4. The iXPath BPMN

Version 83.2 by Outhman Moustaghfir on 2021/04/21 18:30

Contents

Introduction
Connectors
Gateways
Variables
- System variables
- Local variables
Conditions

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 an FTP/FTPS communication, on a specific user (created locally), and on a specific directory with a given file mask.
SFTP Listener		Listen on an SFTP communication, on a 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		Transforms a certain file to XML format with a given output file name.
XMLToFile		Converts an XML file to a file format.
ExcelToXML		Takes an Excel (XSL, xslx) file and converts it to XML format.
XMLToExcel		converts an XML file to its convenient Excel format.
XMLToPdf		Converts an XML file to PDF text format.
PdfToXML		Transforms a PDF file input to XML format.
XMLToXML		Transforms an XML File to another XML File.
TrkToXML		retrieve a tracking from the database and translate it to an XML file.
XMLToTrk		Stores tracking in the database from the XML input file.
XMLToBDD		Translates data from an XML file and store it in the database.
BDDToXML		Extracts data from the database and converts it into an XML file.
JsonToXML		Takes a JSON file and translate it to XML format.
XMLToJSON		Converts an XML file to JSON format.
XMLToBin		Converts an XML file to its Binary format.
CopyFile		Copy a group of files from some connectors to a certain directory.
SplitXML		splits an XML file in a certain node with a split number and output file name.
MergeXML		merges XML files in a certain node with a given output file name.
Pile		Put data in a linear stack that is used to store the collection of objects.
GenerateFile		writes and generates a file with a given output file name.
FiltreTracking
LoadFile		Loads a group of files from a directory path and chooses to move it from the original folder or not.
ReturnWebService		return a web service with an HTTP code response to a flow.