I'm planning to develop an adapter to access Siebel CRM data for my iOS app. I'm a new bee into this Siebel technology. I 've the Siebel CRM up an running in my workstation with sample db data. Could any one help me in getting this done? please excuse me if i've hosted this ques in a wrong stack.
There seems to be only 2 valid ways to do that:
SOAP webservices
REST api (but for this you need to have jboss or weblogic server: Sebel Bookshelf)
all other ways (Java Siebel Data Bean, COM interfaces, direct db access) got lots of issues: like issues with java on iOS ( I think it is not possible to run on iPhone), issues with legacy COM interfaces on iOS and numerous issues with direct db connection (complexity, stability, reusability...)
SOAP is out of the box on Siebel but requires more coding on iOS side, REST is easier on iOS or any webpage but requires some middlware:
JBoss/WebLogic + and RESTfull Siebel client form Siebel (available somewhere on their page)
java data bean app that produces REST
soap client that produces REST
I have worked on 2 projects involving iOS and Siebel: first one using JBoss and second project that used SOAP client which translated requests to/from REST. SOAP client approach was more stable (in comparison to RESTfull client from vendor - as the RESTfull client connects to Siebel internally using Java Data Bean) on Siebel 7.8.
In both cases we picked REST to talk to iOS as it allows easier deveopment on iOS side and also possiblity to easly utilize it in projects creating webpages to simplify/tune siebel GUI for different purpose..
If you're current system is sample db, then you have installed developer instance of Siebel. It uses a Sybase database. The server installation will use Oracle/MSSQL server. If you are ok with database connection, you can check that.
For Webservices, by default , Siebel does not support JSON/REST api. Only the older SOAP structure is supported. You will have to go through oracle bookshelves to setup an inbound webservice in Siebel.
But just to add, the latest version of Siebel's UI uses javascript/CSS, and runs on any browser, including IOs .
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Some information required about MAF.
How many platforms it will support?
I have read in some blogs, for client side(Mobile) they are using web frameworks and for Business logic they are using java and cordova for interact with Mobile functionalities.
Here business logic(JAVA) mean client side business logic or server side?
Using MAF directly(From mobile) we can access database, without interaction of webservices?
Is there any wrapper between Mobile and oracle database?
in case without wrapper we can, how to put security for database?
Thanks in advance.
MAF supports iOS and Android currently - versions here. See the data sheet for more info.
MAF can execute Java code (compiled at deployment) natively on the device. Java can be used for local business logic, although typically business logic is performed on server and accessed via Web Service for obvious performance and design reasons.
Java is typically used on device to support application state and behaviors or interface. UI is coded using component-based framework called AMX which generates HTML for rendering in web view and task flows for graphical design of navigation, or hand coded using HTML/JS fwk of your choice. Cordova provides access to on-device features via drag and drop code generation for AMX pages, as well as Java and JS APIs.
Java is used to connect to Web Services (REST and SOAP - REST preferred for performance) and the local database, (encrypted) SQLite via JDBC. All interaction with remote data sources is via Java JDBC and or Web Services. Java is used to wrapper all data sources, local and remote.
Please feel free to look at all the docs on the Oracle OTN site. Lots of good info there. Also, my aggregation site for my Oracle students has lots of good links as well.
There are a lot of ways to have a database on server ( I can use my own server or I can use MS Azure (for Azure I found REST API Description https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/gg715283.aspx , but I didn't find a way to add some rows to a table or to get information from the table)), but I want to edit the database and get proper rows from the server database from iOS code without having server API. There are a lot of ready solutions such as Backendless.com , but they are not stable.
So is there any way to connect to the remote SQL server database on the remove server or to MS Azure database and to edit rows and fetch data?
May there are some framework for iOS to do than? (for example in .Net there are Linq framework and Entity Framework).
In your question, you linked to a management API for SQL Database service - this has nothing to do with data manipulation; it's strictly a management API for dealing with servers and databases.
If you want to direct-connect from an IOS app to SQL Database Service (or SQL Server in a VM), you'd need to find a client library for IOS (and recommendations of such a library are not in scope for StackOverflow). There is no native SQL Server client library specifically provided through the Azure SDKs / APIs.
Outside of a native client library, there is Azure Mobile Services, which provides an API stack specifically designed around use by mobile apps (whether IOS, Android, Windows Phone, or even JavaScript). The API stack provided here, by default, gives CRUD operations for SQL Database tables. Additionally, it supports adding custom API calls, where you have complete control of your API calls.
Any other API stack would require you to choose the stack and run it yourself (whether in a Linux or Windows VM, Cloud Service, or Web App - there's no single right way to do this).
