How to change the SOA instance state from ? to a valid state

Sometimes I noticed that the SOA suite 11g instance is displayed as Question Mark ("?") which is quite annoying, here is a way to change that setting in the SOA em and capture the proper state of the instance.

·        Right Click on soa-infra domain and select SOA administration > Common properties.

·        Under SOA Infrastructure Common Properties, select Capture Composite Instance State.

How to change the Audit Level for composites in SOA11g ?

It is really useful to turn the audit level in development environment for Testing. SOA11g has 3 levels of audits: Production, Development and Off.

Rightclick on soa-infra domain> SOA Administration> Common properties> and change the audit level to ‘Development’ 

How to display the System Timestamp in XSLT ?

Use the following function to display System Time in XSL with desired format.

<xsl:value-of select="xp20:format-dateTime(xp20:current-dateTime(),'[D01]/[M01]/[Y0001]')"/> - gives the System Date

<xsl:value-of select="xp20:format-dateTime(xp20:current-dateTime(),'  [H01]:[m01]')"/> - gives the System Time

The above XSL functions will display Date Time in the foll. format: 04/10/2009 11:16

How to find the XSLT version that you are using ?

In order to know the XSLT function we are currently working, use the following function:

system-property('xsl:version')

Ex: create a variable and print the XSLT version as follows:

 <xsl:variable name="XSLTVersion">

    <xsl:value-of select="system-property('xsl:version')"/>

  </xsl:variable>

Console urls for most commonly used Oracle Fusion products

Weblogic server console : http://localhost:7001/console

oracle service bus console : http://localhost:7021/sbconsole

Enterprise manager : http://localhost:7001/em

direct url for soa-infra for testing : http://localhost:8001/soa-infra

soa composer for Editing Business rules etc : http://localhost:8001/soa/composer

worklist app : http://localhost:8001/integration/worklistapp

bam console http://localhost:9001/OracleBAM

b2b console : http://localhost:8001/b2b

b2b serices test console : http://localhost:8001/b2b/services

User Messaging Service (UMS) configuration console : 

http://localhost:8001/sdpmessaging/userprefs-ui

Webservice to test UMS : http://localhost:7001/sdpmessaging/parlayx

/SendMessageService

OAM console : http://localhost:7001/oamconsole

Policy manager : http://localhost:8001/wsm-pm

EDN log console: http://localhost:8001/soa-infra/events/edn-db-log

weblogic spy servelet : http://localhost:8001/dms/Spy

How to put and get files using FTP commands ?

Here are some examples to get/put files on a remote machine from local machine via FTP (File Transfer protocol)

Steps to get the files from remote to local machine

- Open commandprompt from AllPrograms in the computer

- Change directory to which you want to put the files on local machine, using cd command (say cd C:\)

- Now connect to remote machine using ftp command (ftp "hostname"), enter username and password.

- Navigate to the folder from which you want to get the files from remote machine using cd command   Ex: cd /Users

- Say mget* and say y when prompted - This will get all the files to local machine (C:\).

Steps to put the files from local to remote machine

- Open commandprompt from AllPrograms in the computer

- Change directory to which you want to put the files from local machine, using cd command (say cd C:\)

- Now connect to remote machine using ftp command (ftp "hostname"), enter username and password.

- Navigate to the folder to which you want to put the files on remote machine using cd command   Ex: cd /Users

- Say mput* and say y when prompted - This will get all the files to local machine(C:\).

- Say mput m* and this will put all the files starting with 'm'.

How to check the source code of a BPEL component in SOA11g EM ?

Here are the steps to get the BPEL component source code from SOA11g em.

- Login to SOA11g em

- Select the corresponding composite and scroll down to components section.

- Select the required BPEL component.

- Click on the blue circle as follows beside the BPEL process and select 'Source' from Definition section.

TestFileConsumer