Create your first Boomi Process at UConn

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Last updated: Aug 25, 2023 by Ashley Mattingly
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Once you have an Associate Administrator Certification from Boomi, it is time to build your first UConn Boomi process. During this process you will create a mail message and send it to your uconn.edu mail account via a pre-built and shared Mass Mail connector.

This article is intended for individuals who have a Boomi Associate Integration Developer Certification. If you do not know how to complete an action like “add a message shape”, please complete the recommended trainings

Instructions

  1. Log in to your subaccount.

  2. Create a folder where you keep the learning process organized. On the Start tab, click Build an Integration, Create a new Process->

  3. Configure the Start Shape with the No Data option and click Ok.

  4. Connect a Message Shape to the Start Shape and type the following into the Message box:

    Today is {1} and I am sending my first UConn Boomi email

  5. To replace the {1} variable in the message,

    1. configure the date variable in the message by clicking the + function in the Variables that adds a parameter.

    2. Click the Date/Time Type in the drop down and then select one of the available Date Masks.

    3. Set the Date Type to Current Date.

  6. Click OK when the Message Shape looks like this:

  7. Add a Set Properties Shape and add three properties, each with a Source Type = Connectors, Connector = Mail:

    1. Mail - Subject

    2. Mail - From Address (set to boomi@uconn.edu)

    3. Mail - To Address (set to your UConn email account)

  8. Add a Mail Connector shape and use some of the pre-built objects available in the account (Search for the pre-builts by clicking the magnifying glass in each setting)

    1. Set Connection to UConn Mass Mail Connection

    2. Set the Action to Send

    3. Select the In Line Mail Connector Operation

  9. Add a Stop Shape.

  10. Name the Process “My first UConn Boomi Process” and save it to your learning folder. The process should look like this:

 

Time to Test

How to Test

  1. Click Test in the upper right corner of the process pallet.

  2. Pick the Test Atom Cloud (TAC) available in your subaccount and click OK. An example shown here is the UConn Test Atom Cloud for the Identity and Access Management.

  3. The process should execute in Test mode. When a step completes successfully, it will get a green halo, and you will see a success message when it is done.

  4. Check your email to ensure you received the message.

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