In our bi-weekly TechTalks designed for SnapLogic partners and customers, our cloud integration experts talk about tips and tricks for the SnapLogic Elastic Integration Platform not covered in basic training. This week’s TechTalk focuses on event driven pipelines including pipeline parameters and end parameters, as well as creating a triggered pipeline via Tasks. To learn more, visit: http://www.snaplogic.com/techtalk

1. SnapLogic Best Practices:
Tips and Tricks in 30 Minutes
Praneal Narayan
Jason Slater

2. Agenda
 Today’s Topic: Event Driven Pipelines
 Pipeline Parameters
 Pipeline End Patterns
 Creating a Triggered Pipeline via Tasks
 Triggering a Pipeline
 When Would I…?
 Gotcha’s
 Testing
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3. Before We Get Started…..
Don’t forget to use our Developer Community
http://developer.snaplogic.com
 Documentation
 Download the following:
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– Snaplex
– JSDK
– Snap Packs
– Mac, Linux and Windows Installers
 Community Board and Ideas

4. Pipeline Parameters
 Parameters
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– Default is no parameters
– Add them under pipeline properties
 Parameters are strings
 Default value is also useful for testing

5. Some Typical Pipeline End Patterns
 End open to produce data
 Beginning open to consume data
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– Control data types
– (binary, xml, default is JSON)
 Neither end open

6. Creating a Triggered Task for a Pipeline
 Manager >> Project >> Tasks >> +
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– Select Pipeline (what)
– Select Snaplex (where)
– Select “Triggered”
– Specify default value(s) for parameters
 Event-Driven REST endpoint(s) for a pipeline (URL)
– Groundplex: proxied cloud + on-premise URL
– Cloudplex: cloud URL

7. Triggering a Pipeline
 Triggered via REST GET/POST
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 Basic Authentication
 URL Parameters (tip: URL encode your parameters)
 Default payload is JSON; binary, XML support as well
 Single input or output view necessary

8. When Would I…?
 Examples, i.e. “When would I…?”
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 SFDC -> SAP, event-based pipeline; triggered from SFDC, pipeline
does the heavy lifting
 Expose data from behind firewall (groundplex) and consume it in the
cloud without opening hole in firewall
 Modernize; SOAP/etc. - expose legacy services as modern RESTful
endpoints

9. Gotchas and Testing
 If pipeline parameters change, re-create the task
 Use Manager/Tasks to test in your browser, or use a browser
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plugin like POSTMan to test

10. Connecting with the SnapLogic Team
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developer.snaplogic.com
www.snaplogic.com/techtalk
@SnapLogic
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