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Sourcing Integration Services (SIS) includes the enabling technology to
develop integrations at a UI to UI level. This capability applies to use
cases where a user needs to access the CES catalog from within an external
application. Both the cases of searching for catalog information and
submitting that data to the external tools are supported.
The Interactive integration part of the SIS framework consists of Webmethods integration server packages. These packages provide a mechanism to realize Launch, View, Search, and Copy functionality. To enable end-to-end integrations, the SIS interactive services users have to provide an integration connector and an adapter to the external tool. The integration connector maps data between the external tools provided format and a canonical CES format. The external adapter enables communication with the external tool and any customization required within the tool to invoke the SIS interactive services. See Interactive End-to-End Integration for details. The External tool will invoke the CES catalog by calling SIS interactive services through these extra components. The SIS interactive services and associated administration user interface are deployed within two webMethods Integration Server packages, namely:
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