Design an Integration That Calls a Robot

A robot runs only when an integration calls it. Therefore, you must design an integration to call each robot that you build. An integration developer can design the integration at any time during the development process of the robot.

Prerequisites for Designing an Integration

Before an integration developer can start designing an integration, the robot builder must create a robot and define its trigger, including its input and output properties. These properties represent the contract that the robot makes with the integration. A robot builder can typically complete these tasks in just a few minutes.

See Create a Robot.

Flexible Workflow to Suit Your Schedules

Oracle Integration allows teams to divide their work according to their availability. Additionally, integration and robot developers don't need to worry about block the other person's work:

An integration developer can start designing the integration that calls the robot after a robot builder creates the robot and defines its trigger. The robot builder doesn't need to specify any actions or logic yet.
Similarly, a robot developer can build and begin testing a robot, even if the integration doesn't exist yet.

Design an Integration That Calls a Robot

Open a project.
1. In the navigation pane, select Projects.
2. Select the project name.
In the left toolbar, select Integration .
Create an integration.
1. In the Integrations box, click Add (if no integrations have been designed) or + (if one or more integrations have been designed).
  
  The Add integration panel appears.
2. Select Create.
3. Select the type of integration to design.
  
  For details about each integration pattern, see Understand Integration Patterns in Using Integrations in Oracle Integration 3.
4. Enter a name for the integration and provide additional descriptive information, if needed.
5. Select Create.
For detailed step-by-step instructions, see Create an Integration in Using Integrations in Oracle Integration 3.
Call the robot from the integration.
1. Add a robot action to the integration. You have the following options:
  - Click at the location where you want to add the action, then select Robot flow.
  - On the right side of the canvas, click Actions and drag the Robot flow action to the appropriate location.
2. Point to the Robot process automation action, select , and then select Edit .
  
  The Configure Basic Info panel appears.
3. Fill in the following fields:
  - What do you want to call your endpoint?: Enter descriptive text for the robot, such as the robot's name or information about its business process.
  - What does this endpoint do?: Provide a brief description of the robot.
4. Select Continue.
5. From the Flow Name drop-down, select the robot that the integration calls, including the appropriate version.
  
  The drop-down lists all of the robots that are in the same project as the integration.
6. Select Continue.
7. Review the summary, and select Finish.
  
  A Map object appears before the Robot process automation action.
Pass information from the integration to the robot.
1. Point to the Map action that is before the Robot process automation action, select , and select Edit.
  
  The mapper opens.
2. In the Sources list on the left, expand the tree until you find the data element that you need to pass to the robot.
3. In the Target list on the right, expand the tree until you find the input that needs to receive the data.
4. Drag the source element to the target element.
  
  For more help working in the mapper, see About Mapping Data Between Applications and Map Data in Using the Oracle Mapper with Oracle Integration 3.
5. If you need to pass more information to the robot, map additional elements.
6. After you finish mapping elements, test your mappings.
  
  See Test Your Mappings in Using the Oracle Mapper with Oracle Integration 3.
7. Select Go back < to return to the canvas.