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Integrating Oracle Files and Oracle Workflow

Integrating Oracle Files and Oracle Workflow

This lesson demonstrates how to integrate Oracle Files and Oracle Workflow.

Topics

This lesson will discuss the following:

Overview
Prerequisites
Installing Oracle Workflow
Configuring Oracle Workflow
Specifying Oracle Workflow and Oracle Portal URLs
Restarting Oracle Files

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Overview

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Oracle Workflow is business-process automation software. Oracle Workflow lets you automate the process of routing and approving information, according to business rules you specify. Oracle Files comes with a default workflow process (also called review process) that enables Oracle Files users to submit their documents for review. In addition, a workflow designer, a person with the necessary skills to design a workflow process in Oracle Workflow Builder, can create custom workflow processes for Oracle Files. In order to enable workflow processing in Oracle Files, Oracle Workflow needs to be installed and integrated with Oracle Files.

Prerequisites

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In order for this lesson to work successfully, you will need to have performed the following:

1.

Complete the Preinstallation Tasks lesson.

2.

Complete the Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite Infrastructure lesson.

3.

Complete the Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite Information Store lesson.

4.

Complete the Installing the Oracle Collaboration Suite Mid Tier lesson.

5.

Complete the Configuring the Oracle Mail Store lesson.

6.

Complete the Configuring the Oracle Mail Mid Tier lesson.

7.

Complete the Performing Oracle Files Post-Configuration lesson.

Installing Oracle Workflow

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To install Oracle Workflow perform the following:

1.

From the Mid Tier Oracle Home, in the wf/install directory run ifswfinstall &. This will launch the Workflow Configuration Assistant.

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2.

Enter the following and click Submit.

Workflow Account: owf_mgr (default)
Workflow Password: <password>
SYS Password: <password>
SYSTEM Password: <password>
Install Option: Install (default)
Language Selection: US (default)
Connect Method: Remote
Connect String: <SID>

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3.

Workflow has installed successfully. Click OK.

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Configuring Oracle Workflow

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Perform the following to configure Oracle Workflow:

1.

Change directory to $ORACLE_HOME/ifs/files/settings. Make a copy of the ifswfsetup.properties file then open it with an editor. Make the following changes to the ifswfsetup.properties file, substituting those enclosed in brackets with the correct values for your environment:

ORACLE_HOME=<oracle home path>
DB_HOST_NAME=<hostname.domain>
DB_LISTENER_PORT=1521
DB_SERVICE_NAME=<storage database service name>
DB_TNS_ALIAS=<storage database TNS alias>
DB_SID=<storage database SID>
IFS_SCHEMA_NAME=<Files schema name>
IFS_WORKFLOW_SCHEMA_NAME=<Workflow schema name>
WF_URL=<http://hostname.domain:7778>
OID_HOST_NAME=<hostname.domain>
OID_PORT=4032
OID_SUPER_USER_NAME=cn=orcladmin
LDAP_CHANGELOG=cn=changelog
LDAP_BASELOG=cn=Users,dc=<domain>,dc=com
LANGONLY=false
LANG=<leave this blank>
INTERVAL=2

 

2.

Change directory to $ORACLE_HOME/ifs/files/bin and run the ifswfsetup command. Check the $ORACLE_HOME/ifs/files/log/ifswfsetup.log file to see that the command completed successfully.

 

Specifying Oracle Workflow and Oracle Portal URLs

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Perform the following to configure the Oracle Workflow and Oracle Portal URLs for Oracle Files:

1.

Login to Enterprise Manager, http://<hostname>:1810 as ias_admin and click on <OCS Mid tier> instance.

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2.

Click on the Files Domain link (iFS_<node>:1521:<db service name>:IFS_MGR).

 

3.

Click on Server Configurations.

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4.

Click on FilesBaseServerConfiguration.

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5.

Select IFS.SERVER.APPLICATION.FILES.WorkflowURL and click EDIT.

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6.

Specify value as http://<host.domain>:7778/pls/owf_mgr. Click OK.

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7.

Select IFS.SERVER.APPLICATION.FILES.PortalURL and click EDIT.

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8.

Specify value as http://<host.domain>:7778/pls/portal. Click OK.

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9.

Click OK again to save all the Server Configuration changes.

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Restarting Oracle Files

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The changes made thus far will not take effect until Oracle Files has been restarted. Restart the Oracle Files domain and the Files OC4J instance.

1.

Change directory to $ORACLE_HOME/ifs/files/bin then su to root. Stop then start the Oracle Files domain by typing the following commands at the command prompt:

ifsctl stop <enter the password for the IFS_MGR schema when prompted>

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ifsctl start <enter the password for the IFS_MGR schema when prompted>

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2.

Login to Enterprise Manager, http://<hostname>:1810, as ias_admin and click on <OCS Mid tier> instance.

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3.

Select OC4J_iFS_files and click Stop. Confirm that you want to stop this OC4J instance.

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Once the OC4J_iFS_files instance is stopped. Select it again and click Start. Confirm that you want to start this OC4J instance.

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