Application adapters for a wide range of applications from leading vendors are supported. Each adapter integrates with at least one, and usually several, of the interfaces exposed by the applications.
TIBCO Adapters are available for many applications and platforms. Note that more adapters are available then listed here, including adapters for Broadvision, Infranet, Metasolv, JDE, Remedy and Tuxedo.
Note that this appendix provides a short summary of each adapter. See your adapter user’s guide for more information.
The adapter enables bi-directional, real-time and asynchronous communication with SAP R/3. The adapter supports the following SAP R/3 integration interfaces:
The adapter exports or imports data into a Siebel system and other external systems in real time. A Business Event Specification is defined to describe how data is imported into and exported from the Siebel system. The Business Event Specification is configured according to the Siebel Business Object model.
Siebel eBusiness applications are customized primarily through creating and modifying object definitions. Programming is supported through the following facilities in Siebel applications:
Siebel business services can be written in Siebel VB or Siebel eScript. They can then be accessed by Siebel VB or Siebel eScript code and called from the Siebel workflow process.
Through the use of Siebel VB and Siebel eScript, the adapter can be invoked to send or request data to or from external applications in the outbound scenarios.
Using the custom Business Service 'EAI TIBCO HTTP Agent' provided with the adapter installation, publication requests can be forwarded to the Siebel Adapter Publication Services and work seamlessly with Siebel Workflow process and other Siebel Business Services.
The adapter is a bidirectional gateway between a PeopleSoft 8 application and the TIBCO environment. The adapter can integrate with any PeopleSoft 8 component including PeopleSoft’s CRM module and the PeopleTools 8.4 application.
The adapter exports data from and imports data into a ClarifyCRM system in an event-driven fashion. For example, data is exported by the adapter when a user saves data to the ClarifyCRM database. When the adapter receives a message containing data to import, the adapter inserts the data into the ClarifyCRM database.
The adapter uses CLI (Call Level Interface) to integrate with Teradata applications. CLI is a collection of callable service routines that provide an interface to the Teradata RDBMS. The Teradata RDBMS communicates with the external world using CLI APIs; this allows the adapter and Teradata RDBMS to be deployed on remote machines.
The adapter also uses JDBC to integrate with Teradata applications. JDBC is a specification for an application programming interface (API). This API allows platform independent Java applications to access database management systems using Structured Query Language (SQL).
The Remedy Action Request System (AR System) provides an application foundation for IT Service Management solutions, such as the Remedy Help Desk, Remedy Asset Management and custom-built applications.
The AR System consists of an Action Request server, which interacts with the Remedy database and provides information to client applications, independent of the database that the client applications use.
The adapter is a bi-directional gateway between an AR System and applications configured for the TIBCO environment. All communication between the Remedy database and the adapter passes through the Action Request server except for the Publication service, which interacts directly with the Remedy database to get data from the publishing table. The adapter uses the AR System’s APIs to interface with the Action Request server.
TIBCO Adapter for Tuxedo acts as a gateway to Tuxedo services, allowing you to invoke Tuxedo services. The adapter facilitates real-time integration between Tuxedo applications and other applications that are configured for the TIBCO environment. The adapter uses Tuxedo's ATMI interface and the communication paradigms provided by Tuxedo to interface with Tuxedo applications.
For the Subscription, Request-Response and Request-Response Invocation services, the adapter uses the appropriate method (communication paradigms) to invoke a Tuxedo Service, which reads, writes from, or writes into buffers.
For the Publication service, all communication between Tuxedo and the adapter is either through the EventBroker or the Adapter Agent.
TIBCO Adapter for Lotus Notes processes schemas between Lotus Notes applications through TIBCO Rendezvous in real-time. It maintains data integrity in both directions, and integrates other software in the TIBCO environment seamlessly into an enterprise.
The adapter receives messages from external applications that are integrated with TIBCO Rendezvous. Messages are passed to Lotus Notes and documents are published from the Lotus Notes database using TIBCO Rendezvous. Publishing is carried out by agents in the Lotus Notes databases. The Lotus Notes agents can be initiated manually, or scheduled to run automatically.
TIBCO Adapter for J. D. Edwards OneWorld Xe allows one-way (publish or subscribe) or two-way (request-response) message exchange between TIBCO ActiveEnterprise applications and the J. D. Edwards OneWorld Xe enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
The adapter interoperates with the J. D. Edwards OneWorld Xe system by making business function calls, extracting data using query lists, and publishing real-time events.
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