Tutorial Overview

This chapter provides a basic introduction to TIBCO Object Service Broker by demonstrating the steps necessary to build a simple application. This application:

Accesses two external data sources to extract information

Applies transformations on the data

Produces the output according to the specified requirements

The chapter provides enough information to build the application and then refers you to the appropriate manuals for complete information about the tools used.

If you want to actually build the application as you read this chapter, first ensure that you can log in to TIBCO Object Service Broker and that your security permissions allow you to define tables, screens, and rules.

Purpose of the Application

This application will allow the user to access information about games scheduled for the National Hockey League (NHL) season, the scores for games played, and the team standings. The input is provided by two text files:

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One contains the game schedule, stipulated at the beginning of the season

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The other that contains game results and is updated periodically as the season progresses

The application builds the native TIBCO Object Service Broker table used to store the game schedule, processes the results using information directly from the external file, and builds team statistics based on these results. The application also implements business logic to fix, if possible, any record with missing or inconsistent data.

What You will Learn

This simple scenario will illustrate in principle how to use TIBCO Object Service Broker to:

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Access an external data source

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Store data in TIBCO Object Service Broker native data format

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Implement business logic using TIBCO Object Service Broker rules language

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Create output and export it to the text file

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Create a TIBCO Object Service Broker transaction object to invoke processing

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Make processing results available to a TIBCO BusinessWorks process


	The application built here does not include the implementation of a User Interface. TIBCO Object Integration Gateway can be used to add the graphical user interface using the environment of your choice (i.e., Java, .NET, VisualBasic) or to invoke TIBCO Object Service Broker processing from the TIBCO BusinessWorks engine.