configuring Oracle Enterprise Registry (Harvester) with JDeveloper

1. Copy the Harvester plug-in OER103-SOA-BPM-Harvester.zip located at <BEA_HOME>/repository103/core/tools/solutions under <JDEV_HOME>.
2. Unzip the zip file with option “extract here”.

   

3. Check if a new folder “introspector” is created under <JDEV_HOME> folder. If not verify how you unzipped.
4. Open the tools.xml file in <JDEV_HOME>\introspector in a text editor. Copy all the elements between the <tools> and </tools> elements and paste in tools.xml file in <JDEV_HOME>\jdev\system\oracle.jdeveloper.10.1.xxxxx and save it.
5. Launch Oracle JDeveloper and click Tools > External Tools. You should be able to see two harvester menu items
6. To edit a Harvester item, select it and click Edit. In the Edit External Tool dialog box, edit the repository.url, repository.username, and repository.password properties to set the Oracle Enterprise Repository URL, username, and password.
7. To submit an item in the External Tools dialog box to Oracle Enterprise Repository, select it and click OK. Remember to import OER103-SOA-BPM-Suite-Solution-Pack in Oracle Enterprise Repository before exporting assets to OER