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Create inbound integrations
For inbound integrations that involve an external system or application calling into IBM BPM to kick off a service, you need to build several IBM BPM components and corresponding services.
See the following topics for instructions and more information:
You should also refer to Modeling message events to learn how to use a message event to represent a point in your process where an incoming message is received from an external system.
- Building a sample inbound integration
Several components must work together to complete an inbound integration. You can use the procedures listed in this topic to build and test a complete integration.- Posting a message to IBM BPM Event Manager
If you want to post a message from an external system to IBM BPM Event Manager, use the message structure described in this topic.
- Publishing IBM BPM web services
IBM BPM can publish web services in the same way that it consumes web services. Using a SOAP connection, external applications can call the IBM BPM web service to initiate a particular service or set of services.
Integrating with web services, Java and databases
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