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Business Data Flows

Each standard integration or custom integration is based on business data flows. A business data flow controls the transformation of an ACORD-based data object to a Siebel data object and a Siebel data object to an ACORD-based data object.

There are two types of business data flows:

• Outbound to an external ACORD-based application (Send)
• Inbound from an external ACORD-based application (Receive)

Figure 2 illustrates both inbound and outbound business data flows.

Figure 2. Data Flow in the Siebel Connector for ACORD XML

The business data flows consist of XML messages in the format published by ACORD, such as<HomePolicyAddRq>, <HomePolicyQuoteInqRq>, <PersAutoPolicyAddRq>, <PerAutoPolicyQuoteInqRq>, <PersUmbrellaPolicyAddRq>, <PersUmbrellaPolicyQuoteInqRs>. A significant portion of the ACORD messages are provided as examples for your reference in the sample database.

The processing for each type of data flow is contained within a Siebel workflow. The workflow process is initiated by Siebel Event Manager or by a Siebel
eScript call.