Documentation for Azure Mobile Apps (and related API feature, such as monitoring) is here.
Since you are developing in Azure consider automatic REST API from SlashDB, which is available from their Marketplace.
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/partners/vte/slashdb-slashdb-azure/
SlashDB reflects the entire database as URL-linked structure so a lot of queries need not even be written. It supports SELECT, INSERT and UPDATE. In addition to that it allows for defining an API end-point to call a stored procedure or return results of a SQL query.
Disclosure: I am the founder and CEO of the company behind SlashDB, but you don't have to take my word it - just try it.
• I am using asp.net . I have to integrate quick books data into my asp.net application.
• In silverlight application using com objects am able to connect to QB and getting the data from that By selecting Company name from .
• But I have to do all this stuff from the iis. So using com objects it is not possible to get the data com object.
So I have chosen Web connector.
My requirement is :
I will select the company database from User interface
After that I have to get the data like : customers ,vendors.
That data I have to import into my database.
But using Web Connector : that has different scenario…
I have to select first .qwc file using this we are calling web services. From there we will get the data.
Is it possible to call the web connector through the coding…..calling web service from there…
Or is there any other solutions without selecting .qwc file
Is it possible to call the webconnector through the coding
No, the Web Connector calls your web service, not the other way around.
It can be scheduled to poll your web service every X minutes.
Or is there any other solutions without selecting .qwc file
To use the Web Connector, you go through a one-time setup process of installing the .QWC file. You only have to do that once. After you've done that, there's nothing else necessary on the end-user side of things.
I've just begun to read the QB Developer documentation and have come to the conclusion that to write a web-enabled application that will sync/remote backup QB files between two machines over the Internet, that the QBWC is the 'approved' way to accomplish this task. The .NET application samples in the QB SDK (V12) are not using WCF but WSDL and SOAP.
But before I commit to going that route, I am asking if anyone has a better approach. I'd prefer to use WCF and MS Sync Framework, but I don't want to head down that road if it will mean using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
Thanks
You really hinted at two separate goals here, so I'll address each specifically:
... remote backup QB files between two machines ...
If your goal is BACKUP then the Web Connector is certainly not the answer. The purpose of the Web Connector is to enable integration between QuickBooks and web applications, via the QuickBooks API/SDK. Since not all data stored within QuickBooks is accessible via the API, the Web Connector is not appropriate for backup. It is impossible to get a complete, accurate backup of the entire QuickBooks data set via the Web Connector.
On the other hand...
... web-enabled application that will sync ...
If your goal is to allow integration/sync of data between your web app and QuickBooks, the Web Connector is a decent solution. Yes, it uses SOAP (with a grand total of only about 5 very simple methods). No, you can't use WCF/anything else without writing your own version of the Web Connector.
If you add more details about specifically what you're looking to do with specifically what data, you'll probably get some better answers and suggestions about approach.
I've got a custom HTTP Server created using Delphi 7 and Ararat Synapse which receives HTTP GET from another application with a simple set of variables.
For example: http://myserver.com/get?Variable1=adsds&Variable2=asdasdasdsa&Variable3=aasdsadasdsad
The application source is similar to this - http://searchco.de/codesearch/view/13374072
Now, my customer needs me provide a SOAP interface. Completely new to SOAP, I did some research and found it to be very complicated. I would like to know what's the easier way to incorporate this interface to my HTTP server. Or should I find ready made SOAP To HTTP Conversion app if there is such a software. Thank you.
Note: I'm not the original developer of the HTTP Server.
There is a Web Service Toolkit for Free Pascal and Delphi which can be used to write SOAP servers.
I have not yet used it myself but it is in active development and might be compatible with Synapse.
Update: the current version seems to include support for Internet Direct (Indy) and Synapse (HTTP server and TCP server).
You need to write a SOAP server, which not only generates SOAP responses from SOAP requests, but which also provides a WSDL document telling the users what requests they can make.
Since your completely new to SOAP here are some 'starter' links:
General:
SOAP, WDSL, HTTP, XSD? What the?
List of publicly available web services (I would start writring a small testapp that consumes SOAP)
With Delphi:
Developing Web Services with Delphi
Web Services Made Easy With Delphi
Web services with Delphi
The fact that you are using Delphi 7 makes things more difficult, since later versions have better support:
Debugging/Testing Win32 SOAP Web Services (D2007). Bob has more SOAP articles
For testing both serving and consuming SOAP you should use SoapUI, a great free tool (What is SOAPUI?).
Once you are up to the WDSL you should know what types of WSDL exist and the whole namespaces mess...