How-to guides for apps

You can use App Connect Designer to connect applications by configuration and data mapping without a need for coding.

You can connect to your applications in App Connect Designer from the catalog or when you create an event-driven flow or a flow for an API. To connect to applications, App Connect needs connection details. For some applications, these connection details are the user ID and password of an account for the application. Some applications need extra information, like instance URLs or API keys.

For each application, such as Salesforce, a connector is used to establish a connection between App Connect and the application and to run operations in the application. In IBM® App Connect Enterprise as a Service, the App Connect Designer catalog contains basic and premium connectors. Basic connectors are available to use in your deployed integrations at no extra cost. You can use premium connectors in your development flows in App Connect Designer for no cost. But you must purchase premium connectors when you deploy them in flows to integration runtimes. For more information, see Connectors. Premium connectors are identified in the App Connect Enterprise as a Service catalog by the "premium" label Premium connector label . The following table also shows you which connectors are premium connectors.

In addition to applications, the App Connect Enterprise as a Service catalog can include imported APIs, SOAP web services, and community connectors. You can add these imported resources as target applications to your flows in the same way as other connectors in the catalog. You can import or discover the following types of APIs, web services, and connectors.

Discovered APIs from IBM API Connect: If you have an instance of API Connect Enterprise as a Service in the same region as your App Connect Enterprise as a Service instance, you can discover APIs that are published to products in API Connect. You can then import these APIs into App Connect. For more information, see Importing APIs from API Connect.
Imported APIs from OpenAPI documents: You can import OpenAPI documents into App Connect as APIs, and then call these APIs from your flows. For more information, see Importing an OpenAPI document as an API.
Imported GraphQL APIs: You can import GraphQL APIs into App Connect, then call these APIs from your flows. For more information, see Importing GraphQL APIs.
Imported SOAP web services: You can import WSDL or .zip files that contain definitions for SOAP web services into App Connect, and then call these web services from your flows. For more information, see Importing SOAP web services.
Imported community connectors: IBM Automation Explorer provides a repository of shared assets to help you automate your work. These assets include community connectors that App Connect users create and share. You can download published community connectors and import them into App Connect to use as custom connectors. For more information, see Importing or creating community connectors.

Tip: In addition to using imported or discovered APIs and web services to invoke operations, youYou can also use the invoke method for the HTTP connector to call API endpoints. For more information, see How to use IBM App Connect with HTTP.

