Creating an IMS connection point

For now, create a unidirectional connection point to enable sending messages from an application to ION.

  1. In ION, select Connect > Connection Points.
  2. Add a connection point of type IMS (IMS via Enterprise Connector).
    1. Specify a name, such as cp_myapp.
    2. Select the location that was created in the prerequisites.
    3. Click the Connection tab and clear Application has IMS End Point.

      This makes the connection point unidirectional. You can change it to bidirectional later.

    4. Save the IMS connection point.
    5. On the Connection tab, click GENERATE and download the generated credentials.

      Record the EndpointPath. This value is part of the address that your IMS client application must call.

      This is the address where the Enterprise Connector exposes the IMS endpoint:

      https://<Enterprise Connector host>:<Host router port>/api/ion/messaging/service
    6. Record the logical ID of this connection point.

      The example expects lid://infor.ims.cp_myapp.

    7. Click the Documents tab and add the document types you plan to send.

      For this example, select Sync.SalesOrder.

      Note: 
      • When you duplicate an IMS connection point, documents are copied only if Discovery is disabled.
      • If Discovery is enabled, the Documents tab is empty in the duplicated connection point. You must rediscover or manually add the documents.
      • For guidance on how many documents to include per connection point, see Connection point performance considerations.
  3. Save the connection point.