Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi
Looking to implement a connection to Ariba Buyer 8.2 with TX. Has anyone done this before and what was the conneciton method. We'd prefer MQ or JMS via MQ but that may be wishful thinking.

Ariba themselves recommend IBM WBI which contains an Ariba adapter but it also has huge overlaps in technology we already own.

thanks for any input

Tim
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

From the Ariba Web site:
Course
Ariba Buyer v8.2 Enterprise Application Integration
Course Description:
This course teaches the skills required for customizing, implementing, and maintaining Ariba Buyer for Enterprise Integration. Students learn how to configure and customize the product to exchange data with external data sources and systems.

Topics Covered:
Enterprise Application Integration overview.
Ariba Messaging Framework.
Ariba Buyer File Channel integration.
TIBCO Active Enterprise TM channel overview.
TIBCO installation and configuration.
TIBCO Repository and metadata XML.
TIBCO Message Broker.
Testing and Debugging TIBCO integration events.
Modifying TIBCO integration events.
Creating TIBCO integration events.
TIBCO Repository maintenance and administration.
Push integration events via the TIBCO channel using a purchase order push as example.
Target Audience:
Application Developers and System Integrators specializing in application integration.
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

From IBM's site:

IBM Websphere® Business Integration Adapter For Ariba Buyer:

Enables bi-directional real-time integration between the Ariba Buyer application and other enterprise applications (the Ariba Buyer application is an integral part of the Ariba Spend Management solutions)
Automates the full buying cycle management and tracking of spend operations
Is meta-data-driven and includes object discovery capability that aids in the creation of business objects specific to an Ariba Buyer application instance
Enables integration to Ariba Buyer V8.0
System Requirements
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter Framework
One of the following brokers:
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Server (IBM WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker, IBM WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker or IBM WebSphere InterChange Server V4.2.x)
IBM WebSphere MQ Integrator
WebSphere Application Server Enterprise, in conjunction with WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition
WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation
IBM AIX®, Solaris, HP-UX or Microsoft® Windows 2000® platform
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Thanks for those Jeff.

Ariba is already in full use here and uses Tibco for transformation and connectivity. However in the next release the customer does not want to use Tibco at all because a) Ariba provide no documentation of the interface and b) there has been considerable instability of Tibco that affects Ariba and vice versa.
In addition we already have a full EAI solution with TX that we want to plug into. I'll look at the Websphere Business Integration adapter and hope it doesn't enforce the use of the Integrator transformation tool.

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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi Tim

during the IBM/Ascential aquisition I believe it was stated that TX would be merged with WBI later this year. To what extent I don't know, or whether the timeframe still holds true, though this year is probably unlikely.

Perhaps though, depending on your project timescales, it may just work out that you can upgrade to the merged version when it becomes available. Then you could make use of the WBI Ariba adapter.

Or perhaps you could raise a request for the Ariba adapter to be available in TX sooner?

Just a thought.

Hope all else is well up there.

Tarun
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