Overview

With TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for OData, you can configure a connection to an OData server, and then use the activities to query, create, update, and delete from OData services.

OData (Open Data Protocol) is an OASIS standard that defines the best practice for building and consuming RESTful APIs. For more information, see OData documentation.

ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for OData plugs into TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™. The following figure shows how the plug-in works with the TIBCO products.

  • ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for OData is used to communicate with an OData Server.
  • ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for OData plugs into TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks and connects to an OData server.
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks is an easy-to-use integration product suite for enterprise applications.
  • TIBCO Business Studio™ is the graphical user interface (GUI) used by TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. The plug-in to design business processes, and the underlying process engine to run these business processes.
  • TIBCO® Enterprise Administrator provides a centralized administrative interface to manage and monitor the plug-in applications deployed in an enterprise.

The plug-in provides the following functions:

  • Connect to an OData server.
  • Query data from an OData server.
  • Create, update, and delete data from an OData server.