2.4 - Process Overview

When using Boomi AtomSphere, you will:

• Retrieve data from one source which can be an on premise or web application or a data source such as Disk, Mail, HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or Database using an Inbound Connector.

• Perform various actions to/with that data using the Execution Shapes, Logic Shapes, Data Maps, and Map Functions.

• Send data to one or more destination(s) which can be an application or a data source such as Disk, Mail, HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or Database using an Outbound Connector.

The "Process" that was just described above is contained in a component called the Boomi AtomSphere Process. The Process is the Central component within Boomi AtomSphere.

The Boomi AtomSphere Process

A Process is a graphical representation of the path that a document takes from the point where it is received by Boomi AtomSphere, to the point where it is sent to one or multiple destinations.

In the image below, a Process is opened up on the Build Tab. The Process contains a series of shapes on the Canvas.

Process Shapes

Every Shape represents a task that can be performed on a set of documents. There are two categories of shapes:

• Execution shapes manipulate or transform the data.
• Logic shapes control the flow of data through the Process.

Users can drag and drop shapes onto the Process Canvas and connect them using the Arrows originating from the step. By connecting steps together, users control how the data will flow within the Process. Each step within the Process performs a specific task on the data that is given, and in turn can place transformed data back into the Process to be manipulated by other steps further down the path.