IG Universal Connect Overview

NOTE: Access to IG Universal Connect is by subscription. Contact your BOA Sales contact for more information. If you do not have contact information then post your question in the Data Insiders Community.

IG Universal Connect uses the DSP® combined with Dell Boomi, an Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS) solution. Boomi’s connectors allow the DSP® to extract and load data in systems that do not use a database connection, such as Workday, Salesforce or SAP SuccessFactors.

In Boomi, a DSP® Implementer creates Processes using the IG Universal Connect Template. For information about the IG Universal Connect Template, access the help center at http://support.boaweb.com/hc/en-us and search for the article “Configuring and Using the IG Universal Connect Template.” The Boomi Process also has an associated atom, the default execution environment (for example, Dev, QA and Prod).

NOTE: Boomi Processes are created on-site by the implementers depending on requirements, business rules and other factors.

After the Process is created, it is registered in the DSP® in Common, Collect or Integrate.

NOTE: When Integrate executes a Boomi process, it passes in the LinkID for the execution, which is used to return a status to the DSP® once the execution is complete. The user must add any additional parameters required for the process.

IG Universal Connect can be used in many scenarios.

Migration between systems is no longer limited by database connections, and data can be moved in and out of a wide variety of sources and targets. Additionally, dspMigrate™ functionality does not change with the use of IG Universal Connect.

For example, in an on–premise to cloud migration, a DSP® Implementer could use Assemble to extract data from a legacy system into a source database. After registering the IG Universal Connect data source in Common, the DSP® Implementer uses an IG Universal Connect connection in Collect to move the Target data and Target metadata to a Target database. After completing the dspMigrate™ execution, an Integrate Process Template based on an IG Universal Connect Template loads the data into the cloud system.

In terms of data quality, using IG Universal Connect, data from a cloud-based system can be extracted to a Target database in the DSP®. In dspMonitor™, data errors can be identified, then corrected in dspCompose™. The data can then be validated and loaded back into the system using IG Universal Connect via Integrate.

Additionally, using a public plugin attached to an event on a custom page, a WebApp Developer can execute cloud-based Processes created in Boomi, such as making a web service call and displaying the results on a custom page.

IG Universal Connect can also provision and host a web service on the DSP® Application server that can expose any DSP® functionality that is in a view, table or stored procedure in the SQL database. Refer to “Configuring and Using the IG Universal Connect Template” on the BOA support site for more information.

To use IG Universal Connect and the DSP® in any scenario:

• Register the IG UC Data Source in Common

• Extract Data Using IG Universal Connect in Collect

• Post Data Using IG Universal Connect in Integrate

In System Administration, refer to Execute a Boomi Process from a Custom Page for additional information.