Snapshots

Whenever there is an update to a bonded record, Unifi will take a snapshot of it and capture it in a Snapshot record. The Snapshot is the key to facilitating automated Integration testing.

Definition

A Snapshot is a representation of the bonded record and data from the relevant message that created/updated it.

A snapshot is created in one of two scenarios:

• A process record is updated and one or more integrations are interested in it (outbound).

• A process record is updated by an integration (inbound).

Processing

In the Unifi Transport Data Flow process (see the diagram here), the Snapshot record sits between the Stage and the source/target record. In order for it to be an accurate representation of the source/target record, the Snapshot is taken the same side of the relevant Message Script.

Outbound

A snapshot is taken of the source record prior to running the Source to Stage Message Script (before transforming any data).

Inbound

A snapshot is taken of the target record after running the Stage to Target Message Script (after transforming any data).

Fields

Snapshots can be viewed by navigating to Unifi > Transport > Snapshots.

The top of the Snapshot record looks like this:

The bottom of the Snapshot record looks like this:

The following table gives a description of the fields that are visible on the Snapshot record.

Field	Type	Description
Number	String	The system generated unique identifier for this record.
Direction	Choice	The direction of the Snapshot. Choices: None, Inbound, Outbound
Table	Table Name	The source/target table of the bonded record.
Document	Document ID	The source/target bonded record.
Messages	String	Object containing details of the Message that initiated the Transaction and its Integration.
Previous	String	The JSON representation of the bonded record before any update was made.
Current	String	The JSON representation of the bonded record at the time Unifi was invoked. Fields may differ to previous values here through form updates, business rules, etc.
After	String	The JSON representation of the bonded record after Unifi processing is complete.