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Dimitri Gielis
MS Sharepoint
& Oracle APEX
www.apexRnD.be
dgielis.blogspot.com
@dgielis
dgielis@apexRnD.be

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About me

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http://dgielis.blogspot.com @dgielis

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My company - APEX R&D

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Agenda
❖ Why integrate MS Sharepoint and Oracle APEX?
❖ Architecture
❖ Oracle APEX (data, screens) in MS Sharepoint
❖ MS Sharepoint (data, screens) in Oracle APEX
❖ Conslusion

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Why integrate MS Sharepoint and
Oracle APEX?

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About MS Sharepoint
“Organizations use SharePoint to create websites. You can
use it as a secure place to store, organize, share, and access
information from almost any device. All you need is a web
browser.”!
Source: Microsoft website

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Sharepoint Site

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About Oracle APEX
“Oracle Application Express (Oracle APEX) is Oracle's
primary tool for developing Web applications with SQL
and PL/SQL. Using only a web browser, you can develop
and deploy professional Web-based applications for
desktops and mobile devices.”!
Source: Oracle Technet

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About Oracle APEX

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Why integrate MS Sharepoint and Oracle APEX?
❖ Where is your knowledge?
❖ Use the power of both…
❖ Sharepoint as your first stop
❖ See immediate tasks and context of the broader picture
(data coming from everywhere, screens from APEX)
❖ APEX to create your applications
❖ Even use data from Sharepoint

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Architecture

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Architecture
IIS!
Boncode
Tomcat!
ORDS
Microsoft !
Domain !
Controller
Active!
Directory
Oracle DB!
APEX
Browser
HTTP Header variable: !
login-user
Sharepoint

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Oracle APEX data
in MS Sharepoint

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Oracle APEX data in MS Sharepoint
❖ Connect directly to the Oracle database
❖ Sharepoint Designer 2013
❖ App with Visual Studio
❖ Microsoft Business Connectivity Services (BCS)
❖ Oracle Data Provider for .NET
❖ 3rd party connector (e.g. Layer2)

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Direct connection to Oracle DB
An example of an Oracle connection string:!
Data Source=myDatabase;User Id=username;!
Password=password;Integrated Security=no;!

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Oracle APEX data in MS Sharepoint
❖ Use of REST web services
❖ Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS)

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REST access

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Sharepoint List filled with data

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Oracle APEX screen
in MS Sharepoint

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Oracle APEX screen in MS Sharepoint

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MS Sharepoint data
in Oracle APEX

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MS Sharepoint data in Oracle APEX
❖ Connect to SQL Server database directly
❖ Great for one-off migration
!
❖ REST API
!
❖ (JavaScript API)

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Direct database connection

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REST API
http://msdn.microsoft.com/

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apex_web_service.make_rest_request

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Parse XML

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MS Sharepoint screen
in Oracle APEX

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MS Sharepoint screen in Oracle APEX
❖ Useful?
!
❖ Part of screen?
!
❖ HTTP vs HTTPS

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MS Sharepoint screen in Oracle APEX
MS Sharepoint site APEX page

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APEX: URL Region

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HTTP vs HTTPS

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HTTPS: Configure Oracle Wallet
$ orapki wallet create -wallet /u01/app/oracle/admin/DB11G/wallet -pwd WalletPasswd123 -auto_login
$ orapki wallet add -wallet /u01/app/oracle/admin/DB11G/wallet -trusted_cert -cert "/host/
BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt" -pwd WalletPasswd123!

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APEX: PL/SQL Region before URL

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Live Demo

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Conclusion
❖ Why integrate MS Sharepoint and Oracle APEX?
❖ Architecture
❖ Oracle APEX (data, screens) in MS Sharepoint
❖ MS Sharepoint (data, screens) in Oracle APEX

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Q&A www.apexRnD.be
dgielis.blogspot.com
@dgielis
dgielis@apexRnD.be

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Consulting, Development, Training
❖ Looking for consulting, training and development in Oracle
Application Express (APEX)?
❖ Contact : www.apexRnD.be
❖ Mail : info@apexRnD.be