Getting Started with Integration Flow Design Guidelines - Timer-Initiated Scenario
- How to find existing out-of-the-box integration flow design guidelines for Cloud Integration, capability of SAP Integration Suite, and how to copy them into your tenant
- How to deploy and work with integration flow design guidelines with minimal effort
Prerequisites
- You have an account with SAP Business Technology Platform as described in Set Up an SAP BTP Account for Tutorials.
- You have enabled Cloud Integration, capability of SAP Integration Suite, as described in Set Up Integration Suite Trial.
Use Case
As an integration developer, you need to make sure that you design integration flows in a robust manner to safeguard your company’s mission-critical business processes. To do so, you can leverage ready-made integration content as templates. The integration flow design guidelines offer best practices and ready-made content for you to start with your integration scenario. The integration flows are designed to meet the following requirements:
- Each integration flow focuses on one dedicated guideline or pattern, giving you easy access to the topic at hand.
- Each integration flow can be deployed and executed with minimum effort. That way, you can test each guideline or pattern on your own.
- You can use each reference integration flow as a basis for creating more complex scenarios.
Currently, the following topics are covered by the integration flow design guidelines:
- Learn the Basics
- Run an Integration Flow Under Well-Defined Boundary Conditions
- Relax Dependencies to External Components
- Keep Readability in Mind
- Handle Errors Gracefully
- Apply the Highest Security Standards
- Use the Partner Directory Appropriately
- Use Scripting Appropriately
- Enterprise Integration Patterns
In this tutorial, you are going to download the easiest integration scenario currently offered by Cloud Integration: Modeling Basics - Timer-Initiated Scenario. This scenario will show you how you can leverage integration flow design guidelines in integration scenarios - quickly and efficiently.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully copied and deployed a very simple timer-initiated integration flow which is part of the Learn the Basics integration flow guideline.