Processing a business object: an example NEW_ITEM workflow

The information in the following sections outlines the Product Information Management for Retailers solution workflow in detail. It describes at a high level how the solution handles a PUB_RELEASE_NEW_ITEM flow (in systems supporting the UCCnet DTD) or a Catalogue Item Notification NEW_ITEM flow (in systems supporting the UCCnet XSD).

Overview

The example workflow follows an item from the point when it is retrieved from UCCnet, as it is taken through filtering, validation, and WebSphere® MQ Workflow business review/approval processing, and is then synchronized to a back-end system. In the context of the Product Information Management for Retailers solution, this back-end system is a file system. Any response to the item is returned to UCCnet. The workflow is presented in four segments:
If an error occurs, its cause and its location in its overall process flow must be determined. Processing must then be restarted. See Handling solution processing errors.

Tracing can also be enabled for all collaboration objects to record logical flaws and data processed. See Tracing.

Parent topic: Solution Development Guide