The enterprise discovery wizard has a few requirements before it
can be used to retrieve services from EIS systems or registries.
The enterprise service discovery wizard can only retrieve objects from
systems that have already been set up and which you have been given access
to. In many cases, such a system will have been set up for you
by a system administrator who can provide all the information you will need
later when you use the enterprise service discovery wizard.
Once you have a system set up and have access to it, you should also have
the documentation on hand from the resource adapter or registry that you are
using, which will show you some specific points you will need to know about
that system when you use the wizard. In some cases, the resource adapter documentation
will have a tutorial section that will show you step-by-step how to use the
enterprise service discovery wizard with your particular resource adapter.
When using the enterprise service discovery wizard, then, remember these
important points:
- Check that the EIS system you wish to access has been set up with the
resource adapter you are using to access it. If you are trying to access a
registry, it too must have been set up before you use the enterprise service
discovery wizard. In many cases, a system administrator will have done this
for you.
- Check that you have access to the set up system. Usually, this means a
userid and a password. Your organization may have additional security requirements
such as necessary key store files containing a digital signature for encryption
purposes.
- Check that you have the product documentation for the resource adapter
or registry you are using. You will need it to complete some fields and understand
the many other fields that you see. The information you see in this section
on using the enterprise service discovery wizard with a resource adapter shows
you the pattern of generally accessing any EIS system using PeopleSoft
as an example. The product documentation shows you the low level details of
each particular resource adapter that you will need to know when working with
it. Much of the product documentation can be found online at these links:
- Check that you have any additional files necessary for accessing the system.
For example, some resource adapters require additional third-party files to
be added to the classpath of the resource adapter. In the case of a PeopleSoft
resource adapter, for instance, you will need a communication library and
some generated libraries containing the top-level business objects.