Available connectors

Application connector	Premium connectors	Learn more
Amazon CloudWatch		"How-to" guide for Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon DynamoDB		"How-to" guide for Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon EC2		"How-to" guide for Amazon EC2
Amazon EventBridge		"How-to" guide for Amazon EventBridge
Amazon Kinesis		"How-to" guide for Amazon Kinesis
Amazon RDS		"How-to" guide for Amazon RDS
Amazon Redshift		"How-to" guide for Amazon Redshift
Amazon S3		"How-to" guide for Amazon S3
Amazon SES		"How-to" guide for Amazon SES
Amazon SNS		"How-to" guide for Amazon SNS
Amazon SQS		"How-to" guide for Amazon SQS
Anaplan		"How-to" guide for Anaplan
Apache Pulsar		"How-to" guide for Apache Pulsar
APIs (imported)		"How-to" guide for imported APIs
Asana		"How-to" guide for Asana
AWS Lambda		"How-to" guide for AWS Lambda
BambooHR		"How-to" guide for bambooHR
Box		"How-to" guide for Box
Businessmap		"How-to" guide for Businessmap
Calendly		"How-to" guide for Calendly
Callable flow		"How-to" guide for callable flows
ClickSend		"How-to" guide for ClickSend
CMIS		"How-to" guide for CMIS
Community connector (imported)		"How-to" guide for community connectors
Confluence		"How-to" guide for Confluence
Couchbase		"How-to" guide for Couchbase
Coupa		"How-to" guide for Coupa
Crystal Ball		"How-to" guide for Crystal Ball
DocuSign		"How-to" guide for DocuSign
Domino		"How-to" guide for Domino
Dropbox		"How-to" guide for Dropbox
Email		"How-to" guide for Email
Eventbrite		"How-to" guide for Eventbrite
Expensify		"How-to" guide for Expensify
Factorial HR		"How-to" guide for Factorial HR
flexEngage Deprecated		"How-to" guide for flexEngage
Front		"How-to" guide for Front
GitHub		"How-to" guide for GitHub
GitLab		"How-to" guide for GitLab
Gmail		"How-to" guide for Gmail
Google Analytics		"How-to" guide for Google Analytics
Google Calendar		"How-to" guide for Google Calendar
Google Chat		"How-to" guide for Google Chat
Google Cloud BigQuery		"How-to" guide for Google Cloud BigQuery
Google Cloud Pub/Sub		"How-to" guide for Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Google Cloud Storage		"How-to" guide for Google Cloud Storage
Google Contacts		"How-to" guide for Google Contacts
Google Drive		"How-to" guide for Google Drive
Google Gemini		"How-to" guide for Google Gemini
Google Groups		"How-to" guide for Google Groups
Google Sheets		"How-to" guide for Google Sheets
Google Tasks		"How-to" guide for Google Tasks
Google Translate		"How-to" guide for Google Translate
Greenhouse		"How-to" guide for Greenhouse
HTTP		"How-to" guide for HTTP
HubSpot CRM		"How to" guide for HubSpot CRM
HubSpot Marketing		"How to" guide for HubSpot Marketing
Hunter		"How-to" guide for Hunter
IBM Aspera		"How-to" guide for IBM Aspera
IBM Cloud Object Storage S3		"How-to" guide for IBM Cloud Object Storage S3
IBM Cloudant®		"How-to" guide for IBM Cloudant
IBM Db2®		"How-to" guide for IBM Db2
IBM Engineering Workflow Management		"How-to" guide for IBM Engineering Workflow Management
IBM FileNet Content Manager		"How-to" guide for IBM FileNet Content Manager
IBM Food Trust		"How-to" guide for IBM Food Trust
IBM Maximo®		"How-to" guide for IBM Maximo
IBM MQ		"How-to" guide for IBM MQ
IBM OpenPages® with Watson		"How-to" guide for IBM OpenPages with Watson
IBM Planning Analytics		"How-to" guide for IBM Planning Analytics
IBM Sterling™ Intelligent Promising		"How-to" guide for IBM Sterling Inventory Visibility
IBM Sterling Order Management System		"How-to" guide for IBM Sterling Order Management System
IBM Supply Chain Intelligence SuiteDeprecated		"How-to" guide for IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite
IBM Targetprocess		"How-to" guide for IBM Targetprocess
IBM Watson Discovery		"How-to" guide for IBM Watson Discovery
IBM watsonx.ai		"How-to" guide for IBM watsonx.ai
IBM z/OS Connect		"How-to" guide for IBM z/OS Connect
Infobip		"How-to" guide for Infobip
Insightly		"How-to" guide for Insightly
JDBC		"How-to" guide for JDBC
Jenkins		"How-to" guide for Jenkins
Jira		"How-to" guide for Jira
Kafka		"How-to" guide for Kafka
LDAP		"How to" guide for LDAP
Magento		"How-to" guide for Magento
Mailchimp		"How-to" guide for MailChimp
Marketo		"How-to" guide for Marketo
Microsoft Active Directory		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Active Directory
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage
Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft Azure Event Hubs		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Azure Event Hubs
Microsoft Azure Service Bus		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Azure Service Bus
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales
Microsoft Entra ID		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Excel Online		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Excel Online
Microsoft Exchange		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Exchange
Microsoft OneDrive for Business		"How-to" guide for Microsoft OneDrive for Business
Microsoft OneNote		"How-to" guide for Microsoft OneNote
Microsoft Power® BI		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Power BI
Microsoft SharePoint		"How-to" guide for Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft SQL Server		"How-to" guide for Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft Teams		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Teams
Microsoft To Do		"How-to" guide for Microsoft To Do
Microsoft Viva Engage		"How-to" guide for Microsoft Viva Engage
Milvus		"How-to" guide for Milvus
monday.com		"How-to" guide for monday.com
MySQL		"How-to" guide for MySQL
Oracle Database		"How-to" guide for Oracle Database
Oracle E-Business Suite		"How-to" guide for Oracle E-Business Suite
Oracle Human Capital Management		"How-to" guide for Oracle Human Capital Management
Pinecone Vector Database		"How-to" guide for Pinecone Vector Database
PostgreSQL		"How-to" guide for PostgreSQL
Redis		"How-to" guide for Redis
Salesforce		"How-to" guide for Salesforce
Salesforce Account Engagement		"How-to" guide for Salesforce Account Engagement
Salesforce Commerce Cloud Digital Data		"How-to" guide for Salesforce Commerce Cloud Digital Data
Salesforce Marketing Cloud		"How-to" guide for Salesforce Marketing Cloud
SAP (via OData)		"How-to" guide for SAP (via OData)
SAP (via RFC)		"How-to" guide for SAP (via RFC)
SAP Ariba		"How-to" guide for SAP Ariba
SAP Commerce Cloud		"How-to" guide for SAP Commerce Cloud
SAP SuccessFactors		"How-to" guide for SAP SuccessFactors
ServiceNow		"How-to" guide for ServiceNow
Shopify		"How-to" guide for Shopify
Siemens Teamcenter SLM		"How-to" guide for Siemens Teamcenter SLM
Slack		"How-to" guide for Slack
Snowflake		"How-to" guide for Snowflake
SOAP web services (imported)		"How to" guide for SOAP web services
Splunk		"How to" guide for Splunk
Square		"How to" guide for Square
SurveyMonkey		"How-to" guide for SurveyMonkey
The Weather Company		"How-to" guide for The Weather Company
Toggl Track		"How-to" guide for Toggl Track
Trello		"How-to" guide for Trello
Twilio		"How-to" guide for Twilio
UKG		"How to" guide for UKG
Vespa		"How to" guide for Vespa
WordPress		"How-to" guide for WordPress
Workday		"How-to" guide for Workday
Wrike		"How-to" guide for Wrike
Wufoo		"How-to" guide for Wufoo
Yapily		"How-to" guide for Yapily
Zendesk Service		"How-to" guide for Zendesk Service
Zoho Books		"How-to" guide for Zoho Books
Zoho CRM		"How-to" guide for Zoho CRM
Zoho Inventory		"How-to" guide for Zoho Inventory
Zoho Recruit		"How-to" guide for Zoho Recruit