#215 Oracle Fusion CRM partner integrations

I have been getting some questions about this recently -
here's a good info source -

http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/fusion/customer-relationship-management/fusion-crm-isv-partners-1848280.html

Also worth checking out is the EMEA CRM Partner Community blog -

EMEA CRM Blog


 

#214 SOA Made Simple Chapter 3

This chapter covers Service Identification and Design - essentially identifying what services you already have and which new ones do you need.

The authors introduced the concept of 3 hierarchical architecture layers in Chapter 1 -
Business / Information and Technical. So essentially you end up with services on all 3 levels, which need to be identified and designed.

The section on Service Design succinctly covers all you need to know in respect of interface, contract and implementation design. It deals with concepts such as granularity, reusability, idempotency, isolation etc. - really a great checklist for you to follow.

Again the link -

SOA made simple

#213 SOA Made Simple Chapter 2

Chapter 2 delves into services - answering well the ubiquitous question -
What is a Service?
It then delves into the elements of a service - contract, interface and implementation.
However, the example used - a US diner breakfast service - is not to my taste (get the pun!).
The authors may have been better off with a more mundane example - such as car rental booking.

However, the more implementation oriented examples in this chapter do illustrate & illuminate the concepts discussed. What I like about the chapter, and the book in general, is the fact the authors always answer the Why - i.e. giving us solid business reasons for what they are offering.  

Again the link -

SOA made simple

# 212 SOA Made Simple Chapter 1

as promised, a review of the book - Chapter by Chapter...

Chapter 1 - Understanding the Problem.

Reminds me of - Women are from Venus - Men are from Mars - the mismatch between business requirements and IT infrastructure/implementations.

The authors give a succinct overview of the problem space SOA is addressing.
Process silos - data and functional duplication are the common symptoms of this dichotomy.

They emphasise the role of architecture in addressing this and position SOA within this architectural world.
It details how SOA fits in with Enterprise Architecture, Reference Architecture, Solution Architecture & Project Architecture

Essentially a raison d,être for Service Oriented Architecture.

Again the link...

SOA made simple

#211 SOA made simple

SOA made simple
Greetings from Hawaii looking forward to reviewing the above on my return.

#210 - Fusion CRM --> Marketing Campaigns.

I've just started playing around with the above - and see that there are 2 types of campaign I can create.

So what is the difference between the 2?

Firstly, thanks to my colleagues ChrisV and AnujS for the pointers -

The doc glossary states -

Mini campaign - A simplified single stage communication platform that allows a marketer to interact with customers by e-mail or SMS.

Multistage campaign - An integrated multichannel communication platform, that allows a marketer to achieve a specific marketing goal or objective through customer interaction, strategic advertisements and lead generation.

More specifically -

The Mini Campaigns have a single stage whereas Multistage allows one to create multiple stages with different channels to work with, either in sequence or in parallel. Multistage also has the concept of repeatable stages and funneling.

When you choose Mini campaign you can only use the email template for email campaigns whereas in multistage, one can create multiple treatments (not just based on a template). 

Essentially the mini campaign is built for quick execution, a couple of clicks and you have created one - hence less functionality compared to Multistage.

#209 Fusion Apps - querying checkbox value in Groovy

in this scenario the condition is for the execution of an object workflow on Recommendation.

GetPrices is a checkbox on the UI.