Use the JDE Invoke Business Function activity to call a
specific JDE business function from any of the three classifications:
master, major, or minor. You can map the resulting output from the
JDE instance to an orchestration.
Configuring this activity requires the following procedures:
Adding a JDE activity to an orchestration
- In an active orchestration, open the Activities tab
and expand the JDE folder contents.
- Drag the Invoke Business Function activity
onto the orchestration.
- When the activity is displayed in the orchestration, the Invoke
Business Function Checklist is displayed below.
Changing the activity name
- In the Checklist, click Summary.
- Review the contents of the Activity Name field
and make any required changes.
Picking a JDE Endpoint
- In the Checklist, click Pick
Endpoint.
- Click Browse and use the Project Explorer
dialog box to select the relevant JDE endpoint. More than one may
be listed.
- When you click OK, the endpoint-specific
configuration options are displayed in a read-only state.
Note: If changes are required to the selected endpoint configuration,
click Edit to activate the options. Any changes
you make globally affects all uses of this endpoint in active orchestrations.
Configuring the Activity
- In the Checklist, click Configure.
- To the right of the Business Function Name field,
click Browse.
- In Browse Business Function browse the
explorer view of functions (in categories represented by folders).
- Select the preferred function and click Select.
The Business
Function Category, Business Module Code,
and Business Function Code fields are automatically
filled with function-specific values.
- In the Checklist, click Retry.
- Review the default settings and make any required changes. For
more information, see Specifying Retry parameters for JDE activities
Mapping the input
Inputs
represent data that is transmitted from the orchestration (variables)
to the JDE endpoint (parameters).
Tip: If required, you
can create a custom mapping variable in
Source or
Destination column
by completing the steps in
Creating variables.
- In the Checklist, click Map
Inputs. A set of options is displayed to the right, and
the function-specific variables are displayed in the To
Activity list.
- Click Select Inputs. Select
Inputs window lists all of the variables associated with
the endpoint.
- Choose a variable, then click OK.
Note: A
single variable can contain one or more parameters.
- To link the activities, click and drag a variable/parameter from
the From Orchestration list onto a variable/parameter
listed in the To Activity list. If the link
is viable, a line links the two.
- Repeat this procedure to link other orchestration variables/parameters
to JDE variables/parameters.
- To test the input links, click Test.
The
Input Test Files table lists all linked variables/parameters.
- In the Location column, click the small
blue button.
- Use Browse to select an input test file.
- Click Run Test.
The test results are
displayed.
Mapping the outputs
Note: Outputs
represent data that is transmitted from the JDE endpoint (parameters)
to the orchestration (variables).
- In the Checklist, click Map
Outputs.
Tip: If required, you can create a
custom mapping variable in Source or Destination column
by completing the steps in "Creating Variables".
- Review the variables/parameters listed in the From
Activity list.
- If you want to create new orchestration variables that match the
output variables of the current activity, select a parameter and click Copy.
- In Copy Parameters choose one or more parameters,
and click OK to add them to the To
Orchestration list. The data type, schema, or schema fragment
of the selected output parameter is applied to the new variable.
- Click Select Inputs.
The Select
Inputs window lists available variables associated with
the orchestration.
- Choose one or more variables, and click OK to
add them to this list.
Note: A single activity can contain one or more
parameters.
- Drag a variable or parameter from the From Activity list
onto a variable/parameter listed in the To Orchestration list.
If
the link is viable, a line links the two.
- Repeat this procedure to link other variables/parameters.
- To test the output links, click Test.
A
variable is listed in an Input Test Files table.
- In the Location column, click the small
blue button.
- Use Browse to select an input test file.
- Click Run Test.
The test results are
displayed in the columns below.