• XPath
• Batch Splitting
• Workflow Patterns
• XML Pipeline

XML Workflow

The XCS eiConsole's XML Workflow Component Goes Beyond Point-to-Point Integration and Supports the Implementation of a Wide Variety of Workflow Patterns Common to More Complex BPM Applications

The XML Workflow/ BPM component, or Route module, of the XCS Enterprise Integration Console (eiConsole) serves several purposes. Often times, automation of a business process requires more than simple point-to-point integration of Source and Target Systems. While the XCS eiConsole provides a simple, assembly line approach to basic source-to-target interfaces, it also supports the implementation of a wide variety of the workflow patterns common to more complex business process modeling (BPM) scenarios.

The supported patterns include (but are not limited to):

• Sequencing
• Splitting
• Merging
• Branching
• Conditional Logic
• Iteration

The flexibility inherent in the XCS eiConsole allows for different levels of modularity within an eiConsole interface. The most granular workflow node is a stage.

Stages are relatively atomic processes such as Listeners, Processors, Transformations, Routing or Transport. Each stage represents a single atomic action on data.

A Route, as shown below, represents a collection of these stages. These make up an XML pipeline. In the XCS eiConsole within a given Route, data travels in one direction between a set of Source Systems and one or more Target Systems.

Below, an example of a multi-route interface that demonstrates a number of the modules used in the implementation of a multi-stage XML workflow using the XCS eiConsole.

A single Route (shown below) with one Source (far left) and one Target (far right) is the simplest possible example of an XML workflow in the XCS eiConsole. However, in the second example, below, we have two defined Target Systems, one named PilotFish and one named Sharks (blue highlighted box, right).

When a Route has more than one Target, the Routing Module is used to select the appropriate execution path or paths. The XCS eiConsole puts a number of different Routing Modules at your disposal. By far the most common is the XPath and Attribute based model. Click here to proceed to the XPath Routing Module.