Getting started developing process applications
A process application typically includes a business process definition (BPD), the services to implement activities and integration with other systems such as InfoSphere MDM, and any other items that are required to run the process.
Before you begin
About this task
The basic steps required to develop process applications are described in the IBM BPM documentation. You can learn about creating a business process definition, human services, and coaches.
However, to connect to InfoSphere® MDM you must specify an adaptor. After the adaptor is specified, you will use the integration services provided with application toolkit to interact with InfoSphere MDM. With these integration services, your process applications can retrieve MDM entity data, make updates to the existing data, and create new records.
The primary steps in developing MDM-powered process applications are:
Procedure
- Create a business process definition.
- Import the data model from your InfoSphere MDM system to create the business objects.
- Create the human service and coaches required for your process application.
- Configure the nested services required for your process application. For viewing master data in a hierarchical tree or viewing relationship information, you must also specify adaptor information.
- Connect your process application components together.
- Test your process application.
- Overview of MDM entity services
MDM entity services provide the capability to retrieve information about an MDM entity. - Overview of business objects
A business object is a container for application data, such as a customer or an invoice. - Importing the MDM data model
To create business objects from your MDM data model, you must create a WSDL file that contains the data model and import that WSDL file into the IBM Process Designer. - Overview of integration services
An integration service is a service that you use to integrate with an external system, such as InfoSphere MDM. MDM Application Toolkit contains a set of integration services that are used to handle MDM services and service tokens. - Change request management overview
The MDM Application Toolkit includes a set of components that process requests by users to change master data. These components are referred to as change request management components. - Overview of error handling
The MDM Application Toolkit includes a set of components that you can use to manage errors and exceptions. These components are referred to as error handling components.
