A Survivors Guide to Solving PeopleSoft Integration with SOA

Jun Choi Lori Haussermann

Did you know

PeopleSoft 8.0 introduced Application Messaging, Business Interlinks and Component Interface to support external integrations in 2000

Did you know

Integration Broker was introduced with Tools 8.40 in 2002

Did you know

Tools 8.48 provided greater SOA capabilities with more Web Services adoption

Did you know

PeopleSoft 9.1 introduced more than 300 new web services

Agenda
Keys to Success SOA 101 Industry Trends and Challenges PeopleSoft Integration Tools Integration Broker Demo Additional Resources Q&A

Keys to Success
Strategy/Roadmap Have a Plan Change Management/Org. Culture Executive sponsorship Tools/Technology Trained staff who understands the Tools/Technology

SOA 101: Whats in a name?

A collection of services that communicate with each other Loosely coupled services, no dependencies Code not built for specific application, platform independent Business process centric Based upon open standards Re-usable Most common implementation is with web services

SOA 101: Definition

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides a standards-based platform that allows services to be provided, discovered, and consumed by each other, to facilitate the creation of a orchestrated business process. Oracle

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a flexible set of design principles used during the phases of systems development and integration in computing. A system based on a SOA will package functionality as a suite of interoperable services that can be used within multiple, separate systems from several business domains. Wikipedia

SOA 101: Whats a web service?

XML Request XML Response

WS Consumer

WS Provider

A standardized way of communicating using XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI open standards.

SOA 101: Benefits

Reusable - Eliminate redundancy Transparency - Simplify integration by open standards and platform independent Flexible - Provide agility through modular and business process approach Low cost - Reduce integration cost

Increases value of existing IT assets and reduces total cost of ownership.

Industry Trends and Challenges

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Legacy Systems

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Reporting System

Custom Application

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Legacy Systems

Training System

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Recruiting System

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Financial System

Legacy Systems
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HR System

Payroll System
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Industry Trends and Challenges

Traditional Silos Disparate Systems Inflexible, manual processes Proprietary Point to Point interfaces High integration cost

Industry Trends and Challenges

SOA

Web based

Web Services

Client/ Server On-line

Point to Point integration

Hub and Spoke integration

Batch

PAST

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

FUTURE

Industry Trends and Challenges

AMR Research estimates that by 2012, 77% percent of companies will have SOA initiatives underway.

AMR Research predicts that SOA market will double over the next 4 years.

PeopleSoft Integration Tools

Integration Broker Component Interface File Layout SQRs (old conventional way)

PeopleSoft Integration Tools

Integration Broker

Component Interface Application Messaging Business Interlinks

Message Agents

1997 7.x

2000 8.1x

2002 8.4x

Integration Broker: Architecture

Integration Broker
Asynchronous message put into a queue and does not have to wait for any response Synchronous each system involved is waiting for the other system for a response

Integration Broker
PeopleTools
WSDLs Services Service Operations Handlers Routings Queues DMS Scripts Messages Schemas Application Engine Programs Application Classes Component Interfaces

Integration Broker: Definitions

Gateways All messages that enter or leave the IB pass through the Gateway, manages delivery and receipt of messages Nodes Respresent each system/end points involved in the integration Service Grouping of service operations Service Operations Performs work of the service Messages Request and response documents Handlers Defines the business logic to use with the service operation Routings defines the integration between two nodes (source and/or destination of request), ensures message is delivered to right receiving system Queues Renamed from Channels from prior release, for asynchronous service operations only, control operations processing order

Integration Broker: Message Types

Rowset-based PeopleSoft to PeopleSoft Nonrowset-based Used for 3rd Party Integration Message Parts and Containers Used for 3rd Party Integration Document-based Messages New in 8.51, Used for 3rd Party Integration

Integration Broker: Setup

Setup Pub/Sub servers PSADMIN Setup Integration Broker PIA Gateway Node Message Queue Service Service Operation Routing

Integration Broker: New in 8.50

WSDL and Schema-Managed Objects (new object types for WSDL and XML) Graphical Routings Application Engine Handler (for large volume, can be run via Process Scheduler and not the IB Runtime) Improved Logging Integration Load Balancing (master-slave) iWay SOAPSwitch no longer provided with PeopleTools

Integration Broker: Utilities

Service Operations Monitor Generate SOAP Template Handler Tester Service Operation Tester Transformation Tester Schema Tester Service Administration Send Master

Integration Broker: Monitoring

Message Statuses Error New Started Working Done Retry TimeOut Edited Cancelled Hold Error Messages Logged: PS_HOME\webserv\peoplesoft\applications\peoplesoft\PSIGW\errorLog.htm

Integration Broker: Monitoring

Publication Error Messages Pub Process Status Error: Receiving node user profile not authorized to service operation Inbound routing is not setup on the receiving system Service operation is not active on the receiving system Service operation has not been granted security access on the receiving system The source node is not defined in the target database Handler PeopleCode is bad Remote application server is down Receiving Node is not defined in the integrationGateway.properties file Receiving PeopleSoft node has not been added to single signon Service operation version on target is not active Pub Process Status Stuck in New: Sending Queue is Paused Pub Dispatcher crashed or was brought down Sending Node is paused Previous service operation had a status of Retry, Error or Timeout Sending domain is not active Incorrect Gateway URL defined on Node

Integration Broker: Monitoring

Publication Error Messages Pub Process Status Retry The remote node cannot be pinged successfully; the publication contract will be processed when the remote node comes back up No publication handler is available, either because it crashed or it was brought down Receiving Node URL is incorrect in Gateway TimeOut Check URL Check Node password Check remote system Pub Contract Not even created No publication PeopleCode exists Publication PeopleCode is incorrect No outbound routings exists for the service operation

Integration Broker: Monitoring

Subscription Messages Sub Process Status Error: Service operation handler PeopleCode errors exist Application data errors exist Sub Process Status Stuck in New: Application Server down Pub/Sub processes not configured on Application Server domain The Subscription Dispatcher has crashed or has been brought down Receiving queue is paused Receiving node is paused Previous service operation had errors or timed out Sub Contract Not even created No handler exists for the service operation Service operation handler is missing method Queue routing rules not set up properly

DEMO

Additional Resources
https://support.oracle.com http://www.oracle.com/pls/psft/homepage http://blogs.oracle.com/peopletools/ http://peoplesoftintegrationbroker.blogspot.com/ http://peoplesoft.ittoolbox.com/

Additional Resources

Summary
Have a Plan to support SOA to increase value of existing IT assets and reduce total cost of ownership Identify and define re-usable business processes as services from Peoplesoft and other systems with an enterprise approach Integration Broker: A tool for implementing SOA with PeopleSoft using open standards

Jun Choi CTO, ERP Solutions Practice Northrop Grumman Information Systems Jun.Choi@ngc.com

Lori Haussermann Senior Consultant Northrop Grumman Information Systems Lori.Haussermann@ngc.com