Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) is a suite of cloud-based tools and services that are designed to help organizations integrate various applications and data sources, both on-premises and in the cloud. Within the context of OIC, fault handling is an essential aspect of ensuring reliable integrations.

“Global fault” typically refers to a fault handling mechanism that is applied across the entire integration process rather than just to specific components or steps. It provides a way to manage errors that are not caught by more localized fault handling mechanisms.

Here’s how you can utilize global fault handling in OIC:

1. Integration Level Fault Handling: While designing your integration in the OIC console, you can define global fault handling for the entire integration flow. This ensures that any uncaught exceptions, irrespective of where they originate, are addressed by this global fault handler.

2. Setting Alerts: OIC provides features to set alerts. This can be especially useful in global fault handling to notify stakeholders when a fault occurs.

3. Logging and Monitoring: When a fault occurs, it’s crucial to log the error details. OIC provides detailed logging and monitoring capabilities to assist in troubleshooting.

4. Retry Mechanism: For transient errors, you can configure the global fault handling to retry the operation before marking it as failed. This is useful for scenarios where temporary issues (like network glitches) might cause the operation to fail, but retrying after a short interval might succeed.

5. Error Notification: With global fault handling, you can configure error notifications, so the right stakeholders are alerted in case of failures. This can be done through email notifications or by integrating with other notification mechanisms.

6. Error Handling Patterns: Depending on the nature of the error, you might want to apply different strategies – like compensating transactions, rollback, or alternative pathways. Global fault handlers allow you to design such strategies.

7. Enrich Error Information: In case of errors, it’s helpful to have context. The fault handling mechanism can be designed to enrich the error information with relevant data, making it easier to troubleshoot.