BizTalk general

[Gordon T]

Hi,

Which is the typical scenario for HL7 interfaces?

1) Receiving application (Server, I believe) listens for connection
requests, the sending application (Client), which is BizTalk in our case,
initiates a connection, then receiving application accepts the connection and
BizTalk sends the message. Receiving application then responds with an
ACK/NAK.

2) Receiving application (Client) intiates a connection request to the
sending application (Server), which is listening for connections. BizTalk
accepts the connection, then BizTalk sends the order message. Receiving
application then responds with an ACK/NAK.

Isn’t #1 the standard scenario for HL7 interfaces?
Can BizTalk even do scenario #2?

Any thoughts/experiences/opinions are greatly appreciated.

[Eric Stott]

BizTalk can do scenario 2, but you would have to do an orchestration, it
would have be more than a session connect though, it needs to be something
'physical:' some data needs to come across the wire to initialize the
orchestration to generate the trip back.

Eric
http://blog.hl7-info.com
http://stottis.com

Post by Gordon T
Hi,
Which is the typical scenario for HL7 interfaces?
1) Receiving application (Server, I believe) listens for connection
requests, the sending application (Client), which is BizTalk in our case,
initiates a connection, then receiving application accepts the connection and
BizTalk sends the message. Receiving application then responds with an
ACK/NAK.
2) Receiving application (Client) intiates a connection request to the
sending application (Server), which is listening for connections. BizTalk
accepts the connection, then BizTalk sends the order message. Receiving
application then responds with an ACK/NAK.
Isn't #1 the standard scenario for HL7 interfaces?
Can BizTalk even do scenario #2?
Any thoughts/experiences/opinions are greatly appreciated.
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Gordon T