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Table of Contents
Copyrights and Trademarks ................................................................................................. ii
Boomi Essentials .................................................................................................................... 4
Exercise 1: Folder Setup ........................................................................................................ 5
Exercise 2: Download Process from the Process Library ........................................................ 7
Exercise 3: Access the FTP Connection ................................................................................10
Exercise 4: Create an FTP Operation ....................................................................................12
Exercise 5: Access the Disk Connection................................................................................16
Exercise 6: Create a Disk Operation ......................................................................................18
Exercise 7: Enable the Atom Cloud and the Test Atom Cloud ...............................................22
Exercise 8: Test the Process .................................................................................................25
Exercise 9: Create an XML Profile .........................................................................................29
Exercise 10: Set a File Name and Test the Process ..............................................................33
Exercise 11: Create a Map and Source Profile ......................................................................39
Exercise 12: Create a Flat File Destination Profile .................................................................41
Exercise 13: Map Fields ........................................................................................................45
Exercise 14: Add Get Current Date Map Function .................................................................47
Exercise 15: Add a Branch Shape to Manage the Process Flow ...........................................50
Exercise 16: Create an Environment and Attach an Atom .....................................................53
Exercise 17: Deploy the Process ...........................................................................................58
Exercise 18: Execute the Process .........................................................................................61
Exercise 19: Track Live Executions in Process Reporting .....................................................63
Exercise 20: Detach Environment..........................................................................................67
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Boomi Essentials
Boomi Essentials
You are a Boomi consultant with this assignment: Your customers sign up for an AtomSphere
trial account by entering account and contact information in an online form. The information is
then sent to a FTP server in XML format. You will build an Excel spreadsheet containing latest
account data and archive it for reporting.
Below are the steps to complete the process:
Request account XML from the FTP data store

Archive a copy of the XML file on a directory
Format response data into CSV flat file type
Archive the new CSV file on a directory
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Exercise 1: Folder Setup

When developing a new integration project it is important to organize the Component Explorer,
in the Build Tab, by setting up folders to organize processes and components. This enables you
to configure and store a unique Process containing the workflow and processing rules for your
business scenario.
Create folders within your account
The root folder has sub-folders storing your training exercises for all the classes you take with
Dell Boomi as well as a #Connections folder to store all your connections.
In the Component Explorer, click the blue drop-down arrow next to your main account folder.
Choose New Folder.
Enter the folder Name of Boomi Essentials.
Click Save to create the Boomi Essentials folder.

Once again, in the Component Explorer, click the blue drop-down arrow next to your main account
folder.
Choose New Folder.
Enter the folder Name of #Connections.
Click Save. Your folder structure should look like below:

Exercise 2: Download Process from the Process Library
Exercise 2: Download Process from the Process

Library
Boomi offers a way for developers to get a head start on solving common integration goals. The
Process Library has different types of pre-built processes to install to complete an integration or
give yourself a solid platform to build off.
Process Library
Below the Component Explorer,click the Browse Process Library link at the bottom of the
window.
The Process Library window appears. In the upper right corner of the window, click the Search
bar.
Type “Boomi Essentials” into the Search Bar.
The Process Library processes are filtered based on the search criteria. The Account
XML to CSV process for the Boomi Essentials class is now displayed.
Select the Account XML to CSV process from the list by clicking on the green Install button.

The installation screen appears. Here you can select the installation location and process name
for the local version.
Click the location field where it says Choose and select the Boomi Essentials folder created
earlier.
Click the Process Name for Local Version field, and make sure it says Account XML to CSV.
It is a best practice to use a naming convention to describe your process. In our class we
use Account XML to CSV.
Once entered, scroll to the bottom of the Process Library window and click the green Install
button in the lower right corner.
The process will install into your Component Explorer. The following confirmation screen will
display:

You can now click the View Process button to open the Account XML to CSV process on the
build tab.
You are now ready to configure your endpoint connectors.

