Cumulocity integration with webMethods.io 1.6
Integrating Cumulocity with webMethods.io provides a host of opportunities to integrate and share device data with other systems and applications. WebMethods.io has an out-of-the-box Cumulocity connector which can be used as a trigger or as a building block inside the workflow.
Trigger a workflow on an alarm
One of the most popular integration use cases is to react to an alarm generated by Cumulocity. This can be easily achieved in a few steps.
In a new workflow click on the start block, select the Cumulocity connector, choose trigger on an alarm, enter your Cumulocity tenant and credentials and enter the device id. You can use * for all devices.
The next step would be to create an action that will be executed when an alarm in Cumulocity occurs. The action could be to raise a ticket in Zendesk or simply post to a Slack channel.
The resulting post in slack could look as follows:
Adding a new device to Cumulocity
We can also use webMethods.io to easily add new devices to Cumulocity via webhook.
For this scenario, the trigger for the workflow would be a webhook with input parameters such as device name, serial number, location, etc. This can be connected to a cumulocity block with an inventory action “Create a New Managed Object”. We then issue a notification via email and slack with the Cumulocity device id of the newly added device. The workflow could look as follows:
To execute the webhook simply copy the Webhook URL add the input parameters and send the request. The webhook supports basic and oauth authorization.
Batch registration of new devices
Another integration use case would be to batch provision devices from a list. The source of the data can be Google Sheets, Excel Online, Salesforce or many others. In the example below, we use google sheets to read a list of devices, register them in Cumulocity and document the results including the new device ids.
As the workflow is executed, the Google Sheets document is read and the loop element reads each row, registers a device and documents the result.
This is only a tiny insight into the many integration opportunities between webMethods.io and Cumulocity. It is also worth noting that even if there is no ready-made connector available for a certain use case, users can use webmethods.io to create their own connectors.
Related webMethods DevBytes videos:
Integrating Cumulocity IoT with webMethods.io
How to provision a new device in Cumulocity IoT with webMethods.io
How to use webMethods.io to bulk provision devices in Cumulocity IoT
