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Sending a Message Using the EAI HTTP Transport

The following procedure demonstrates how to send information from a Siebel application to another Web-based application using the EAI HTTP Transport.

To send a message

1. Create an integration object in Siebel Tools based on a given business object.
2. Refine the integration object created in Step 1 to specify just those business components and fields that you want to exchange with the external application.

   NOTE:  For details about integration objects, see Integration Platform Technologies: Siebel Enterprise Application Integration.

3. In Siebel Tools, set up a workflow to send this information to an external system as shown in the following figure:

   NOTE:  For details on the Business Process Designer, see Siebel Business Process Framework: Workflow Guide.

   1. Create the following process properties:

      Name	Data Type	In/Out	Value
      Account Message	Integration Object	In/Out	Not applicable
      Account XML	Binary	In/Out	Not applicable
      Error Code	String	In/Out	Not applicable
      Error Message	String	In/Out	Not applicable
      Object Id	String	In/Out	Row Id of an account
      Siebel Operation Object Id	String	In/Out	Not applicable

   2. Set up the first step of the workflow after Start to use the EAI Siebel Adapter with the Query method to query the information from the Siebel Database, using the following input and output arguments:

      Input Argument	Type	Value	Property Name	Property Data Type
      OutputIntObjectName	Literal	Sample Account	Not applicable	Not applicable
      PrimaryRowId	Process Property	Not applicable	Object Id	String

      Property Name	Type	Output Argument
      Account Message	Output Argument	SiebelMessage

   3. Set up the second step to use the EAI XML Converter with the IntObjHierToXMLDoc method to convert the data extracted from the Siebel Database to XML format, using the following input and output arguments:

      Input Argument	Type	Property Name	Property Data Type
      SiebelMessage	Process Property	Account Message	Integration Object

      Property Name	Type	Output Argument
      Account XML	Output Argument	<Value>

   4. Set up the third step to use the EAI HTTP Transport with the Send method to send the information to the external system, using the following input and output arguments:

      Input Argument	Type	Value	Property Name	Property Data Type
      <Value>	Process Property	Not applicable	Account XML	String
      HTTPRequestMethod	Literal	POST	Not applicable	Not applicable
      HTTPRequestURLTemplate	Literal	http://$web_address$/$request_param$	Not applicable	Not applicable

      Property Name	Type	Output Argument
      Account XML	Output Argument	<Value>

   5. Save the workflow and run it from the Workflow Simulator.
4. Specify how this workflow will be invoked using one of the following methods:
   • Configure the RunTime Events to trigger the workflow.
   • Create a button on the appropriate view in the Siebel application to call this workflow.
   • Use workflow policies on the opportunity business object to trigger the workflow.