Outbound ASI

An outbound ASI defines an interface from a Siebel application to an external application and provides a proxy to the external application that can be called from within the Siebel application. The Siebel application invokes this proxy to make a service request to the external application, soliciting information from the external service, which the Siebel database updates or displays to the user.

A workflow or a user interface event calls an outbound dispatcher. Based on the ASI configuration, the dispatcher invokes one of several services at runtime—Siebel Services, Partner Adapters, XML, or Web Services. The outbound dispatcher links a service name, interface, and transport or protocol binding to the ASI, which is also sent to the external application, as shown in the following image.