Create a blank workflow

To create a new workflow, click the + New Workflow button. This will redirect you to a new window where you can choose one of the following options to create a workflow:

  • Create Blank Workflow: Create a blank workflow, and customize it as per your requirements using the wide list of applications supported by IBM® webMethods Integration.

  • Check Recipes: Use one of the ready-to-use workflow templates provided by IBM webMethods Integration to get started quickly.

    For this tutorial, we will create a new workflow by clicking on the Create Blank Flow button. This will navigate you to the IBM webMethods Integration workflow canvas, where you can see an empty untitled workflow. This canvas is your playground. Here, you can mix and match triggers and operations to create some really awesome workflows.

    To rename the workflow, click on the Edit icon given beside the workflow name, at the top-left corner of the canvas. A new window will appear, where you can add or modify workflow details such as name, tags, and description. Once you have entered these details, click on Done. This will take you back to the canvas.

Core components of a workflow

A workflow is essentially made up of two elements: A trigger and one or more actions. A trigger is something that fires off a workflow, and actions are the tasks that the workflow performs automatically.

Let's create a simple workflow: Whenever you post a new tweet in Twitter, send the tweet content to a Slack channel.

If we break this workflow into parts, we get:

  • Trigger → When you post a new tweet in Twitter

  • Actions → Post it on Slack channel

Let's start with setting up the trigger.