Integration Flow Designer

The Integration Flow Designer is the graphical process-modeling element of the Design Studio. Use the Integration Flow Designer as a modeling component for defining and managing business processes.

The Integration Flow Designer manages collections of maps at design time. Other product components, such as the Command Server or Launcher, manage the execution of maps at run time.

Collections of maps are called systems. Systems can be used as a focal point for interfacing to other development components and for preparing maps for execution.

Maps are created in the Map Designer. The systems created and managed in the Integration Flow Designer can be defined with existing maps, or they can be designed with maps that have not yet been created (pseudo map components). Systems can also be designed with subsystems.

Use the Integration Flow Designer to:

• Define interactions among maps and systems of maps.
• Specify integration workflow.
• Display data flow relationships among system components.
• Validate the logical consistency of workflows.
• Prepare systems to run.
• Verify component relationships.
• Generate process control information.
• Experiment at design time.
• Coordinate multiple data sources and targets.
• Coordinate events.
• Model a variety of what-if scenarios.
• Visualize the scenario results.
• Create and manage collections of logically related maps.
• Specify system deployment servers: Use one of three predefined server definitions or create server definitions that describe the servers in your enterprise.

The graphical representation of systems in the Integration Flow Designer helps you to visualize system designs, what-if scenarios, and system execution behavior. The interface provides easy management of system definition diagrams that allow concentration on the system design. Error reduction is achieved by automation of repetitive tasks and the use of system hierarchy.