Exercise 3: Access the FTP Connection

This exercise accesses a reusable connection component in an integration needing the same
connectivity information. To configure the inbound documents to enter a process, set up a Start
Shape. The Start Shape defines a connector containing the information to make a request to a
client application or data source. By default, the Start Shape is a Connector type in the top row
of the window.
In the Connector field, choose FTP from the drop-down option.

This automatically uses the Action: Get.
Each shape has an optional Display Name field. Display names are used for certain
shapes (e.g., Decision and Set Properties), but they are not generally used for
Connector shapes.
The Connection is completed for you with the Boomi Training (FTP). It includes all the
information needed to log into the FTP server previously set up for this class.

You can open the Boomi Training (FTP) connection component by clicking on the pencil symbol
on the right side of the Connection component field.
 Do NOT change any information in the Boomi Training (FTP) connection component
or you will not successfully connect to the Boomi FTP server.

Exercise 4: Create an FTP Operation

To retrieve the Account documents (in XML format) from the FTP server, you must pair the FTP
Operation with the Connection component. This defines the “how,” as in, “How should I retrieve
documents from this connection?” Although connections are re-usable, most read operations
are exclusive to a single integration because they identify the particular document set needed
for the process flow.
In the Start Shape connector configuration window next to Operation, click Create ( ) to open
a new component tab.
The FTP Operation window appears. At the top of the screen is a field where you can change
the Operation Name. Click in the title section and enter Account XML Get.
After naming the operation, enter the following information:
FTP Action: Get

Remote Directory: accounts
File Filter: Account*
Transfer Type: Binary
Max Files to Read: 0
Pay special attention to the case and spelling of the Remote Directory and File Filter
names. Enter the names exactly as they look in the table above.

The wildcard (*) symbol filters files containing a certain character set. We are filtering all
files that have a name beginning with Account (i.e. Account-1.xml, Account-2.xml, etc.).
At the bottom of the Process canvas, click Save and Close.

The Start shape connector now has the Account XML Get operation settings loaded in the
configuration.
Click OK.
The Account XML to CSV process window shows the Start shape with the connector type (FTP),

the configured connection (Boomi Training (FTP)), and the operation (Account XML Get).
Save the process once the Start shape is configured, and everything will automatically be loaded
into the component explorer.
It is a Boomi best practice to store all of your connections into one folder. We have called our
common connections folder #Connections. Since our folders will be in alphabetical order, the # will
force it to the top.
Expand the Boomi Essentials -> Connectors -> FTP -> Connections folder.
Single click on the Boomi Training (FTP) connection and drag it to the #Connections folder.

Now your folder structure looks like below.

Exercise 5: Access the Disk Connection

As discussed, when developing a new process it is recommended to work from the outside-in.
In the last exercise you set up the Start Shape which is one end of the process. It is now time to
configure the other end of the process using the Disk Connector Shape.
Locate the Disk Connector shape on the Process Canvas and click it to open the Disk
Connector shape configuration window.
Confirm Disk is selected in the Connector drop-down.

Confirm Send is selected in the Action drop-down.
Next to Connection, click Create (+) to open a new component tab.
In the Name window, enter Work Directory.

For Directory, enter work as the location to save the output files.
 The files for our training exercises are written to a directory on the Test Atom Cloud. The
directory name is spelling and case-sensitive.
Click Save and Close.

Exercise 6: Create a Disk Operation

To successfully send an outbound document, pair the disk operation with the connection
component to show how to build the file(s) and prevent write errors.
In the Connection Action window next to the Operation field, click Create (+) to open a new
component tab.
In the Name window, enter Write Unique.

For Connection Action, Send is automatically populated.
Check Create Directory if it doesn’t exist?
From the File Naming Options drop-down, select Create unique name if file exists.

The Connector now has the connection and operation settings loaded into the configuration.
Click OK.
As mentioned above, it is a Boomi best practice to store all of your connections into one folder, our
#Connections folder.
Expand the Boomi Essentials -> Connectors -> Disk -> Connectors folder.
Single click on the Boomi Training (FTP) connection and drag it to the #Connections folder.

