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General Information on How to Send a Message

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

  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 eBusiness Application Integration Volume II.

  3. Create a workflow process, using Business Process Administration, to send this information to an external system as shown in the following figure:
    1. Create the following process properties in the Process Property applet:
      Name
      Data Type
      In/Out
      Value

      Account Message

      Integration Object

      In/Out

      -

      Account XML

      Binary

      In/Out

      -

      Error Code

      String

      In/Out

      -

      Error Message

      String

      In/Out

      -

      Object Id

      String

      In/Out

      Row Id of an account

      Siebel Operation Object Id

      String

      In/Out

      -
    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 Arguments
      Type
      Value
      Property Name
      Property Data Type

      Output Integration Object

      Literal

      Sample Account

      -

      -

      Object Id

      Process Property

      -

      Object Id

      String
      Property Name
      Type
      Value
      Output Argument

      Account Message

      Output Argument

      -

      Siebel Message
    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 Arguments
      Type
      Value
      Property Name
      Property Data Type

      Siebel Message

      Process Property

      -

      Account Message

      Integration Object
      Property Name
      Type
      Value
      Output Argument

      Account XML

      Output Argument

      -

      XML Document
    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 arguments:
      Input Arguments
      Type
      Value
      Property Name
      Property Data Type

      Message Text

      Process Property

      -

      Account XML

      String

      Request Method

      Literal

      POST

       

       

      Request URL Template

      Literal

      http://$web_address$/$request_param$

      -

      -
      Property Name
      Type
      Value
      Output Argument
      Property Data Type

      Account XML

      Output Argument

      -

      Message Text

      -
    5. Save the workflow and run it from the Workflow Process 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 process.
    • Use workflow policies on the opportunity business object to trigger the workflow process.
    
Transports and Interfaces: Siebel eBusiness Application Integration Volume III