Integration
Database Access
Direct access of 3rd party applications to the Informatica MDM Product 360 database schemas is not supported. This is not only the case for write access but also for read access. Third party applications reading and/or writing to the tables might interfere with the functionality and performance of the application.
For specific 3rd party applications, like the print integration with Werk II, a read only access to the database has been allowed in the past, knowing that the print generation might reduce the overall performance of the system. However, we strongly recommend to upgrade to the latest Werk II version which provides a Service API integration with Informatica MDM Product 360 in which no direct database access is needed any more.
File Based Integration
Import
The hotfolder of the import provides an easy way to automatically import files. A detailed documentation about the hot folder can be found here. Besides the hotfolder, an import can also be started by the rest based Service API's Import API.
Export
Available post export steps help to copy exported files to a 3rd party system hot folder. Please see more details on the Export in the User Manual as well as in the Export Knowledge Base.
Rest Based Integration
Service API
Since Version 7 the Service API is available. The Service API is a set of generic REST based APIs which provide read and write access to nearly all data which is described in the repository. Additionally to that, it also provides management functionality like triggering imports, exports, merges and other features.
We recommend to take a look at the Service API documentation.
Custom REST Services
With version 6.0 we provide the needed rest infrastructure so anyone can write their own rest based services without the need to care about authentication or deployment of the service.
Please take a look at REST Service Infrastructure for more details and a tutorial which will help you to write your own service.
Message Queue Based Integration
Message Queue API
The latest addition to our list of integration APIs the Message Queue API provides a resilient and flexible way to integrate with 3rd party systems as well as the Informatica BPM. By using the Apache Message Queue we can guarantee a safe and secure delivery of messages and responses as well as a sophisticated back pressure mechanism in cases of high load - so an overload of the system and it's modules is hardly possible. Our trigger framework provides the configuration UI for the admin user to define for which event in the system a message should be sent to which message queue.