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Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns

By : Harish Gaur, Markus Zirn, Srikant Subramaniam, Nam Doan-Huy , YiHong Xu , Narshimha Rao Kondapaka, Melody Wood, Matjaz B. Juric, Ross Sharman, Juliana Button, Matt Miller, Mark Simpson, Kiran Dattani, Milind Pandit, Nikhilesh Chitnis, Sandeep Banerjie, Mark Farabaugh, Sri Ayyeppen, John Chung, Mike Blackmore, Hamza Jahangir, Basheer Khan, Rex Thexton, Nishidhdha Shah
Book Image

Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns

By: Harish Gaur, Markus Zirn, Srikant Subramaniam, Nam Doan-Huy , YiHong Xu , Narshimha Rao Kondapaka, Melody Wood, Matjaz B. Juric, Ross Sharman, Juliana Button, Matt Miller, Mark Simpson, Kiran Dattani, Milind Pandit, Nikhilesh Chitnis, Sandeep Banerjie, Mark Farabaugh, Sri Ayyeppen, John Chung, Mike Blackmore, Hamza Jahangir, Basheer Khan, Rex Thexton, Nishidhdha Shah

Overview of this book

<p>In today's business environment, the needs of Enterprises are rapidly changing and these changes demand an unprecedented level of adaptation and innovation. There is a clear need for flexible solutions that support continuous adaptation to an ever-evolving, ever-expanding marketplace. This book catalogs a series of 10 case studies that reflect the experience of Enterprises who have met today's challenges by adopting a new style of development: the use of integrated tools in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite.</p> <p>Every enterprise has specific business requirements that may require unique solutions. This book will give you the insights required to recognize the needs of your enterprise and implement Fusion solutions. These solutions are quick to build, implement, and productive when compared to traditional agile solutions.</p> <p>This book introduces you to innovative custom-built solutions that enterprises can implement to overcome the challenges they face. Significant benefits are achievable through powerful insights and improved decision making; by combining "What" and "How" analyses &ndash; you will see how to go about this. You may already be using solutions for Identity Management, User Interaction, Content Management, Development Tools, SOA and BPM, Enterprise Performance Management, Business Intelligence, and Application Grid; this book will show you how to integrate them to provide innovative, effective solutions.</p>
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Oracle Fusion Middleware Patterns
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Co-Authors
Preface
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Data Tier Caching for SOA Performance
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Automating Enterprise Reporting with WebCenter, SOA, and Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Automated reporting platform architecture


Bringing SOA and a portal together in an enterprise reporting platform can allow users to develop flexible reporting solutions to meet a variety of business needs. SOA handles the data logic, and the reporting platform handles the layout and translation. This enables greater flexibility with report layouts, report maintenance, and optimization of the data extraction and document generation process.

Here are the six steps in the processing sequence, beginning with where the reporting process starts and ending at the point where the end user can see the personalized reports:

  1. 1. Reporting process orchestration using SOA: All process activities related to report compilation, such as data gathering, scheduling, personalization, rule validation, and human review, are modeled in a business process. This is traditionally accomplished using process orchestration engines like Oracle SOA Suite. The business process drives the entire report creation and delivery...