PlatformNx High-Level Flow

Here's a graphic that illustrates the high-level flow that typical deployments of PlatformNx follow. Review the content under the graphic for more details on the tasks outlined.

PlatformNx High-Level Flow

When you work with PlatformNx, you primarily perform the following tasks:

1. Administer PlatformNX

Before your team starts using PlatformNx, you must set it up, which includes:

2. Create and Deploy

  • Application Creation: Set up a base application to organize workflows​.

  • Workflow Creation: Build workflows to encapsulate business logic and integrate various activities​​.

  • Trigger Integration: Use triggers like REST services, Webhooks, or other activity-based initiators​.

  • Testing and Publishing: Test workflows thoroughly, publish finalized versions, and deploy them to designated environments​.

  • Promote to Higher Environments: Transition workflows or APIs to production with environment-specific configurations​.

3. Manage API Access

  • Create and Publish API Collections: Design API collections and publish them for organizational use​.

  • Access Profiles: Create detailed access profiles to control permissions for APIs​.

  • Token Generation: Generate secure access tokens for client applications to interact with APIs securely​.

  • Monitor API Usage: Utilize API management dashboards to track and analyze usage​.

4. Monitor and Troubleshoot

  • Trace Search: Leverage the Metrics section to search and analyze traces for performance insights and execution flows​.

  • Error Handling: Implement workflows for managing errors in services using response and REST client activities​​.

  • System Logs and Metrics: Use integrated logs to debug, validate, and ensure workflows operate as expected​.

  • Performance Optimization: Continuously refine workflows and settings based on trace data and error metrics​.

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