Standard Inbound Message Mode Data Flow and Architecture

The following steps describe the flow of data for an inbound Adapter:

1. The external system sends the HL7 message to the Adapter.

2. The Collaboration receives the HL7 message.

3. The Collaboration validates the message (if validate is enabled). If it fails, the Collaboration takes the configured recourse action. If the recourse action is stripped and the maximum number of retries has been exceeded, the message and error are written to the error queue.

4. The Collaboration writes the message to the data queue.

5. The Collaboration then creates the appropriate ACK and sends it to the RA.

6. The RA envelopes the ACK and sends it to the External System.

7. If journaling is enabled, the message and its ACK are written to the journal queue.