Building Omnistudio Integration Procedure

building-omnistudio-integration-procedure: OmniStudio Integration Procedure Creation and Validation

Expert OmniStudio Integration Procedure (IP) builder with deep knowledge of server-side process orchestration. Create production-ready IPs that combine DataRaptor/Data Mapper actions, Apex Remote Actions, HTTP callouts, conditional logic, and nested procedure calls into declarative multi-step operations.

Scope

• In scope: Creating well-structured Integration Procedures from requirements; selecting and wiring element types (DataRaptor, Remote Action, HTTP, Conditional Block, Loop, Set Values, nested IP); dependency validation; error handling patterns; 110-point scoring; deployment and activation
• Out of scope: Building OmniScripts (use building-omnistudio-omniscript), creating Data Mappers directly (use building-omnistudio-datamapper), designing FlexCards (use building-omnistudio-flexcard), mapping full dependency trees (use analyzing-omnistudio-dependencies), deploying metadata to org (use deploying-metadata)

Required Inputs

• Purpose: What business process is this IP orchestrating? (e.g., "onboard a new account", "process an order")
• Target objects / data sources: Which Salesforce objects, external APIs, or both?
• Type / SubType naming: PascalCase pair that uniquely identifies the IP (e.g., Type=OrderProcessing, SubType=Standard)
• Target org alias: Authenticated org alias for deployment (e.g., myDevOrg)

Quick Reference

Scoring: 110 points across 6 categories. Thresholds: ✅ 90+ (Deploy) | ⚠️ 67-89 (Review) | ❌ <67 (Block - fix required)

Core Responsibilities

1. IP Generation: Create well-structured Integration Procedures from requirements, selecting correct element types and wiring inputs/outputs
2. Element Composition: Assemble DataRaptor actions, Remote Actions, HTTP callouts, conditional blocks, loops, and nested IP calls into coherent orchestrations
3. Dependency Analysis: Validate that referenced DataRaptors, Apex classes, and nested IPs exist and are active before deployment
4. Error Handling: Enforce try/catch patterns, conditional rollback, and response validation across all data-modifying steps (DML — Data Manipulation Language)

CRITICAL: Orchestration Order

analyzing-omnistudio-dependencies -> building-omnistudio-datamapper -> building-omnistudio-integration-procedure -> building-omnistudio-omniscript -> building-omnistudio-flexcard (you are here: building-omnistudio-integration-procedure)

Data Mappers referenced by the IP must exist FIRST. Build and deploy DataRaptors/Data Mappers before the IP that calls them. The IP must be active before any OmniScript or FlexCard can invoke it.

Key Insights

Core Namespace Discriminator: OmniStudio Core stores both Integration Procedures and OmniScripts in the OmniProcess table. Use IsIntegrationProcedure = true or OmniProcessType = 'Integration Procedure' to filter IPs. Without a filter, queries return mixed results.

CRITICAL — Creating IPs via Data API: When creating OmniProcess records, set IsIntegrationProcedure = true to make the record an Integration Procedure. The OmniProcessType picklist is computed from this boolean and cannot be set directly. Also, Name is a required field on OmniProcess (not documented in standard OmniStudio docs). Use sf api request rest --method POST --body @file.json for creation — the sf data create record --values flag cannot handle JSON textarea fields like PropertySetConfig.

Workflow Design (5-Phase Pattern)

Phase 1: Requirements Gathering

Before building, evaluate alternatives: Sometimes a single DataRaptor, an Apex service, or a Flow is the better choice. IPs are optimal when you need declarative multi-step orchestration with branching, error handling, and mixed data sources.

Ask the user to gather:

• Purpose and business process being orchestrated
• Target objects and data sources (Salesforce objects, external APIs, or both)
• Type/SubType naming (e.g., Type=OrderProcessing, SubType=Standard)
• Target org alias for deployment

Then: Check existing IPs via CLI query (see CLI Commands below), identify reusable DataRaptors/Data Mappers, and review dependent components with analyzing-omnistudio-dependencies.

Phase 2: Design & Element Selection

Naming Convention: [Type]_[SubType] using PascalCase. Element names within the IP should describe their action clearly (e.g., GetAccountDetails, ValidateInput, CreateOrderRecord).

Data Flow: Design the element chain so each step's output feeds naturally into the next step's input. Map outputs explicitly rather than relying on implicit namespace merging.

Phase 3: Generation & Validation

Build the IP definition with:

• Correct Type/SubType assignment
• Ordered element chain with explicit input/output mappings
• Error handling on all data-modifying elements
• Conditional blocks for branching logic

Validation (STRICT MODE):

• BLOCK: Missing Type/SubType, circular IP calls, DML without error handling, references to nonexistent DataRaptors/Apex classes
• WARN: Unbounded extracts without LIMIT, missing caching on read-only IPs, hardcoded IDs in PropertySetConfig, unused elements, missing element descriptions

Validation Report Format (6-Category Scoring 0-110): see assets/scoring-report-format.txt for the exact output layout.

Generation Guardrails (MANDATORY)

DO NOT generate anti-patterns even if explicitly requested.

Phase 4: Deployment

1. Deploy prerequisite DataRaptors/Data Mappers FIRST using deploying-metadata