Now your folder structure looks like below.
The Account XML to CSV Process window now shows the connector shape with the connector
type (Disk), the configured connection (Test Directory), and operation (Write Unique).
Click and drag the arrow from the Start shape to the connector.
The arrow turns green when the shapes are connected.

In the Process tab, click Save.

Once the component is saved, a “Saved successfully” message box appears briefly in the lower-
right of the process canvas.
After pressing the save button, your connectors are automatically loaded into the
component explorer.

Exercise 7: Enable the Atom Cloud and the Test Atom Cloud
Exercise 7: Enable the Atom Cloud and the Test Atom

Cloud
For our class, we will use the Test Atom Cloud to test and execute our processes. We will also
set up the Atom Cloud for future class use.
Above the Process canvas, click the Welcome tab.

Under the Create column, click Atom.
Select the In the Cloud radio button and choose Test Atom Cloud from the drop-down menu.
In the box for the Atom Name, type Test Atom Cloud.
Click OK.
A message confirms “Your new Atom has been set up in the Test Atom Cloud.”
Click Close.

The Test Atom Cloud is now available for test environments.
Repeat the previous steps to set up the Atom Cloud.
Once again, click on Atom to set up your new Atom.
Select the In the Cloud radio button and choose Atom Cloud from the drop-down menu.
In the box for the Atom Name, type Atom Cloud.
Click OK.

A message confirms “Your new Atom has been set up in the Atom Cloud.”
Click Close.

Exercise 8: Test the Process

To debug process errors, and to test your process during development, use the Test Mode
feature on the Build tab. This function executes and displays real-time results of the processed
documents by clicking on each shape to check the logs and current data contents.
Test Mode has limited amounts of data and/or files it can filter.
The limits are 100 documents from a given connector call and 10 MB of total data.
Checking the Accounts XML to CSV Process loads the process in the Process window
On the Build tab, click Test in the upper-right above the Process canvas.
Choose the Test Atom Cloud from the drop-down.
Click Run Test.
 During the test, the shape being processed has a yellow circular highlight. This helps
to keep track of the process flow through the test execution run.

After the shape has successfully completed, the circular highlight turns green and a success
message displays in the lower-right of the Test Results window.
To verify the file is successfully loaded, click the Connection Data tab within the Test Results
section located beneath the tested process. You can also click the View the contents of this
document symbol in the far left of the Test Results window to see the physical document.
View the contents of the generated documents in the Document Viewer.
In the Test Results window, click on the Disk Connector shape.

Highlight each of the files in the Documents window.
In the Connection Data tab, click the View symbol to view file contents.
The file is in the work directory of the Test Atom Cloud, so you need to use the
Document Viewer to see the file contents. You do not have access to the physical
directory. To save the contents of the file to your physical drive, download the file or

copy and paste the contents from the Document Viewer to a text editor, such as
Notepad, and save it.
Select and Copy the entire contents.

Open a Text Editor, such as Notepad, and paste the contents. We will use it later to create an
XML profile. The following example uses NotePad:
Save the document as account.xml in a local directory on your computer.

For Save as Type, choose All Files.

If using a Local Atom, the files are written to the local directory defined in the disk
connector. View the results by opening the files from within the specified output directory
When finished, click Close Document Viewer, and in the upper-left corner of the Process
canvas, click the Return to Edit Mode arrow symbol.
The reason we saved the document output is to use the format of the document to
structure something we call a Profile. You will create a Profile in the next activity and
will reference the account.xml file you just created.

Exercise 9: Create an XML Profile

To reference data in a field structure, it is important to build a profile component to represent the
expected format of the source or destination data. This allows you to translate and validate
fields and to set properties to dynamically name the file for each unique document.
Create an XML Profile component in the Boomi Essentials folder
If you are not in Edit Mode on the process canvas, click the Return to Edit Mode Arrow in the
upper-left.
From the Component Explorer, in the Boomi Essentials folder click the blue drop-down arrow and
select New Component.
The Create Component window expands above the Process Canvas. You need to choose the
component type, enter the name, and destination of the New Component. Note the file path for
the component is automatically populated in the destination field since you created your
component through the Boomi Essentials folder.

For Component Type, select Profile.

For Profile Name, enter Account XML.
For File Type, select XML.
Click Create.
The Account XML tab is now selected.
Click either the blue Import button or the green Import a Profile button.

This will launch the XML Import Wizard.
On Build XML Profile from: select XML File.

Click Browse, navigate to your local directory, and select the account.xml file saved earlier.
Click Next.
The XML Import Wizard displays the profile is loaded.
Click Finish to close the Wizard.

The list of imported fields displays.


You now have an XML profile to use during our upcoming Set Properties Shape activity.

Exercise 10: Set a File Name and Test the Process

In the previous exercise, we created the profile used in this exercise. We will use the Set
Properties shape to change the default file name into a more meaningful filename.
In this exercise, we will configure a Set Properties shape to change the file name using a mix of
static and dynamic parameters. Remember, static values apply the same value to each
document and dynamic values reference elements in a profile to use the data in said element.
Navigate to the Process canvas by clicking the Account XML to CSV tab.
Click on the Execute Tab and drag-and-drop it on the Process Canvas.
Click on the Set Properties shape to open the configuration window.

Click on the plus symbol under the Properties to Set column to add a new property

The Choose Property window appears where you can choose the property to set.
Click the plus symbol next to the Disk Connector option and choose File Name. Once complete,
click OK.
Notice under the Properties to Set column it now says Disk-File Name.
It is now time to set the Parameters, by clicking on the plus symbol under the Parameters
column.
The Parameter Value window now appears.
Within the Parameter Value window, select Profile Element from the Type drop-down menu.
This option allows you to choose a profile to link to for our dynamic values.

In the Profile Type drop-down menu, select XML.

This option filters out any non-XML profiles from the following Profile field.
Click the Magnifying Glass to search your component explorer for your desired profile. Click the
Account XML profile you created earlier.
Click in the Element field where it says Choose to select an Account XML profile element. Select
CompanyName and click the Grey OK.
Then click the Green OK.
It returns to the Set Properties Shape configuration window to both the Properties to Set column,
and the Parameters column look like the image below.

The dynamic document property is now set, and the filename of each document passing
through this shape reflects the data flowing through the CompanyName field from your Account
XML profile. We will now add a static value of “.xml” to the end of the filename.
To add a static value to your existing filename, you do not need to add a new Property to Set.
You only need to add another parameter to the existing property, by clicking on the plus symbol
under the Parameters column.
In the Parameter Value window keep the default Type of Static and type .xml into the Static
value field. Click OK when complete.

The completed Set Properties Shape looks like the image shown below:
Click OK to return to the process canvas once the Set Properties Shape is correctly configured.
The Set Properties Shape is now complete, and it is time to insert it into your process to verify
the filename has changed.
First, detach your Start Shape from your Disk Connector shape.
Then, connect the Start Shape to your Set Properties Shape.
Finally, connect your Set Properties Shape to your Disk Connector Shape.
The result should look like the image below:
Run the process in test mode and view the results. You will be able to verify the file name has
changed by clicking on the Disk Connector Shape in test mode.

Then select a document in the Documents Tab.

Select Connection Data in the Test Results Tab
Look for the file name under the File Name Column.
The filename should match the file name noted in the following image.
It is important to understand the parameter order. The name is built from top to bottom in
the parameter list, so our name is “CompanyName.xml” since the file extension is last in
the list.

Exercise 11: Create a Map and Source Profile

The archive workflow is now created to store the original XML documents with a unique
filename, so now you need to create a data map to translate the source XML content to a CSV
type. The map component converts different document types and applications at the field-level.
Open the Account XML to CSV Process.

Drag and drop a Map shape on the Process canvas.
The Map Properties window opens automatically. Place the Map shape below the process path.
In the Map Properties window, click the Create a new component ( ) symbol to open a new
map.
In the Name window, enter Account XML to CSV.

In the left mapping pane, click the Choose to choose the source profile.

The Choose a Profile window opens.
For Profile Type, select XML.

Select the Account XML profile created earlier.
Click OK.
The generated field list appears in the left mapping window.

Exercise 12: Create a Flat File Destination Profile

You have created the map to handle the translation piece of the process and now need to
configure a profile component to define the field structure of the destination data. The Flat File
Profile supports the creation and parsing of multiple record types within a single file. This
exercise demonstrates how to create a new profile from within the mapping and how to
manually build a field set with a comma delimiter.
In the right mapping pane, click Choose to create the destination profile.
The Choose a Profile window opens.
For Profile Type, select Flat File.

Click the Create New Profile link.
In the Flat File Profile Name field, enter Account CSV.

Click the Options tab.
Configure the following options:

Use Column Headers: Checked

File Type: Delimited
File Delimiter: Comma Delimited
Text Qualifier: Double Quote
A double quote text qualifier handles data belonging to a particular field containing a
comma but is not interpreted as a separate data element. For example, “123 Adams
Road, Suite 400” ignores the comma so the entire address is belongs to the address
field.
Click the Data Elements tab.

Next to Elements, click the blue drop-down arrow and then select Add Multiple Elements.
When prompted for the number of elements, enter 12, then click OK.
 In addition to entering the number, use the up/down arrows next to the entry field to
increment a single digit.
Click OK.
The flat file data elements can now be populated.

Rename each of the New Flat File Element elements
Click on the first New Flat File Element.

An options panel opens on the right.
For the first element, in the Data Name field, type AccountID.
The name updates automatically in the Data Elements list on the left.

After entering AccountID as the first element, name the remaining 11 New Flat File Elements
using these field names:
AccountName
Industry
Address1
Address2
City
State
Zip
Country
Phone
URL
Status

On the Map screen’s right mapping window, next to Elements, click the Expand ( ) symbol to
expand the element list to view the entered file elements.
Click Save.

Exercise 13: Map Fields

Both sides of the mapping interface are now populated with a field list. To map the fields, link
the fields using either Boomi Suggest or manually drop and drag source field names (on the left)
to matching destination field names (on the right) to create map links.
Click on the StreetAddress1 element and drag it to the Address1 element to drop it. The
selected destination element highlights in green.
Continue dragging and dropping elements until mapped, or use Boomi Suggest. Using the table
below, verify all fields are mapped correctly.
Boomi Suggest provides a quick alternative to manually mapping fields by offering

mapping suggestions based on thousands of mappings logged in the Boomi community.
 Boomi Suggest may not suggest the correct mapping of a field, so you must verify all
mappings completed with the tool to make sure the mapping is correct. You can always
manually map or un-map a field.
SOURCE DESTINATION
CompanyID AccountID
CompanyName AccountName
Website URL
StreetAddress1 Address1
StreetAddress2 Address2
City City
State State
PostalCode Zip
Country Country
Phone Phone
Industry Industry
In the Account CSV Records next to the Status field name, click the blue drop-down arrow and
select Set Default Value.

For Value, enter 1.
Click OK.
The Status field name changes to Status (1) showing the default value entered.
 Assume the outbound CSV document for this scenario requires the Status is auto-set to
1 for reporting purposes.
The Default Value displayed in the outbound data when the destination element is null,
blank, or unmapped.
Click Save.

Exercise 14: Add Get Current Date Map Function

When building integrations between different applications and resources, many fields need
adjustments to meet destination system/vendor specifications. The map function library offers
several ways to apply conversion logic to fields being mapped. This includes cases where
information is not present in the source data. This exercise shows how to do a runtime date/time
lookup so the output has the run date/time.
In the Function (middle) window, click the plus sign to add a new function.
From the drop-down next to Category, select Date.

Highlight Get Current Date and then click OK.
The Get Current Date function opens in the Functions window. The value Result holds the
current date retrieved from the function.
To map the result to the destination field in our Account CSV profile, create a new field to house
this data.
To add a new field to the destination profile

In the Account CSV destination pane, click the Account CSV title to edit the profile.
Click the blue drop-down arrow next to Elements, then select Add Element.
The list of Data Elements expands
At the bottom of the list, click on New Flat File Element.

A new pane opens to the right.
In the Data Name field, enter Current Date.

Notice when entering the Data Name, the corresponding element name changes.


Expand the Elements list and note the new Current Date field.
Map the Get Current Date result to the Current Date field.

Click OK to close the Map Properties pane.

Exercise 15: Add a Branch Shape to Manage the Process Flow
Exercise 15: Add a Branch Shape to Manage the

Process Flow
Although all main components are on the Process canvas, they are not organized to execute in
the proper order. The goal of the integration is to archive the XML and translate it into a CSV
type. To execute these actions sequentially, use the Branch shape to organize new paths so
they process in incremental order.
Drag and drop a Branch shape from the shapes palette to the Process canvas.
The Branch Properties window opens.
Set the Number of Branches to 2.
The greatest number of branches is 25, however, most are between 2 and 6.

Click OK.
On the Process canvas, connect the Start shape to the Branch shape.
Connect branch 1 to the Set Properties shape.
Connect branch 2 to the Map shape.
Connect both the Set Properties shape and Map shape to the disk connector.
Click Save.
The component explorer now has more components:

Test your Process
Notice each document now produces two file names. One set by the Set Properties Shape, and
the other is the default .dat filename.

Exercise 16: Create an Environment and Attach an Atom
Exercise 16: Create an Environment and Attach an

Atom
To deploy a process, you must first attach it to an existing environment which has an Atom
attached. You will create a Test environment and attach it to the Test Atom Cloud.
Go to Manage and select Atom Management.
Click on New and then environment to create a new environment.
Name the environment Test with an Environment Classification of Test. Click Save to finish
creating the environment.
You should see the test environment.

Repeat these steps again to make a second environment: the Production Environment.
Click the +New button and select Environment from the drop-down list.
Name the environment Production with an Environment Classification of Production. Click Save
to finish creating the environment.
Once complete, your environments should appear in your Manage tab like the image below.

There is no limit to the number of environments you can create. It is a best practice to
create a development environment for development, and test and production
environments for live executions. Usually, once a process is created and tested in
development, it is promoted to production.
Attach the Test Atom Cloud
Click on the Test environment.
Click in the Attachments field and select the Test Atom Cloud from the drop down.
The Test Atom Cloud is now attached to the Test environment as shown in the image below.

Next, attach the Atom Cloud to the Production environment.
Attach the Atom Cloud
Select the Production Environment from the Atom Management list.
Click in the Attachments field and select the Atom Cloud from the drop down.
The Atom Cloud is now attached to the Production environment as shown in the image below.

You should now see the Atom Cloud under the Production Environment and the Test Atom
Cloud under the Test Environment.

Exercise 17: Deploy the Process

The Deploy tab is a process control panel that allows you to manage process versions and to
officially embed a process version in an Atom(s) for automation. To execute or schedule a
process to run at a particular interval, it must be deployed first. In this exercise you deploy your
Account XML to CSV process to later track live activity on the Process Reporting tab.
Click the Deploy tab.
In the Processes window, highlight the Account XML to CSV process.
 To quickly find your process, type Account in the search bar so only processes with
the keywords appear. Do NOT check the box before the process, because you need
to attach an Environment to this process first, ONLY highlight the process.
Click the Attachments tab.

The Attachments tab is where you attach an environment to a process.
In the Unattached Environments window, highlight Test, then click << (Attach selected
Environments).

This moves the Production environment from the Unattached pane to the Attached pane.
Click the Deployments tab and make sure the Production environment is highlighted.
In the bottom-right of the Deployments window, click Deploy Latest Revision of Process.
In the Deployment Confirmation pop-up, for the Deployment Notes enter Initial Deployment,
then click OK.
The new Version 1 record appears in the Process Deployment History table. Your Deployment
Note appears in the Notes column.

Deployment Notes makes tracking deployment changes easier as you release other
versions. Deploying a process does NOT put the process into an active production state.
After you deploy a process, you must execute it either manually (Manage > Process
Reporting) or through a schedule (Manage > Atom Management).
Upon Deployment, AtomSphere audits your account to make sure you have enough
connection licenses to deploy this process into production. If you do not have the
enough available licenses you will receive an error message.

