Oracle Integration Repository

How to access 'Integration Repository'

From E-Business Suite
Responsibility :

'Integration Repository' (12.0.x)

'Integrated SOA Gateway' (12.1.x)

From the Public Web Site
http://irep.oracle.com/
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Oracle Integration Repository

Oracle Integration Repository, an integral part of Oracle E-Business Suite, is a compilation of information about the numerous interface endpoints exposed by Oracle applications. It provides a complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite's business interfaces, and a comprehensive view of the interface mechanisms available. You can use this tool to easily discover and deploy the appropriate business interface from the catalog for integration with any system, application, or business partner.

Features

A unified repository from which all integration interface types are exposed
Updates are automated and documented
Catalog is searchable on keywords and navigable by product family
A powerful user interface to help you find the data you are looking for from the repository

What you can access in irep

PL/SQL Procedures and Functions :A business interface can be based on a PL/SQL package from which you invoke procedures and functions appropriate to a defined integration goal.
Open Interface Tables :An open interface consists of the interface tables to store data from external sources and concurrent programs, to validate and apply this data into the Oracle Applications base tables. All open interfaces are implemented using concurrent programs.
Interface Views :Interface views are database objects that make data from Oracle Applications products available for selection and used by destination applications.
Concurrent Programs
Java Methods :A business interface can be based on a Java class from which you invoke methods
Web Services : Both Service Bean and XML Gateway message maps can be exposed as Web services, which are defined with Web Services Description Language (WSDL) content appropriate to the interface type.
XML Gateway Maps :Oracle XML Gateway is a set of services that allows easy integration with Oracle Applications to support XML messaging.
eCommerce Gateway Messages :Oracle e-Commerce Gateway is a file-based integration layer between Oracle Applications and any other external application.