Oracle Integration Cloud Adapters

Oracle Integration Cloud Adapters are used to connect to different hybrid applications. OIC provides many adapters . Let us see them in brief.

What are adapters

Adapters are required when the application or service we want to interact is unknown or are not compatible for consumption. When we have adapters for e.g IBM DB2 database, it becomes very easy to let your integration talk to the IBM Database, Similarly if you use saleforce adapter to integration to SFDC you don’t need to be aware of the direct webservices and its implementations. The adapter takes care of security and compatibility.

Advantages of OIC Adapters

In this way there are several advantages of using the Adapters.

e.g

• Helps in seamless integration with various oracle and third-party technologies.
• Supports may integration patterns
• Security of application is handled by the adapter, be it basic authentication or OAuth.
• In case of Oracle Apps it uses the Role based access control secuirty policy
• Supports different versions of applications based on configuration

Oracle Integration Cloud Adapters (OICAs) provide a set of adapters that enable Oracle Integration Cloud applications to connect to external data sources. OICAs allow you to integrate data from any application or service into Oracle Integration Cloud, including Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday, and many others and the list is growing.

The Rest and SOAP Adapter

• REST Adapter – The REST (Representational State Transfer) Adapter is very commonly used in OIC integration. It allows url based services calls with flexible payloads .REST APIs are simpler and faster than SOAP APIs because they don’t require XML documents or SOAP envelopes. They also provide better security because they don’ t rely on encryption. REST APIs are usually built on HTTP protocol, whereas SOAP APIs are often built on HTTPS protocol.  The rest adapter can expose integrations as REST APIs when the REST Adapter connection is configured as a trigger.

• SOAP Adapter – SOAP is used for WSDL based services. SOAP is a protocol (Simple Object Access protocol) that defines a common messaging framework for exchanging data across distributed systems. It uses XML (Extensible Markup Language) as its message format. The SOAP adapter can consume external SOAP API for integration messaging protocols in OIC.

The Top Oracle Integration Cloud Adapters

Here is the list of top OIC adapters under different verticals

CRM/CX

eBay Marketplace
HubSpot
Magento Commerce Cloud
Marketo
Oracle Commerce Cloud
Oracle CPQ
Oracle Eloqua Cloud
Oracle CX Sales and B2B Service (formerly Oracle Engagement Cloud)
Oracle Field Service Cloud
Oracle Intelligent Advisor (formerly Oracle Policy Automation)
Oracle NetSuite
Oracle Responsys
Oracle Service Cloud (RightNow)
Oracle Siebel*
PayPal
Salesforce
Salesforce Commerce Cloud
SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris)
ServiceNow
Shopify
SugarCRM
Zendesk

Database

IBM DB2
Microsoft Azure SQL Database integration with the Microsoft SQL Server Adapter
Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW)
Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP)
Oracle Database
Oracle Database Cloud Service

E-Commerce

Magento Commerce Cloud
Oracle Commerce Cloud
PayPal
SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris)
Shopify

Enterprise Messaging

Apache Kafka
IBM MQ Series JMS
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming Service
Oracle WebLogic JMS

ERP

Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)*
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud
Oracle ERP Cloud
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne*
Oracle NetSuite
PeopleSoft integration with the SOAP Adapter
QuickBooks
SAP
SAP Concur
SAP S/4HANA Cloud

HCM/HRMS Adapters

HCM adapter allows connecting to HCM cloud for various processses like HDL , ESS data loads , ATOM feeds etc.

Oracle HCM Cloud
Oracle Taleo Business Edition
Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition
PeopleSoft integration with the SOAP Adapter
SAP SuccessFactors
Workday

On-Premises Enterprise

Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)- The adapter for oracle ebusinesssuite helps in directly talking to EBS database Integration repositery. IT handles all the security and responsibility accesses using the RBAC and Multiorg features.

Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Oracle Siebel*
SAP*

Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Automation Anywhere
UiPath

SOA Connectivity

Oracle SOA Suite (includes Oracle Service Bus and Oracle SOA Cloud Service)

Social/Productivity

Adobe Sign
DocuSign
Eventbrite
Evernote
Facebook
Google Gmail
Google Calendar
Google Tasks
Jira
LinkedIn
Mailchimp
Microsoft Office 365 Calendar
Microsoft Office 365 People
Microsoft Office 365 Outlook
QuickBooks
Slack
SurveyMonkey
Trello
Twilio
Twitter

Supply Chain Management

Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud integration with the Oracle ERP Cloud Adapter
Oracle Intelligent Track and Trace
Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne*
Oracle Logistics
SAP Ariba

Technology

Apache Kafka
AS2
File
FTP

IBM DB2
IBM MQ Series JMS
Microsoft SQL Server
MySQL
Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ)
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse (ADW)
Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Streaming Service
Oracle Database
Oracle Database Cloud Service
Oracle WebLogic JMS
REST
SOAP

Cloud Storage/Content Management

For the AWS S3 and OCI Oracle Storage Service connectivity, the REST Adapter provides native support for AWS and OCI Signature policies.

AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) integration with the REST Adapter
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage Service integration with the REST Adapter

DB adapter

DB adapter can be used to directly connect to a database and issue SQL inside the OIC integration process.

SFDC Adapter

SFDC adapter helps in connecting to salesforce and issue SOQL (salesforce object query langauge)

Conclusion

In summary Oracle OIC provides rich sets of adapter to connect to different application and technologies amd make integration relatively easier on cloud. And the number of adapters are getting added periodically. The video at the top of article show the list of adapters available in Oracle OIC have a relook and you may find one that you need.

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References: OIC Adapters Oracle Doc

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