What is the best method to create a stock item, is it via IDO or BOD?

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I am new to Mongoose development, & I am aiming to create new stock items from data coming from another system. Which is the best method to cleanly create an item is it IDO or BOD?

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If you use a BOD then you have a traceable history, specifically the data lake and more resilience in the event of either system having an outage. BODs are asynchronous updates so the actor sending the request does not know if it is good or bad until they get the acknowledgement which can be delayed. As a result with BODs some form of pre-send validation is recommended.



Presumably IDO means an API connection (SOAP or REST) this does not have the same audit trail as a BOD update, and can be impacted by system outages at either end which will need to be designed into the system. An API call will provide immediate feedback so it is easier for the actor sending the request to re-use any existing validation on the IDO.



Mongoose supports both direct API connections and calls through ION API. I would recommend if using InforOS that you use the ION API proxy it brings single-sign on to APIs the http://developer.infor.com site has docs on how to connect an external app to ION API. If you have very high volumes then a direct connection and the streaming APIs might be your best option.



In terms of decision making. If you need immediate feedback and know that the row was inserted before you take the next action then use an API/IDO. If you can handle asynchronous updates and like the audit trail then use BODs.



It also helps if the source system is already generating a BOD.



So I guess the real answer is 'it depends' this is why both solutions exist and will continue to exist.

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