Bookshelf v7.5: Configuration Roadmap

This chapter provides an illustrative example of configuring the Siebel Connector for IFX XML.

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

The Siebel Connector for IFX XML can be configured to support several types of IFX Business Object Model packages. Figure 4 illustrates the main steps in configuring the Siebel Connector for IFX XML.

This chapter presents the scenario of adding a new Payment Schedule account service request through a Siebel front-end application for outbound communication. This operation corresponds to <PmtAddRq> and <PmtAddRs> messages in IFX XML. The example uses the HTTP Transport mechanism, though there is no specific transport mechanism required for Siebel Connector for IFX XML.

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


Checklist
q	Create a new project in Siebel Tools. For details, see Preparing Project Elements.
q	Instantiate the wizard for creating external and envelope objects for the new project in Siebel Tools. For details, see Creating an IFX Wizard Business Service for the Project.
q	Create integration objects in Siebel Tools. For details, see Creating Integration Objects in Siebel Tools.
q	Configure the IFX 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	Configure an outbound Siebel connector in the Workflow Designer. For details, see Configuring the Workflow Process.
q	Configure runtime events to trigger the workflow process in real time according to user input using Runtime Event Manager. For details, see Configuring Runtime Events.

NOTE: When generating integration objects, be certain to use the appropriate version of the IFX DTD, version 1.0.1. It is available from www.ifxforum.com.

Configuration Roadmap

Checklist