Integration components
In the Connector Toolbox, you can create and save multiple integration sets. This lets you manage integration of Infor Fashion PLM with multiple platforms. Each integration set has its own set of components. You can manage integration sets by using the Manage Integration Sets module of Connector Toolbox.
This table shows the different components of an integration set:
| Component | Description |
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| DB connections |
To start using Connector Toolbox, you must configure the application to establish a connection to the Infor Fashion PLM database and any other external ERP system that uses Microsoft SQL Server database. DB connections are defined per integration set. Note: Default database connections for PLM, ION, and Connector Toolbox are defined
during installation.
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| DB entities |
After connecting Connector Toolbox to a database, you must identify the supported tables in the database that you will use in the application. |
| Integration tasks |
Integration tasks are the building blocks of an integration flow. Integration tasks contain settings, parameters, and values that are performed when launching an integration flow. |
| Integration task templates |
Integration tasks are managed as integration task templates. Integration task templates are used when creating tasks in an integration flow. You can create new and update existing integration task templates that can be reused when adding or updating tasks in an integration flow. You can create, update, or delete integration task templates by using the Manage Templates module of Connector Toolbox. |
| Integration flows |
Integration flows contain all executable integration tasks for a corresponding work unit. You can create, update, or delete integration flows by using the Flow Designer module of Connector Toolbox. |
| Workers |
Workers are background monitoring processes that perform batch processing of integration flows and its corresponding integration tasks. These are polling jobs that execute the integration flows that you created in the Flow Designer based on conditions that are set in the Worker Setup. Note: Workers are processed sequentially. The worker will run only after all records
under the same worker are processed.
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This diagram provides an overview of how integration sets are set up in Connector Toolbox:
