Setting up to process orders from MarcomCentral

In this section:

1. Running the sample workflows for processing orders retrieved from MarcomCentral
   The MarcomProcessOrders and MarcomProcessJobTicket workflows show how to process orders retrieved from a sample store at the MarcomCentral web site. The sample store serves as a test environment for the RICOH ProcessDirector web services interface to MarcomCentral. A SOAP web service input device, 2 CallSOAPService steps, and a SOAP web service notification communicate with the MarcomCentral web site. The workflows also give examples of these steps: ApplyXSLTransform, CreateJobsFromXML, and DownloadFile.
2. Planning how to process orders from your MarcomCentral store
   In this procedure, you map MarcomCentral XML elements for orders and job tickets to RICOH ProcessDirector job properties. You decide how to supply the information required for RICOH ProcessDirector to process the items in an order. You also decide what criteria to use to report status to MarcomCentral.
3. Preparing to call MarcomCentral web services
   In this procedure, you import WSDL files and install a security certificate. If your environment requires a proxy server to communicate with MarcomCentral, set up the system to use it. You decide whether you want to call operations in MarcomCentral web services in addition to those operations called by the sample input device, workflows, and notification. If you do, you learn the requirements of the operations and manually test the web services.
4. Preparing to retrieve orders from MarcomCentral
   To retrieve orders from a store at the MarcomCentral web site, copy the MarcomReceiveOrders SOAP web service input device supplied with the MarcomCentral Connect feature. The Request URL and Request payload properties of the input device are set to call the Order MarcomCentral web service and retrieve orders by date. Set other properties to values that work with your MarcomCentral store and RICOH ProcessDirector workflows.
5. Defining a workflow to process MarcomCentral orders
   To process orders retrieved from a store at the MarcomCentral web site, copy the MarcomProcessOrders workflow supplied with the MarcomCentral Connect feature. The CallSOAPService step calls the Job Ticket MarcomCentral web service and retrieves job tickets by order number. Modify that step and others in the workflow by setting the step properties to values that work with your MarcomCentral store and RICOH ProcessDirector workflows.
6. Defining a workflow to process MarcomCentral job tickets
   To process job tickets retrieved from a store at the MarcomCentral web site, copy the MarcomProcessJobTicket workflow supplied with the MarcomCentral Connect feature. The CallSOAPService step calls the Job Ticket MarcomCentral web service and retrieves job tickets by order number. Modify that step and others in the workflow by setting their properties to values that work with your MarcomCentral store and RICOH ProcessDirector workflows.
7. Adding information required to process items to your job ticket workflow
   You can supply the information required to process the items ordered at your MarcomCentral store in several different ways. If you decided to use XML files, do the procedure for accessing XML files from your job ticket workflow. If you decided to use AssignJobValues steps, do the procedure for adding AssignJobValues steps to your job ticket workflow.
8. Preparing to send status to MarcomCentral
   To send status to a store at the MarcomCentral web site, copy the MarcomCloseoutOrders SOAP web service notification supplied with the MarcomCentral Connect feature. The Request URL and Request payload properties of the notification are set to call the Order Closeout MarcomCentral web service and send the ID of the completed order. Set other properties to values that work with your MarcomCentral store and RICOH ProcessDirector workflows.
9. Retrieving and processing orders from your MarcomCentral store
   After you set up an input device, workflows, and a notification, do these steps to retrieve and process orders from your MarcomCentral store.

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