Building a sample inbound integration

Several components must work together to complete an inbound integration. You can use the procedures listed in this topic to build and test a complete integration.

To implement an inbound integration in IBM® Business Process Manager, you need to build several components that work together. The following image represents the steps required to build a sample inbound integration.

Figure 1. Steps to build a sample inbound integration

Use these steps to assemble the required components together and build a sample inbound integration

For general and introductory information, see Integrating with web services, Java and databases.

The following sections describe how to create simple components so that you can easily build the integration and also easily test your initial implementation. References to more detailed descriptions of the implementation options for each component are provided in the relevant sections.

Note: You can call an undercover agent (UCA) using another business process definition (BPD), using a web service (and an associated caller service), or via JMS as illustrated in this sample. To learn how to establish message flow between two BPDs instead of using a service, see Using intermediate message events and message end events to send messages and Using message end events.