Key concepts

this topic explains some of the key concepts that will help you understand how to build integrations check out workato academy https //academy workato com/ for training we encourage you to take up the automation pro certificate training for a better understanding of the offering you can also refer to workato documentation https //docs workato com/ for more information connector a connector enables securing access to one or more instances of the business application each connector encapsulates the following authentication method the authentication method used to access third party applications triggers the conditions that trigger the integration workflow actions the actions that are performed in the application connection connection enables establishing a communication channel to a specific instance of an application, so that integration workflows can be executed for that instance the information required to establish a connection is determined by the connector usually, it requires a url to identify the instance and authentication information such as an api key connections can be in connected or disconnected status project a project is a repository that stores recipes, connections, and sub folders it is helpful to organize projects by use case, department, process, or any other way that can be categorized and distinguished easily recipe a recipe is the workflow design it defines how the workflow is triggered and what actions are performed in the integrated application when triggered a recipe can be in active or inactive status datapills datapills enable you to create custom workflows tailored to your business needs the following datapills can be used in a recipe data from the application that is provided by the connector information from the lookup table project properties