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ABO Bulk Request Import Workflow

This workflow imports an XML template file for a bulk request. Figure 52 shows this workflow.

A user can initiate this workflow by clicking the Import button on the Bulk Request form or the Bulk Request List view. Also, a run-time event or other engine can call this workflow.

Figure 52. ABO Bulk Request Import Workflow

Workflow Description. This workflow performs the following actions:

1. Reads the XML template file, extracts the data in the file, and converts the data to a Siebel Message.
2. If validation is not configured, then writes all of the data (valid and invalid) into the database.
3. If validation is configured, then validates the data.
4. If all the data is valid, then writes the data into the database.
5. If any of the data is invalid, then logs the data into a file.

Table 45 shows the steps in this workflow that call business service methods.