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Nintex Workflow 2010 > Workflow Actions
Send / Receive Biztalk

* This topic applies to Nintex Workflow Enterprise Edition only.

This workflow action is used to enable interaction with BizTalk Server 2006. The action can send messages into a BizTalk orchestration and/or wait for a message from BizTalk. The action allows a workflow to interact with any external system with which BizTalk interoperates.

For more information on setting up Nintex Workflow to interoperate with a BizTalk orchestration, please download the Nintex Workflow SDK from http://www.nintex.com.

To use the workflow action:

  • Locate the action in Workflow Actions Toolbox (located on the left hand-side);
    • Click on the Category listings to reveal the actions; OR
    • Search for the action using a keyword.
  • Select the action, drag it onto the design canvas and drop it onto a design pearl.

Alternatively

  • Left-clicking the pearl, mouse-over Insert Action and then the Categories to reveal the actions, click the required action from the list.

To change the settings used by the action:

  • On the action’s title click the down arrow to activate a drop-down
  • Select Configure; OR
  • Double-click the action's icon.

For more information on the other options in the drop-down, please refer to the Getting started with the Nintex Workflow designer.

Options within the action

Action

Specifies whether the workflow is only sending a message to BizTalk, waiting for a message to arrive from BizTalk or both.

Message ID

A unique identifier that is used by Nintex Workflow when the BizTalk message handler receives a message. Nintex Workflow uses this value to determine for which workflow a message is intended.

The following settings define the web service location where the BizTalk orchestration is published. These items are only required when the action is sending a message into BizTalk. These details are defined when running the BizTalk Web Services Publishing Wizard tool.

URL

The URL of the published BizTalk web service.

Method

The web method of the web service to invoke.

Namespace

The namespace of the web service.

Credentials

Username and password, if required, to access the web service.

The following settings define the data that is sent to BizTalk, and the data that is expected in messages from BizTalk.

XML Namespace

The XML Namespace for the messages that are generated. This will be reflected in the schema.

Send Workflow file (Document and Form Libraries only)

This option allows the current workflow item to be sent to BizTalk, instead of defining individual data from the workflow. If this option is used, the schema must be provided by the user.

Data to send

Allows selection of the data that must make up the message to send to BizTalk. Each data item will be presented as an element in the resulting message.

Data to receive

Allows selection of the data that is expected in a message from BizTalk. Only workflow variables can be selected. After the message has been received, the workflow variables will hold the values that they were mapped to in BizTalk.

Export to XSD

Nintex Workflow generates the schema file for both the 'data to send' and 'data to receive' messages. These schema files can be imported into BizTalk to define messages. Each definition contains a header section containing information used by Nintex Workflow for routing the message and a content section containing the data items specified.