The first step is to extract the data you want to send to your business partner from the “source system.” However, before we explain how that works, let’s discuss what we mean by source system.
For example, a manufacturing company might want to extract a purchase order from its ERP application (the source). A financial institution might want to extract a securities trade from its order management system (the source). A retailer might want to extract a list of recent sales transactions from its point of sale (POS) system (the source).