Introduction

With ION Connect you can establish connections between applications which can either be Infor applications or third-party applications.

Typically, Infor applications use standard Business Object Documents (BODs), and third-party applications do not.

Each third party application has its own data structure. You require mapping to transform the data from the third party application to the data as expected by other connection points.

These are typical examples of using the third party connector. A database is used for illustrating a third party destination.

Customer data flow diagram

Document flow to send order data from the database to the Infor application.

Data flow from database to Infor application diagram

Connectivity options to connect to Infor applications are explained in the Infor ION Desk User Guide. This guide explains the connectivity options to connect to locally deployed third-party applications.

Database connection point

Defines a connection from ION to a third-party application that cannot send or receive BODs, but has a database available. You can retrieve data from a database and send it to one or more Infor applications. Or you can use data from Infor BODs to update your database.

File connection point

Defines a connection from ION to a third-party application that cannot send or receive BODs, but can create/process files.

Web Service connection point

Defines a connection from ION to a third-party application that cannot send or receive BODs, but has a web service interface available. In this way, you can retrieve data from a web service and send it to one or more applications. Or you can use data from BODs to invoke a web service.

Message Queue connection point

In ION connectivity through message queues is offered. In ION Desk you can create a connection point to read or write a message queue. In ION JMS (Java Messaging Standard) queues are used. This enables you to send or receive messages to or from ION.

Details about these connection points are explained in this guide.

For information about connection points in general and how to create and use document flows, see the Infor ION Desk User Guide.

ION API connection point

Defines a connection from ION to a REST API interface of application.You can send data to the application, retrieve data from an application and send it to one or more applications. Or you can use data from ION to retrieve appropriate response data.