Scenario 2 - Creating a Sterling B2B Integrator Business Process

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When you copy a file from Sterling Connect:Direct® to Sterling B2B Integrator, you must copy to a Sterling B2B Integrator business process or mailbox. In this scenario, you are copying a document to a business process. This business process contains a service that provides information about the source file.

About this task

Use the Sterling B2B Integrator Graphical Process Modeler to create and modify business processes. Individual services and adapters are represented by icons in the Modeler.

Use the following procedure to create the Sterling B2B Integrator business process:

Procedure

  1. Log in to Sterling B2B Integrator and launch the Graphical Process Modeler from the Home screen.
  2. Enter your Sterling B2B Integrator User ID and password in the Log In dialog box.
  3. From the View menu, select Stencil > BPML. This will add the BPML stencil to the GPM.

    The BPML stencil contains BPML icons to use in your business processes.

  4. From the View menu, select Stencil > Sync Mode. This will add the Sync Mode stencil to the GPM.

    The Sync Mode stencil contains an icon you will need in your business processes.

  5. From the File menu, select New to open a new business process.
  6. Drag and drop the following icons from the BPML and Sync Mode stencils into the Business Process window in the following order, from left to right:
    • Start
    • Get Document Information Service
    • End
  7. To link the icons:

    Click the arrow on the right side of the Start icon and drag it to the arrow on the left side of the Get Document Information Service icon.

    Click the arrow on the right side of the Get Document Information Service icon and drag it to the arrow on the left side of the End icon.

    All business processes begin with a Start icon and end with an End icon. In this business process, the Get Documentation Information Service provides information about the primary document.

  8. Configure the Get Document Information Service using the following procedure:

    Double-click the Get Document Information Service icon. This opens the Service Editor window.

    In the Service Editor-Get Documentation Information Service window, select GetDocumentInfoService from the Config drop-down list.

    In this step you specify the pre-defined GetDocumentInfoService configuration for the Get Document Information Service. You can override configuration values in the Service Editor.

  9. From the File menu, select Save. In the Validate dialog box, click Yes to validate the business process.
  10. On the Save dialog box, type the business process file name in the File Name box and click Save.

    Remember where you save this file.

    Note: To see a sample business process, refer to Use Sterling Connect:Direct to Copy a File to Sterling B2B Integrator.