The Pull mechanism

In the Pull mechanism, one system actively pulls data from and sends appropriate data to the other system. The latter system does not need an integration instance.

In the following diagram, the Central IT (CIT) pulls data from and sends the updated data back to the Line of Business (LOB).

Note In the following diagrams, the arrows between the two systems represents the direction of the request, rather than the direction of the data flow.

The Pull mechanism has the following advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages Disadvantages
  • Only one integration account is required. That is, an integration account in the LOB's system.
  • You do not need to configure the Case Exchange logic in the LOB's system.
  • The CIT's system manages all use cases for Case Exchange.
  • Only the CIT's system needs configurations of field mapping and value mapping.
  • The LOB has very little control over the pulled data.

The following diagram shows the data flow of the Pull mechanism.