WeDid: Aprimo and FTP Integration
Challenges
The client have challenges to maintain information between the two instances Aprimo and the company’s document management system (DMS). An alternative option is require to manage information flow between these two instances. An integration process to synchronize records between Aprimo and Nexus FTP (a File Transfer Protocol server for the target DMS) is the option decided moving forward
Solution:
| Purpose | End-user has a client that requested translation services, ie documents translated. Documents to be translated are attached to an object in Aprimo. These documents need to be exported (along with Activity data) to a zipped file structure for upload to FTP site. |
| Applications | Aprimo FTP |
| Versions | Aprimo Online Nexus FTP |
| Tool | Dell Boomi Atmosphere |
| Information | Aprimo Digital Asset <> FTP Zipped File |
| Data Formats | XML |
| Volumes | 100/day (~500MB per file) |
| Process | The process queries for Digital Asset in Aprimo and zips them in a file before sending to the FTP. The process will pick up any translated documents from the FTP and update the related Aprimo Digital Asset accordingly. |
| Schedule | Every 30 minutes |
| Complexity | Complex |