Comparison between Adapter and Plug-in
This section is useful for users that have previously used the TIBCO ActiveMatrix ® Adapter for PeopleSoft to help understand differences in the plug-in where supported features have overlap with adapter.
| Feature | TIBCO ActiveMatrix® Adapter for PeopleSoft | TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for PeopleSoft |
|---|---|---|
| Services Provided |
CI Publication service, Message Publication service, Message Subscription service, Request-Response invocation service, Request-Response service, Subscription service. |
The plug-in is a replacement of the PeopleSoft Adapter and AE Palette available in ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks. CIRequest activity is equivalent to PeopleSoft adapter's CI subscription service with "Publish to adapter" activity. CIRequestResponse activity is equivalent to PeopleSoft adapter's CI Request-Response service with "Invoke an Adapter Request-Response Service" activity. |
| Transport Type | JMS and RV | The plug-in is native to ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks and no longer requires messaging. |
| TRA Properties | TRA properties are maintained in TIBCO Administrator and/or adpsft8.tra file. | TRA properties are not applicable in plug-in. |
| Reply Schema, Request Schema, and Custom AESchema | Custom schema supported. | Custom schema not supported. |
| Design time adapter (DTA) | Needed in the adapter to establish connection and download schema. | Not present in the plugin as connection and schema download functionality is part of PeopleSoft Configuration shared resource. |
| DTA transport | RV and JMS | As DTA itself is not needed, its transport is not present. |
| PeopleTools version | This drop down was present under the Configuration tab to select PeopleTools version. | Plugin supports PeopleTools version 8.56 and above. It does not provide drop down. |
| Number of Threads | Used for spawning that many of connections with PeopleSoft. | One connection per activity is used. |
| Logging | Configured in the "Logging" tab. | Plugin uses BW6 logging. |
| Number of reconnect attempts before suspending impacted services | Used in adapter in the reconnection logic. | As there is no service concept in the plugin, this is not present. |
| Connection | Connection configuration is from the Adapter service. | Connection configuration is from the PeopleSoft configuration shared resource. |
| Direction column from schema tab | It indicates whether field is input parameter or output parameter for Request-Response service. | As there is no service concept in plugin and there is output tab in case of CIRequestResponse activity, this is not present. |
| FINDKEYS_SEQ in the schema tab | Present on the Schema tab of adapter for Request-Response service. | Plugin shows this on the Output tab when the user performs find keys operation. |
| Errors from PeopleSoft Server | Reply message contains information on error from PeopleSoft Server. | Fault message is created. |