Stencil Descriptions
There are a variety of stencil categories and the icons each category contains.
The following table describes the Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) stencils. The table is arranged alphabetically by stencil category.
| Category / Stencil Name | Contains Icons for: |
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| All / All Services | All installed services (not including activities in the Business Process Modeling Language (BPML) stencil). Service icons display in alphabetical order. All other stencils are subsets of this stencil. |
| Applications / ERP | Adapters installed to connect to external, Enterprise Resource Planning applications, such as:
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| Applications / IBM® | Adapters installed to connect to external, IBM applications, such as:
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| B2B Protocols / FTP Client | Services that complete B2B communication using File Transfer Protocol, such as:
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| B2B Protocols / HTTP Client | Services that complete B2B communication using Hypertext Transfer Protocol, such as:
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| B2B Protocols / SFTP Client | Services that complete B2B communication using Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol (SSH/SFTP), such as:
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| BPML / BPML | Commonly used BPML activities and instructions, such as:
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| Communications / Communications | Services and adapters that enable Sterling B2B Integrator to send and receive messages using the standard Internet communications protocols, such as:
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| Custom / Custom | Custom-created services, after your software developer has developed, installed, and configured them. |
| EDI / ACH | Services related to EDI transaction processing requirements using Automated Clearing House standards, such as:
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| EDI / CII | Services related to EDI transaction processing requirements using Japanese Center for Informatization of Industry standards, such as:
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| EDI / EDIFACT | Services related to EDI transaction processing requirements using EDIFACT standards, such as:
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| EDI / TRADACOMS | Services related to EDI transaction processing requirements using TRADACOMS standards, such as:
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| EDI / X12 | Services related to EDI transaction processing requirements using Accredited Standards Committee X12 standards, such as:
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| Internet B2B / E5 | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using the E5 (clients and servers) format, such as:
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| Internet B2B / ebXML | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using the ebXML format, such as:
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| Internet B2B / EDIINT | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using the EDIINT protocol, such as:
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| Internet B2B / Mailbox | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using mailbox format, such as:
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| Internet B2B / Rosettanet | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using RosettaNet™ RNIF standards, such as:
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| Internet B2B / SOAP | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using Simple Object Access Protocol, such as:
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| Internet B2B / Transora | Services that implement business-to-business data exchange using Transora™ exchange methods, such as:
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| Messaging / Instant Messaging | Services that enable Sterling B2B Integrator to send and receive instant messages, such as:
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| Messaging / Queuing | Adapters that enable Sterling B2B Integrator to send messages to and from remote messaging queues, such as:
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| Messaging / WebSphereMQSuite | Services that enable you to script a complete MQ session using a business process, such as:
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| Process Controls / Process Controls | Services that:
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| Retiring / Retiring | Services and adapters that will soon no longer be supported in Sterling B2B Integrator. In order to improve performance, enhance features, or ensure compatibility with recent product releases, IBM periodically retires services and adapters and makes other services and adapters available to fill the need. If you are currently using services or adapters listed in the Retiring stencil, you must replace these services and adapters in your business process models with other services and adapters.Services and adapters listed in the Retiring stencil are supported for the current release of Sterling B2B Integrator. However, to ensure that you employ the most current capability, avoid using them. |
| Sync Mode | Services that can run in Sync mode. Sync mode holds a single processing thread until it has completed its work. Services that are not included are those in the following categories:
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| System / System | Services and adapters that enable business processes to interact with hardware and software resources such as application components, file systems, operating systems, and databases, both internal and external to Sterling B2B Integrator, such as:
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| Translation / Translation | Services that translate or transform data using maps created with the Map Editor, such as:
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| Transport / Transport | Adapters that offer additional options that enable Sterling B2B Integrator to communicate with local or remote servers and exchange data, such as:
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| Web Extensions / Web Extensions | Services that support Web services technologies. Web services directly invoke application function calls over the Internet. Examples of Web Extensions services are:
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