1. Financial Services Connector for ACORD P&C and Surety Guide
  2. Configuration Roadmap

Configuration Roadmap

This chapter provides an illustrative example of configuring the ACORD XML connector.

The Siebel Connector for ACORD XML is made up of four pre-built business services:

  • FINS ACORD XML Transaction Manager

  • FINS ACORD XML Data Transformation Engine

  • FINS ACORD XML Converter

  • FINS ACORD XML Dispatcher

The Siebel Connector for ACORD XML can be configured to support several types of IFX Business Object Model packages. The following illustrates the main steps in configuring the Siebel Connector for ACORD XML, which are as follows:.

  • FINS ACORD Wizard. Use FINS IAA Wizard to build an integration object, then external/internal/envelope integration objects, then build a data transformation map, then map external integration object to an internal integration object, then configure the workflow process, then instantiation.

  • Data Mapper. Use to build a data transformation map, then map external integration object to an internal integration object, then configure the workflow process, then instantiation.

  • Workflow Manager. Use to configure the workflow process, then instantiation.

Main Steps to Configure the Siebel Connector for ACORD XML. This image is described in surrounding text.

This chapter presents the scenario of adding a new Auto Policy through a Siebel front-end application for outbound communication and receiving a request to add an auto policy during inbound communication. This operation corresponds to <PersAutoPolicyAddRq> and <PersAutoPolicyAddRs> commands in ACORD XML. The example uses the MQSeries Server Transport mechanism, though there is no specific transport mechanism required for Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.

The following checklist shows the high-level procedure for configuring your system to use the Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.

Checklist

Create the integration objects in Siebel Tools.

For details, see Creating Integration Objects in Siebel Tools.

Configure the ACORD XML business services in Siebel Tools.

For details, see Configuring the Connector Components.

Configure the transformation maps in Siebel Client.

For details, see Configuring the Data Transformation Maps.

For outbound communication, configure the outbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML for sending an ACORD XML message.

For details, see Configuring an Outbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.

For inbound communication, configure the inbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML for receiving an ACORD XML message.

For details, see Configuring an Inbound Siebel Connector for ACORD XML.

For outbound communication, configure events to trigger the workflow process in real time according to user input using Runtime Event Manager.

For details, see Configuring Runtime Events.

For inbound communication, configure server tasks to dispatch the message to the workflow.

For details, see Configuring Server Tasks.

Note: When generating integration objects, be certain to use the appropriate version of the ACORD DTD, version 1.0.0. It is available from www.acord.com.