Creating an enterprise service

You can create an enterprise service record to receive inbound data from an external system. On the enterprise service, you can identify the data transformation and processing rules that the integration framework uses to receive inbound data from an external system.

Before you begin

Before you create and configure an enterprise service, use the Object Structures application to configure the object structure that you associate with the enterprise service.

About this task

When the Use External Schema check box is selected, the Split Tag, External Schema File, and External Schema Element fields are editable. The external schema values identify the schema location and external root element name.

Procedure

  1. In the Enterprise Services application, click New Enterprise Service.
  2. In the Enterprise Service field, specify an enterprise service identifier.
  3. Enter a values in the following fields:
    • Object Structure
    • Adapter
  4. Optional: Enter values in the following fields:
    Option Description
    Operation

    Determines how the Enterprise Service processes data. For example, you can synchronize objects or create new objects.

    You can also update, delete, or query existing objects.

    Multiplication Control

    Determines the cross-reference control that the enterprise service uses to multiply an inbound message for multiple organizations or sites.

    Interface Table

    Reflects the content of the enterprise service object structures.

    Split Tag

    Identifies whether the received message contains multiple instances of a document.

    For example, a single message can contain ten purchase orders. The split process handles each of these instances individually. The application writes multiple files to the inbound queue.

    The syntax that you use to identify these node values should have a fully qualified XPATH expression.

  5. Optional: To use an external schema, select the Use External Schema check box.
  6. Optional: You can customize inbound enterprise service processing logic by completing the following steps:
    1. In the Processing Class field, enter a class value if the enterprise service requires predefined inbound processing logic.
    2. In the User Exit Class field, enter a class value the enterprise service uses to customize the predefined inbound processing logic.
    3. In the XSL Map field, enter a value to customize the predefined inbound enterprise service mapping.
  7. Click Save Enterprise Service.

What to do next

You can use the External Systems application to associate the enterprise service with an external system.