Key concepts

Boomi Managed File Transfer is built on four primary components:

• Organizations

  Organizations are the businesses or entities involved in the data exchange. They are the primary actors/participants that exchange files with each other. For example, Company A and Company B, two separate businesses exchange files securely.

• Endpoints

  Endpoints are the origin(s) and/or destination(s) of file transfers. They serve as the entry and exit points for data in the MFT ecosystem. Endpoints includes the following systems or platforms:

  • SFTP/FTPS servers
  • SFTP/FTPS clients (for example, applications or services with built in SFTP/FTPS client libraries)
  • Cloud storage services (for example, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage)
  • Integration platform (iPaaS) connectors (for example, Boomi, MuleSoft)

  For example, Company A's SFTP server (origin) and Company B's Azure Blob (destination)

• Flow Endpoint

  The Flow Endpoint defines the actions and configurations of the file data exchange with the endpoint. The types of flow endpoints are Configuration, Schedules, Processing, Anti virus, Trigger Files, Renaming, Alerts. For example, filtering files by regular expressions, archival path on source, endpoint paths.

• Flows

  Flows are predefined pathways created to transfer files between endpoints. Flows define the route and rules for file transfers between organizations. Organizations must subscribe to flows to participate in them. A flow typically includes a source endpoint and target endpoint

  For example, A flow that transfers customer data files from Company A's SFTP server to Company B's Salesforce instance every night at midnight.

Understanding the interplay between these four components is key to mastering MFT's file transfer capabilities. Organizations connect through endpoints, flow endpoints define what happens to the file, and flows define how data moves between these endpoints, creating a robust and flexible file transfer ecosystem.