2.4 - Process Overview

When using Dell Boomi AtomSphere, you will:

• Use an inbound Connector to retrieve data from one source. The source can be an on-premise or web application, or a data source such as disk, mail, HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or database.

• Perform various actions on that data by using Execution steps, Logic steps, maps, and map functions.

• Use an outbound Connector to send data to one or more destinations. The destination(s) can be an application or a data source such as disk, mail, HTTP, FTP, SFTP, or database.

The steps described above are contained in a Component that is called the AtomSphere Process. The Process is the central Component within AtomSphere.

The Dell Boomi AtomSphere Process

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

In the image below, a Process is open on the Build menu. The Process contains a series of steps on the canvas.

Note: If you open a Process that is too large to view in its entirety, a Navigation palette will open on the canvas automatically.

Process Steps

Every Process step represents a task that can be performed on a set of documents. There are two categories of steps:

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

The steps are contained in a palette to the left of the Process canvas.  They are grouped under the Execution and Logic headings.

You can add steps to the Process canvas and connect them. By connecting steps you 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.

To Add a Step to a Process

1. In the palette to the left of the Process canvas, click Execution or Logic to see the available steps.
2. Click the desired step and drag it onto the canvas.
   A dialog will open displaying different controls, depending on the type of step you selected.
3. After you complete the dialog, click OK.
   The step appears on the canvas.

To Connect Steps in a Process

1. Click the red arrow originating from the source step.
2. Drag the red arrow and drop it on the destination step.
   Once the steps are connected the arrow turns green.

To Disconnect Steps in a Process

1. Click the green arrow originating from the source step.
2. Drag the arrow off the destination step.
   As you do so the arrow turns red.
3. Drop the arrow on the canvas or on a different step.

To Move a Step in a Process

1. Click the step and drag it on the canvas.
   As you drag the step the lines connecting it to other steps move with it.

To Remove a Step from a Process

1. Click or point your cursor at the step.
   A pop-up appears above the step.
2. Click Remove in the pop-up, then click OK.
   The step is removed; you cannot undo this action.

To Select Multiple Steps and Move or Remove Them

1. Click and drag a rectangle around the steps that you want to select.
   A transparent rectangle appears on the canvas. A pop-up displaying the number of selected steps appears.
2. (Optional) To move the selected steps, click one of the steps within the selection rectangle and drag it to the new location.
   All selected steps move to the new location.
3. (Optional) To remove the selected steps, click Remove in the pop-up, then click OK.
   The steps are removed; you cannot undo this action.