Describe the input contract
Create an inbound endpoint and define its address version, format and field rules. Prepare a synthetic example for simulation instead of using customer data.
Illustrative use case
Receive orders from other systems
Give a partner portal or app an API address for submitting orders. Data Bridge checks the request, starts the required workflow and helps the sender track the result.
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HOW THE WORKFLOW RUNS
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01Describe the input contract
02Configure processing
03Grant controlled access
04Connect the sender
THE CHALLENGE
What slows the work down
An external system needs to submit orders, but the process also requires field validation, repeat-request handling, a route to the destination and an understandable response. Maintaining these rules separately around every source makes consistent integration harder to manage.
Portal developers, integration teams and digital-service owners.A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE
Illustrative scenario: a partner portal submits an order to a defined inbound endpoint. Data Bridge checks the agreed structure, maps reference data and passes the result to an authorised destination. The portal receives a delivery identifier and uses the provided interface to track the outcome.
HOW THE WORKFLOW RUNS
From the first step to the right action.
Configure processing
Add API input to the workflow along with required checks and transformations. Define the route to a database, form or agreed target-system API.
Grant controlled access
Create an API client with appropriate permissions, limits and idempotency-key requirements. Publish the checked workflow version that will handle production requests.
Connect the sender
Use documentation generated from the endpoint configuration. Test a valid submission, invalid fields, a repeat request and result retrieval through the response, status interface or callback.
VALUE FOR THE TEAM
Make the work repeatable.
- The submission contract and preparation logic remain connected to a maintained workflow rather than scattered files.
- Generated examples and configuration-specific rules help an integrator connect to the actual endpoint.
- A delivery identifier and request history provide a practical basis for investigating what happened to a submission.
Keep control of the result.
- Grant only necessary API-client permissions and validate request format, size and permitted field values.
- Use idempotency keys under agreed rules and separately define protection against business-level duplicates.
- Distinguish request acceptance from completed processing and reconcile uncertain external-write results before retrying.
THE WORKFLOW OUTCOME
The external application gains a defined submission contract, while your team gains a visible process for validation, preparation and tracking.
Capabilities behind this workflowFROM IDEA TO WORKING FLOW
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