4. The iXPath BPMN
Introduction
iXPath uses the BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) standard for the translation part.
BPMN is a business process modeling method to describe the business activities of an organization in a graphical representation.
Below an example of a flow traced by the iXPath BPMN module:
As we can see, there are 2 main types: Connectors and Gateways
Connectors
A connector is an algorithm that is executed via a trigger. In iXPath, the trigger is always an input file.
In this part, we go through each of the connectors and their particularities:
Listeners
A listening connector (or listener) is the entry point for a scenario. It allows the created event to be routed through a communication channel (FTP, SFTP, AS2, MAIL, FILE, Webservice). Communication's config is required to handle those connectors.
Note: iXPath detects incoming events in real-time.
| Listener Name | Icon | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FTP Listener |  | Listen on a FTP/FTPS communication, on specific user (created locally) and on specific directory with a given file mask. |
| SFTP Listener |  | Listen on a SFTP communication, on specific user (created locally) and on specific directory with a given file mask. |
| AS2 Listener |  | Listen on an AS2 communication, on specific AS2_ID (created locally), and on specific file mask. |
| FILE Listener |  | Real-time listening on a specific directory with a given file mask. |
| WebService Listener |  | Listen on a Rest communication (http/https), on a specific endpoint URI (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) (created locally) |
| Mail Listener |  | Listen on Mail communication (IMAP), on a specific mail, on a regex sender mask, on a regex mail subject, and on a given file mask. |
| App Event |  | Listen on a Rest communication (http/https), on a specific endpoint uri (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) (created locally). App event is used locally between iXPath's app. |
| Tracking Listener |  | Listen on a Tracking database event, on a specific tracking type (Order, OrderLine...), on the specific action (Create, Delete, Update), and on a specific tracking status. |
| Time Listener |  | Listen on a time with cron expression. it allows triggering event at a specific time periodically. |
Scenario
A scenario connector deals directly with the input file, either translating it into some desired format or copying it, etc...
here's the list of all scenario connectors of iXPath :
| Scenario Connector | Icon | Description |
| FileToXML |  | |
| XMLToFile |  | |
| ExcelToXML |  | |
| XMLToExcel |  | |