Using the PeopleSoft Find Component Interface activity

Use the PeopleSoft Find Component Interface activity to retrieve all the component interfaces from the PeopleSoft server. This activity behaves like the PeopleSoft Get Component Interface activity, except that it retrieves multiple instances of the same PeopleSoft component that match the input criteria.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have:

About this task

Use this task to find component interfaces in the PeopleSoft server. The call to this activity is a synchronous call where the input data is sent to the activity for processing and the response is sent back to the orchestration.

Procedure

  1. In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab and expand the PeopleSoft folder contents.
  2. Drag the Find Component Interface activity icon onto the orchestration. The PeopleSoft Find Component Interface Checklist is displayed.
  3. In the Checklist, click Summary.
  4. Review the contents of the Activity Name field, and make the required changes.
  5. In the Checklist, click Pick Endpoint.
  6. Click Browse and use the Project Explorer dialog box to select the relevant PeopleSoft endpoint.
  7. Optional: You can create the endpoint by clicking New and specifying the required connection details. Click OK to save and use the endpoint for this configuration.
  8. To make required changes to the selected endpoint configuration, click Edit to access the options in a separate window. Any changes you make globally affects all uses of the endpoint in active orchestrations.
  9. In the Checklist, click Configure.
  10. Browse for the component interface name in the Component Interface text box. Component interface name is populated with a default value, which represents the PeopleSoft interface. Browse for the component interface name if it is not same as the default value. All the metadata needed for discovering the objects are retrieved from this component interface.
  11. In the Checklist, click Retry. Review the default settings and make the required changes. For more information, see Specifying retry and Delivery Options for PeopleSoft Activities.
  12. Select the Map Inputs in the Checklist. The XML Schemas generated from the selected object of the Find Component Interface activity are displayed as nodes under the request input parameter in the To Activity panel. The PeopleSoft connector generates a single input schema for all the objects used by the activities. There may be some fields that are redundant and not applicable for this activity. You must set the FINDKEYS field for this activity For the Wbi_Customer_Ci component interface, you must specify either the customerid field or the customerfirstname field value, or both.
  13. Create a map between the orchestration variables and the input parameter of the activity.
    Note: Values must be provided at run time for any mandatory elements of the input structure. A value can be provided by specifying a default value for element or by linking the element with an input node. During run time if no value is provided for a mandatory element, the activity throws an exception, which is reported by the Web Management Console (WMC). If a value is not provided at run time for an optional input parameter, no exception is thrown during run time.
  14. Select the Map Outputs in the Checklist. The XML Schema generated to hold the response of the activity is displayed as nodes under the response output parameter in the From Activity panel.
  15. Create a map between the output parameters and orchestration variables.

Results

You have configured the PeopleSoft Find Component Interface activity.



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