Integrate ContactManager with BillingCenter

To set up the ContactManager side of integration with BillingCenter, use Guidewire Studio for ContactManager to change suite and plugin registry settings.

Before you begin

Complete Integrate BillingCenter with ContactManager.

Procedure

  1. At a command prompt, navigate to the ContactManager installation folder, and then start Guidewire Studio™ for ContactManager by entering the following command: 
    gwb studio
  2. In Guidewire Studio for ContactManager, open the Project window.
  3. Press Ctrl+Shift+N and enter suite-config.xml to find this file, and then double-click the search result to open the file in the editor.

    This file defines the URLs of the applications in the Guidewire InsuranceSuite. If the entries in this file are commented out, you must remove the comments for the applications you have installed. In the default configuration, the Guidewire applications have the following settings in this file: 

    <suite-config xmlns="http://guidewire.com/config/suite/suite-config">
  <!--<product name="cc" url="http://localhost:8080/cc"/>-->
  <!--<product name="pc" url="http://localhost:8180/pc"/>-->
  <!--<product name="ab" url="http://localhost:8280/ab"/>-->
  <!--<product name="bc" url="http://localhost:8580/bc"/>-->
</suite-config>
  4. Remove the comments around the BillingCenter (bc) entry, as follows: 
    <suite-config xmlns="http://guidewire.com/config/suite/suite-config">
  <!--<product name="cc" url="http://localhost:8080/cc"/>-->
  <!--<product name="pc" url="http://localhost:8180/pc"/>-->
  <!--<product name="ab" url="http://localhost:8280/ab"/>-->
  <product name="bc" url="http://localhost:8580/bc"/> 
</suite-config>
  5. Open the Project window and navigate to configuration > config > Plugins > registry.
  6. Double-click BillingSystemPlugin.gwp to open it in the Registry editor.

    You need to register a plugin implementation so ContactManager can use it to synchronize address book changes with BillingCenter. By default, the system uses gw.plugin.integration.StandAloneClientSystemPlugin. You must replace this plugin implementation because it does not broadcast Contact changes and does not communicate with core applications.

  7. In the Registry editor, click Remove Plugin .
  8. Click Add Plugin and, in the drop-down menu, choose Add Gosu Plugin to register the new plugin implementation.
  9. In the Gosu Class field, enter the following class: 
    gw.plugin.billing.bc1000.BCBillingSystemPlugin
  10. Navigate to configuration > gsrc and then to wsi.remote.gw.webservice.bc.bc1000.wsc.
  11. Double-click the bc1000.wsc web services collection to open the editor, and then, in the editor, click the following resource: 
    ${bc}/ws/gw/webservice/bc/bc1000/contact/ContactAPI?wsdl

    ContactManager calls this BillingCenter web service when it has Contact updates for BillingCenter. The BillingCenter web service ContactAPI implements the interface ABClientAPI. The ${bc} variable in this path corresponds to the product name="bc" entry in the suite-config.xml file, which specifies the URL for BillingCenter.

  12. Ensure that BillingCenter is running, and then click Fetch to get the latest updates to ContactAPI.
  13. In the same editor on the Settings tab is the configuration provider class wsi.remote.gw.webservice.bc.BCConfigurationProvider.

    This class defines the user name and password that ContactManager uses to connect with BillingCenter.

    Important: In the base configuration, ContactManager uses the user name su and password gw. Guidewire recommends that you change this user name in the BCConfigurationProvider class and in ContactManager.
  14. When the update finishes, close Guidewire Studio for ContactManager.
  15. To pick up your changes, stop and restart ContactManager and BillingCenter.
    1. Stop BillingCenter.

      Open a command prompt in the BillingCenter installation folder and then enter the following command: 

      gwb stopServer
    2. Stop ContactManager.

      Open a command prompt in the ContactManager installation folder and then enter the following command: 

      gwb stopServer
    3. Start the ContactManager application in the ContactManager installation folder: 
      gwb runServer
    4. Start the BillingCenter application in the BillingCenter installation folder: 
      gwb runServer

What to do next

Test the integration of BillingCenter and ContactManager