Exercise 18: Execute the Process

Now that the Initial Deployment of our process is complete, we need to execute the process
manually. We will use the Process Reporting tab to start the Execution manually.
Navigate to the Manage Tab, and select Process Reporting from the drop-down menu
The Process Reporting page defaults to the Executions view. From here, you can see the
recent executions of all deployed processes on your account. You also can manually execute
your process.
To Execute your deployed process, simply click on the green Execute Process button in the
upper right side of the Process Reporting window.
A drop-down menu will appear to allow you to select the Process you want to execute and the
Atom to run it.
Select Test Atom for the Atom field, and Account XML to CSV for the process.
Click the green Execute button to run the process through an execution.

 Once you execute your process, you can refresh the table to see the status of your
process. Once completed, it will give a final status of the process and tell you of any
errors it came across along the way.

Exercise 19: Track Live Executions in Process Reporting
Exercise 19: Track Live Executions in Process

Reporting
Process Reporting is a search console for accessing information about executed processes.
You can view statistics about the execution to see how documents have succeeded, failed,
and/or react against connectors and process shapes in an elapsed timeframe. In this exercise,
review some key information about the latest executions for the Account XML to CSV process.
Click the Manage  Process Reporting tab.
In the Executions view, note the process execution instances and monitor the Process Reporting
until the execution record with inbound and outbound data displays.
 You may need to click Refresh to see new process executions logged.
Turn on Auto Refresh to automatically refresh the execution records every minute.
Click the Actions button and then select View Deployment Components.

Next to the Account CSV profile, click the View/Edit button.

A new browser tab or window will open displaying the direct component instance.
Once you viewed the component instance, close its tab or window to return to the View
Deployed Components window.

The component revision number from the Components in this Deployment Version table
corresponds to the component revision number in the Revision History. You can view the specific
component configuration the Atom is executing and reporting on the Manage tab.
Click Cancel to return to the Process Reporting window.

Highlight the first execution record and then click on the View Process Logs symbol.
Note the details in the Show Log pane, then click Cancel to return to the Process Reporting
window.


Exercise 20: Detach Environment

A Boomi best practice is to detach the environment from the process when training is complete.
This ensures the process is not running unnecessarily, and it frees up connection licenses no
longer in use.
To detach an environment
Click on the Deploy tab, highlight the process then select the Attachments tab.
Select the Attached environment, then click on the Detach Selected Environment >> button.
The environment appears in the Unattached Environments list.

Your Boomi process is now un-deployed from the Test Environment.

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Below are the steps to complete the process:

Request account XML from the FTP data store

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Exercise 1: Folder Setup

Create folders within your account

Enter the folder Name of Boomi Essentials.

Click Save to create the Boomi Essentials folder.

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Enter the folder Name of #Connections.

Click Save. Your folder structure should look like below:

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Exercise 2: Download Process from the Process

Type “Boomi Essentials” into the Search Bar.

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Exercise 3: Access the FTP Connection

In the Connector field, choose FTP from the drop-down option.

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Exercise 4: Create an FTP Operation

After naming the operation, enter the following information:

FTP Action: Get

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At the bottom of the Process canvas, click Save and Close.

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Now your folder structure looks like below.

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Exercise 5: Access the Disk Connection

Confirm Disk is selected in the Connector drop-down.

In the Name window, enter Work Directory.

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Click Save and Close.

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Exercise 6: Create a Disk Operation

In the Name window, enter Write Unique.

Click Save and Close.

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Now your folder structure looks like below.

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In the Process tab, click Save.

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Exercise 7: Enable the Atom Cloud and the Test Atom

Above the Process canvas, click the Welcome tab.

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The Test Atom Cloud is now available for test environments.

Repeat the previous steps to set up the Atom Cloud.

Once again, click on Atom to set up your new Atom.

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Exercise 8: Test the Process

Choose the Test Atom Cloud from the drop-down.