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Automation Engine and Oracle Applications

Oracle Applications are e-business solutions for enterprises. These solutions are based on Oracle databases and include especially designed programs and reports which mostly run in the form of batch processing in the background. The agentA program that enables the de-centralized execution of processes (such as deployments) on target systems (computers or business solutions) or a service that provides connectivity to a target system (such as for databases or middleware). An agent is also an object type in the Automation Engine. [Formerly called "Executor."] See also: host for Oracle Applications can be used to start and monitor processes in Oracle Applications, and to assume logs to AE.

Below is a listShows entities in a grid view which describes the terms which are important in the interaction between AE and Oracle Applications. Detailed information is available in Oracle's userIn the Automation Engine, a user is an instance of a User object, and generally the user is a specific person who works with Automic products. The User object is assigned a user ID and then a set of access rights to various parts of the Automation Engine system and product suite. These access rights come in the form of Automation Engine authorizations and privileges, Decision user roles and EventBase rights and ARA web application object rights. You can manage all these centrally in the ECC user management functions. See also, Unified user management. guides.

Terms for Oracle

Term

Description

PL/SQL

PL/SQL is the default language for Oracle databases.

PL/SQL packagesDelivery package, a bundle of functionality.

Packages for PL/SQL can be used in every Oracle databaseA database is an organized collection of data including relevant data structures.. Additional packages for Oracle Applications are supplied.

SQL*Plus

Command-line program from Oracle for database access.

Terms for Oracle Applications

Term

Description

Concurrent Processing

Execution of programs and reports in the background.

Oracle Applications provides special software components for "Concurrent Processing".

Concurrent Manager

System componentA component is a single deployable application artifact. As an example, this can be yourfile.war to be deployed into a Tomcat container. Each component has different properties which determine where to get it from, how to configure it, etc. You will need one component per application artifact: e.g., one for the application tier and one for the database backend. for the execution and monitoring of tasks in the background.

Compared to other Enterprise Business Solutions, there can be several "Concurrent Managers". They can be responsible for various applications or control the load distribution.

Concurrent Process

Individual instance of a "Concurrent Program". Corresponds to an OS process.

Concurrent Program

Definition of the "Concurrent Process".

Comparable to the jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system. definition. This definition contains the reference to the "Concurrent Program Executable" which should be executed, parameter definitions and incompatibilities. Incompatibilities are conditions for the execution such as "Concurrent Program A cannot run at the same time as Concurrent Program B".

Concurrent Program Executable

The actual program.

The program can be available as a file or a stored procedure.

Concurrent Request

Request to the Concurrent Manager to execute a Concurrent Program.

Submit Concurrent Request

Function which generates a request for the execution of a Concurrent Process.

Phase

Phase during the execution of a Concurrent Process.

Possible phases:  PENDING, RUNNING, COMPLETE, INACTIVE

Status 

Particular processes can occur in every phase of a Concurrent Process.

Example: States of the phase PENDING are NORMAL, SCHEDULED or STANDBY. 

 


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