Connecting to an external application

You can use the Integrator shape in a flow to send or receive data from an external application. By integrating external applications with your process, you can add more functionality to your application.

For example, you can connect to a customer database to retrieve account balances or verify account numbers and status.

To connect to an external application:

1. Add the Integrator shape to your flow.

2. Double-click the Integrator shape to open the property panel.

3. Enter values in the fields of the property panel, based on the functionality that your flow requires.

   Options include:

   Field	Description
   Rule	Select an activity with an Activity Type of Rule Connect.
   Parameters	If the connector requires parameters, response and request data transforms generated by the accelerator are listed. Use the generated "Request Data Transform" to define the mapping of application (source) properties to connector request (target) properties. Use the generated "Response Data Transform" to define the mapping of connector response (source) properties to application (target) properties.
   Application	Optional. Select the name of the application that you want to link to this shape. The value of this field is referenced with the flow diagram in application documents.
   Work Type	Optional. Select the name of the work type for the application that you want to link to this shape. The value of this field is referenced with the flow diagram in application documents.

4. Click Submit to close the property panel.

5. Click Save.

You can test the Integrator shape by connecting it to other shapes and running your flow.

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