How to use IBM App Connect with Oracle Database

Connecting to Oracle Database

Complete the connection fields that you see in the App Connect Designer Catalog page or flow editor. If necessary, work with your Oracle Database administrator to obtain these values.

Oracle Database connection fields:

Oracle host name and port

Oracle database host name and port in the format <hostname>:<port>

• Required: True
• Default value: localhost:1521

Oracle Database service name

Oracle Database service name

• Required: True

User name

Oracle Database user name

• Required: True

Password

Password for the Oracle Database user

• Required: True

Schema

Schema qualifier for the database objects to be accessed. Schema will default to user name if not specified.

• Required: False

Network name:

Specifies the name of the network that IBM® App Connect on IBM Cloud will use to access your system. Required only if connecting to a system in a private network.

If you have already configured a network in IBM App Connect on IBM Cloud with access to the private network, you can select that network. Otherwise, you need to configure a network (download and configure a Secure Gateway) for use with a private network. For more information about how to configure a network, see Configuring a private network for IBM App Connect on IBM Cloud®.

Important: Ensure that the Secure Gateway Client has been started. If you need to, you can start the Secure Gateway Client as described in Configuring a private network for IBM App Connect: Finally, start and configure the Secure Gateway Client.

• Required: False

To connect to a Oracle Database endpoint from the App Connect Designer Catalog page for the first time, expand Oracle Database, then click Connect. For more information about ways to connect to Oracle Database, see Managing accounts in App Connect.

General considerations

Before you use App Connect Designer with Oracle Database, take note of the following considerations:

• (General consideration) You can see lists of the trigger events and actions that are available on the Catalog page of the App Connect Designer.

  For some applications, the events and actions in the catalog depend on the environment (IBM Cloud Pak for Integration or App Connect on IBM Cloud) and whether the connector supports configurable events and dynamic discovery of actions. If the application supports configurable events, you see a Show more configurable events link under the events list. If the application supports dynamic discovery of actions, you see a Show more link under the actions list.

• (General consideration) If you are using multiple accounts for an application, the set of fields that is displayed when you select an action for that application can vary for different accounts. In the flow editor, some applications always provide a curated set of static fields for an action. Other applications use dynamic discovery to retrieve the set of fields that are configured on the instance that you are connected to. For example, if you have two accounts for two instances of an application, the first account might use settings that are ready for immediate use. However, the second account might be configured with extra custom fields.

Events and actions

Oracle Database events

These events are for changes in this application that trigger a flow to start performing the actions in the flow.

Oracle Database actions

These are actions on this application that you want a flow to complete.

Devices

Create device

Retrieve devices

Update device

Delete device

Entries

Create entry

Retrieve entries

Update entry

Delete entry

Modify distinguished name

InetOrgPerson objects

Create inetOrgPerson object

Retrieve inetOrgPerson objects

Update inetOrgPerson object

Delete inetOrgPerson object

Organizational persons

Create organizational person

Retrieve organizational persons

Update organizational person

Delete organizational person

Organizational units

Create organizational unit

Retrieve organizational units

Update organizational unit

Delete organizational unit

Persons

Create person

Retrieve persons

Update person

Delete person

Rooms

Create room

Retrieve rooms

Update room

Delete room

More items are available when you have connected App Connect to Oracle Database.