyservice.wsdl Table 5–3 Action Framework Configuration Elements Element Name Description location-alias Use to enable actions to refer to a location alias rather than a fixed URL. Setting up aliases can make migrating between test and production systems easier. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.1, Aliases . registry Use to provide information about the pre-configured registries for Web Services, EJBs, and so on. that provide predefined sets of targets for actions. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.2, Registries . content-type Use to provide information about the types of content for which a registry returns information. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.3, Content Types . account Use to provide information about gateway accounts. Use for authenticating to action targets. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.4, Accounts . policy Use to provide information about the location of Oracle Web Services Manager OWSM. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.5, Policies . proxy Use to provide information about proxy settings for accessing Web Services or URLS. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.6, Proxy . ebusinesssuiteconfig Use to specify whether the custom action Navigate to E-Business Suite displays in the Oracle BI Presentation Services user interface. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.7, ebusinesssuiteconfig . siebelcrmconfig Use to specify whether the custom action Navigate to Siebel CRM dispays in the Oracle BI Presentation Services user interface. For more information about this element, see Section 5.3.8, siebelcrmconfig .