Bookshelf v7.8: Configuration Roadmap

This chapter provides an illustrative example of configuring the ACORD XML connector.

The Siebel Connector for ACORD XML is made up of four pre-built business services:

The Siebel Connector for ACORD XML can be configured to support several types of IFX Business Object Model packages. Figure 5 illustrates the main steps in configuring the Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.

This chapter presents the scenario of adding a new Auto Policy through a Siebel front-end application for outbound communication and receiving a request to add an auto policy during inbound communication. This operation corresponds to <PersAutoPolicyAddRq> and <PersAutoPolicyAddRs> commands in ACORD XML. The example uses the MQSeries Server Transport mechanism, though there is no specific transport mechanism required for Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.

The following checklist shows the high-level procedure for configuring your system to use the Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.


Checklist
q	Create the integration objects in Siebel Tools. For details, see Creating Integration Objects in Siebel Tools.
q	Configure the ACORD XML business services in Siebel Tools. For details, see Configuring the Connector Components.
q	Configure the transformation maps in Siebel Client. For details, see Configuring the Data Transformation Maps.
q	For outbound communication, configure the outbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML for sending an ACORD XML message. For details, see Configuring an Outbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.
q	For inbound communication, configure the inbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML for receiving an ACORD XML message. For details, see Configuring an Inbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.
q	For outbound communication, configure events to trigger the workflow process in real time according to user input using Runtime Event Manager. For details, see Configuring Runtime Events.
q	For inbound communication, configure server tasks to dispatch the message to the workflow. For details, see Configuring Server Tasks.

NOTE: When generating integration objects, be certain to use the appropriate version of the ACORD DTD, version 1.0.0. It is available from www.acord.com.