Managing Interfaces

To simply and seamlessly integrate between various applications, it is necessary to define an Interface.  Interfaces are used to create business processes and/or process data, necessary for various business procedures and/or to exchange data between applications.  They are the link between the various applications, retrieving source material from one, processing it if necessary, and sending either the original data or the processed data to another application, making sure that the data formats are compatible and/or changing data formats when necessary, all this while maintaining the integrity of both source and target systems.

The specific actions that the interface performs depend on the applications.  Follow the instructions in this chapter to define and manage your interfaces.