Service types in workflows
Learn about the types of services that you can model in your workflows.
The following types of services can be modeled in your workflows:
Service type | Description | See... |
---|---|---|
Service flow | Use service flows to model services for business processes. | Creating a service flow |
External service | Use external services to call services or applications that are external to
IBM® Cloud Pak for
Business Automation. External
services are generated when you do one of the following:
|
Calling an external service |
Automation service | Use automation services to call published automation services. | Workflow automation services |
Kafka service | Use Kafka services to provide a way for an external client to trigger a workflow. | Creating a Kafka service |
REST service | Use REST services to provide a way for an external client to call into a workflow. You can also use REST services as automation services. | Creating a REST service |
Web service | Use web service endpoints to provide a way for an external system to call into a workflow. | Creating a web service |