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# Working with Other Tools

About the Applications Platform Connector

The Applications Platform Connector tool allows communication between Applications Platform and King Task Centre. All communication uses XML. You use the Connector to map King Task Centre data to Applications Platform objects and operations — see Supported Objects.

The XML responses received back from Applications Platform can be saved to file, or passed to another King Task Centre tool for further processing. The responses can include details of the object requested, any errors, or the values of any automatically generated ID fields.

You can use the Applications Platform Connector to provide an indirect link from your Applications Platform installation to other systems that King Task Centre is connected to. For example, if you make use of the Web Portal in Applications Platform, and have your CRM system connected to King Task Centre, you can make CRM data available to the Web Portal via the Applications Platform Connector.

The other tools that a Applications Platform Connector step can interact directly with, either by exposing information to it or consuming information from it, are listed below:

## Consuming XML from Other Tools

Icon | Tool Name | Tool Category
--- | --- | ---
| Import XML Document | Input
| Convert Recordset to XML | Format
| Transform Data | Format
| Call Task | Execute
| Web Service Connector | Data Connectors
| Applications Platform Connector | Data Connectors

### Objects Consumed

The Applications Platform Connector consumes the following objects exposed by other steps:

|  | XML — XML data from any King Task Centre tool capable of exposing XML (see above)

## Exposing XML to Other Tools

Icon | Tool Name | Tool Category
--- | --- | ---
| Convert XML to Recordset | Format
| Run Microsoft Reporting Services | Format
| Save File | Output
| Call Task | Execute
| Web Service Connector | Data Connectors
| Applications Platform Connector | Data Connectors

### Objects Exposed

The Applications Platform Connector exposes the following objects that can be consumed by other tools:

|  | InputData — This is the XML received by the tool.

|  | OutputData — This contains two objects:

|  | XmlString — This is the XML document produced by the tool. The XML structure is based on the structure set within the General tab (see About the General Tab) and contains data governed by the tool mappings (see About the Mapping Tab).

|  | XmlSchema — This contains the output schema in XSD format.

|  | ErrorData — This contains two objects:

|  | XmlString — This contains any error data reported by the tool at runtime. XmlString is only populated in the event of a step failure. Error messages posted to the King Task Centre event log appear in the XML document.

|  | XmlSchema — This contains the error schema in XSD format.

|  | Step Properties — Standard step properties are also available allowing you to use statistical data of the Applications Platform Connector step.

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