Process Integration with B2B Integrator
B2B Integrator enables a business to define business processes in a software application and route data between enterprise systems using different protocols and formats.
The IBM® B2B Integrator - Connect:Direct® Server Adapter is a component of B2B Integrator that allows B2B Integrator to act like a IBM Connect:Direct server, sending and receiving data using the IBM Connect:Direct protocol. The adapter enables you to use files from a IBM Connect:Direct server in a B2B Integrator business process and to create business processes that exchange files with a IBM Connect:Direct server.
IBM Connect:Direct and B2B Integrator Processes
IBM Connect:Direct and B2B Integrator each have their own version of a process. IBM Connect:Direct uses a Process statement to initiate a session with another IBM Connect:Direct node and then uses specific statements to perform tasks and make requests on that node.
B2B Integrator uses business process services to initiate a session with another IBM Connect:Direct node to perform tasks and make requests on that node. It is possible to use B2B Integrator business processes to handle complex processes such as order fulfillment, invoicing, inventory, and other processes that require data exchange and business integration.
These business processes enable you to transfer your files, or business documents, to internal processing activities and to trading partners, exchanges, and customers.