To integrate to another application that does not use the
Infor
BOD format for XML documents, take these steps:
- Identify the application database tables for which changes need to
be replicated to the other system.
- Use the
Intranets form to create an intranet for the
other system. You need to know the other application's URL.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The replication system transmits the documents to the appropriate
system.
For more information about replication, see the
Replication Reference Guide.