Stepwise template integration method and system

A system for creating an integration process between a source system and a target system, comprising:

• a processor configured to execute instructions;
• a memory containing the instructions which, when executed on the processor:
• provide a complete workflow having a sequence of activities that specify operations on one or more source objects and one or more target objects with the respective source system and target system and wherein the complete workflow further includes activities and associated operations that do not directly interact with the one or more source objects and the one or more target objects,
• selectively include, in the integration process, a limited subset of operations from the sequence of activities in the complete workflow that interact with the one or more source objects and the one or more target objects, wherein the limited subset of operations from the complete workflow excludes operations that interact with subsystems on the source system and target system that do not affect source objects and target objects;
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• sequence the limited subset of operations selected from the complete workflow in a stepwise template that streamlines the integration process between the source system and target system by focusing on mappings between and operations performed upon source objects and target objects associated with the limited subset of operations selected from the operations in the complete workflow.

A computer program product for creating an integration process between a source system and a target system, tangibly stored on a computer-readable medium, comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:

• provide a complete workflow having a sequence of activities that specify operations on one or more source objects and one or more target objects with the respective source system and target system;
• selectively include, in the integration process, a limited subset of operations from the sequence of activities in the complete workflow that interact with the one or more source objects and one or more target objects wherein the complete workflow further includes activities and associated operations that do not directly interact with the one or more source objects and the one or more target objects, wherein the limited subset of operations from the complete workflow excludes operations and objects that generally do not need modification when performing an integration process;
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• sequence the limited subset of operations selected from the complete workflow in a stepwise template that streamlines the integration process between the source system and target system by focusing on mappings between and operations performed upon source objects and target objects associated with the limited subset of operations selected from the operations in the complete workflow.

A method of creating an integration process between a source system executable on a computer system and a target system executable on a computer system, comprising:

• creating a mapping between one or more source objects and one or more target objects as part of an integration process between a respective source system and target system;
• generating a complete workflow as a further part of the integration process, the complete workflow having a sequence of activities that specify operations on the one or more source objects and the one or more target objects with the respective source system and target system;
• selectively including, in the integration process, a limited subset of operations from the sequence of activities in the complete workflow wherein the limited subset of operations from the complete workflow excludes operations and objects that generally do not need modification when performing an integration process, wherein the limited subset of operations from the complete workflow excludes operations and objects that generally do not need modification when performing an integration process;
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• sequencing the limited subset of operations selected from the complete workflow in a stepwise template that streamlines the integration process between the source system and target system by focusing on the mappings between, and operations performed upon, source objects and target objects associated with the limited subset of operations selected from the operations in the complete workflow.