General Modeling Concept 

This section introduces the general modeling concept on which the design of Business Scenarios in the Integration Builder is based.

·        Multiple logical participants are involved in a Business Scenario (=collaborative process). These participants are represented by application components.

·        Local (private) processes run within the application components.

¡        The parts of the local process that are visible in the entire process must be shown in the Business Scenario (in other words, seen or used by other participants).

¡        All other parts of the local process are private parts of the application component. They are only represented in the Business Scenario if this is necessary to understand them.

¡        Actions (= functions running in the application component) and sequences are used to represent the local processes.

·        The points of interaction and synchronization between the individual application components are also shown in the Business Scenario. This is also known as a global model.

·        The Business Scenario must contain all communication steps that could potentially occur in the process.

¡        Communication steps are represented by connections between actions in different application components.

¡        Synchronous communication is represented by a horizontal double-headed arrow. Both actions are on the same level in the graphic.

¡        Asynchronous communication is represented by a downward-pointing arrow. The source action is always on a higher level than the subsequent action.

·        The vertical arrangement of actions and connections (from top to bottom) implies a logical sequence between the steps. This is similar to UML sequence diagrams.

·        The meta model on which Business Scenarios are based corresponds to the description with the Web Service Choreography Interface (WSCI). This enables you to easily create WSCI documents that describe the process from a Business Scenario.

You must follow the modeling principles described here when modeling your Business Scenario. In the sections that follow you will find detailed information about modeling the individual objects within a Business Scenario.