OSN Integration Approach
OSN Integration Approach
OSN Integration Approach
Integration Approach
Contents
1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 2
2 Register ................................................................................................................................................. 3
3 Configure ............................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 Enter the Identifier .......................................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Pick your preferred communication/delivery protocols ................................................................... 6
3.3 Select your supported transactions ................................................................................................ 7
3.4 Find your trading partners .............................................................................................................. 8
3.5 Test message delivery on the OSN Test Hub ................................................................................ 9
4 Test ...................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Purchase Order ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.2 Purchase Order Acknowledgement .............................................................................................. 10
4.3 Advance Ship Notices................................................................................................................... 10
4.4 Invoice .......................................................................................................................................... 11
5 Transact and Monitor ......................................................................................................................... 12
6 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................. 13
1 Overview
The Oracle Supplier Network (OSN), an online service offering managed by Oracle, provides
electronic message setup, transformation and routing services through an Internet-based hub
model. It provides electronic message delivery for Oracle Procurement customers and their
suppliers. Buying organizations achieve quick cost savings by leveraging the community of
enabled suppliers where thousands of XML transactions are exchanged daily. The OSN provides
trading community management, delivery preferences setup, message routing and
transformation, exception notifications and a wealth of other features.
Key Features:
1. Self-service trading partner registration
2. Multiple communication protocols support (HTTP/S, SMTP, etc.)
3. Transformation from OAG XML to other common standards
4. Transaction monitoring and automatic message re-send
5. Services to help your company get enabled
6. Pre-certified suppliers
7. 24 X 7 support by Oracle
The OSN implementation cycle may ideally take 6-8 weeks. The Trading partners should follow
the 4 simple steps to get started with OSN
1. Register
2. Configure
3. Test
4. Transact & monitor
The Oracle Supplier Network has a self-registration process for trading partners to register their
company and begin sending and receiving transactions. To register your company, navigate to
the Oracle Suppler Network (http://osn.oracle.com) and click the Register Your Company link.
Once the registration is completed, login in OSN and verify/update the Company profile and
User Profile.
Post Registration you have access to following resources from OSN portal. Click on the
Resources link available on other top right corner of the web page.
1. OSN Datasheet - general overview of the OSN
2. Trading Partner User Guide - user guide for OSN
3. User Productivity Kit for OSN - from suppliers' perspective
4. OSN XML Solutions Guide - guide for sending and receiving XML messages
5. OSN Access Policies
6. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about OSN
3 Configure
After registration, you need to follow the below steps to configure OSN so that you can
communicate with the Trading Partners
OSN consists of two messaging hubs; the OSN Test Hub, which allows companies to
conduct end-to-end testing and the OSN Production Hub for routing of live transactions
between trading partners
After the values are entered and submitted, the values will be as below
The Oracle Supplier Network lets trading partners test their connectivity with the Network
by sending or receiving test messages using their Oracle Supplier Network account. When
you have completed your messaging setup, you can use the Self-Testing tools to verify
whether you can:
• Successfully receive a test transaction (such as a PO if you are a supplier) into
your system.
• Send a transaction to the Oracle Supplier Network from your source application.
You can perform both inbound and outbound message testing without any assistance from
the Oracle Supplier Network operations team or participation from other trading partners.
4 Test
OSN consists of two messaging hubs; the OSN Test Hub, which allows companies to conduct
end-to-end testing and the OSN Production Hub for routing of live transactions between trading
partners.
You can download the sample xml files from ‘Resources’. Below are some of the examples of
transactions with sample xml.
For further details on the setup in OSN. Please refer the User Productivity Kit provided in
resources tab. User Productivity Kit is a training tool that will allow you to learn how to use OSN. One
can use the User Productivity Kit To See, To Try, To Know, To Print.