Building a service that integrates with an Enterprise Content Management system

Use a service to allow a business process developed in IBM® Process Designer to work with an Enterprise Content Management system.

1. Select any service from the library area that supports Content Integration steps. The following services contain a Content Integration step.
   • Select Implementation in the library section and then +. From the menu, select Integration Service
   • Select User Interface and then +. From the menu, select Ajax Service.
   • Select User Interface and then +. From the menu, select Human Service.

   Enter a name for the service on the following dialog box and click Finish. The editor opens with the Diagram view in focus.

2. From the palette, drag a Content Integration step to the canvas and provide a meaningful name for it.
3. Click Implementation in the Properties view. Under Enterprise Content Management Server, <Use data mapping> is the default selection. It means that in the Data Mapping tab section, the Server name input map is enabled and editable. You can pass a server name by using a variable in that field.

   Alternatively, select an Enterprise Content Management server from the list of known servers in the Server field. These servers are initially defined under Process App Settings (see Adding an Enterprise Content Management server). If there are no entries in the list, then no servers have yet been specified. Add a server to the list by clicking the Use Process Application Settings to add a server link and adding a server in the Process App Settings section.

4. Under Content Operation, select the appropriate operation.
   • Add document to folder: Adds a document to a folder.
   • Cancel check-out document: Releases a document from the check-out state, making it possible for other users work with it.
   • Check-in document: Checks in a document, giving all users access to it.
   • Check-out document: Checks out a document; only the person who checked it out can use it.
   • Create document: Creates a document.
   • Copy document: Copies a document.
   • Create folder: Creates a folder.
   • Delete document: Deletes a document.
   • Delete folder: Deletes a folder.
   • Get all document versions: Gets all versions of a document.
   • Get documents in folder: Gets all documents in a folder.
   • Get document: Gets a document matching a document identifier.
   • Get document content: Gets a stream of data that is the content of the document.
   • Get folder: Gets a folder that matches a folder identifier.
   • Get folder by path: Gets a folder as determined by a path to it.
   • Get folder tree: Gets a set of folders in an array.
   • Get type definition: Gets the type definition of a document or folder including its properties.
   • Get type descendants: Gets the type definition descendants as determined by the depth level.
   • Move document: Moves a document from one folder to another.
   • Move folder: Moves a folder.
   • Remove document from folder: Removes a document from a folder.
   • Set document content: Updates a document with content.
   • Search: Retrieves a set of document or folder references according to a query. See Building a query for an Enterprise Content Management search operation.
   • Update document properties: Updates the properties of a document.
5. Click Data Mapping. In this section you can create the map between the variables for input and output. These variables need to be created. You can create them manually by yourself or use the auto-map function. The auto-map function creates private variables for the business objects, which are used by the service you create. Click the auto-map icon to create these private variables.
   

   The mapping structure for each operation is discussed in Data mapping in Enterprise Content Management operations.

6. Save your work to update the process application with any changes to your service.