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Creating an import to call a process in a stand-alone module

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To call a process from a module, you need an SCA import. Because a stand-alone module is not associated with a process application or toolkit, you must manually create the SCA import and bindings.

Before you begin

For imports that start or interact with a process from a Service Component Architecture (SCA) module, the authenticated user role must have at least deployer and monitor roles.
Note: If you are not working with the Workflow Center repository, it is important to determine an appropriate location for storing your assets. For more information, see Working in teams

Procedure

To create an import to start or interact with a process from a stand-alone module, follow these steps:

  1. Open the process application or toolkit containing the process in the IBM® Integration Designer workspace.
  2. Click the module where you want to create the import, and open the Dependency Editor.
  3. Add a dependency to the imported process application or toolkit library.
  4. Open the module assembly editor.
  5. Drag an Import onto the canvas.
  6. Add an interface.
    The interfaces in the library that you added as a dependency are available. Select the interface that you want.
  7. Right click Import > Generate Binding > SCA binding.
  8. In the Binding tab of the Properties view, enter the following properties:
    1. For Module name, enter a string that is composed of the process application or toolkit acronym, the snapshot acronym, and the static string ProcessApp, separated by dashes (-). For example, PA1-SS1-ProcessApp for a named snapshot and PA1-Tip-ProcessApp for the tip snapshot.
      Note: The acronym of a process application, toolkit or snapshot is in parenthesis beside the name. For example, the acronym of the process application Hiring Sample (HSS) is HSS
      .
    2. For Export name, enter the name of the process that you want to call. You can view the available processes under the Processes category of the process application or toolkit.
      Restriction: The export name must be URL encoded. For example, replace spaces with plus signs (+).
    For example, if you want to call the process Standard HR Open New Position from the Hiring Sample (HSS) process application, snapshot Standard Hiring Sample v8550 (SHSV855), you would enter:
    • Module name: HSS-SHSV855-ProcessApp
    • Export name: Standard+HR+Open+New+Position