Replicating data to external systems that do not use BODs

To integrate to another application that does not use the Infor BOD format for XML documents, take these steps:

  1. Identify the application database tables for which changes need to be replicated to the other system.
  2. Use the Intranets form to create an intranet for the other system. You need to know the other application's URL.
  3. Use the Sites or Sites/Entities form to create a site for the other system, defining a system type, and adding the site to the intranet you created.
  4. Create replication categories and replication rules that include the tables or transaction data that your system needs to push to the other system. Make sure your rules use an Interval Type that is not transactional.
  5. Standard non-transactional replication automatically creates XML documents in a standard format that is specified by the IDO layer. However, unless the target application is another site running the same application as this site, the other application probably will require and send its XML documents in a different format.
  6. Use one of these options to handle the XML data:
    • Build and install XSL transformation files to change the XML format produced by this application into a XML format the other system expects when importing the data. XSL transformation changes the data from one format to another in an XML document. For example, the external financials interface uses XSL transformations.
    • Use the Replication Documents forms and the Replication Document Outbound Cross-References form to define or modify the metadata used to generate an outbound XML. Use the Replication Documents forms and the Replication Document Inbound Cross-References form to set up metadata to process inbound XMLs.

    XSL transformations just move the standard XML data into different formats, whereas modifying the metadata that generates the XML lets you request and send data that is not generated with the standard XML.

  7. The replication system transmits the documents to the appropriate system.

For more information about replication, see the Replication Reference Guide.

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