Integrations

An integration is a script that runs when something happens in ION. An ION event triggers it, usually through a webhook and sometimes on a schedule. From there it can do almost anything: read and write ION data through the GraphQL API, call an external system, send a notification, or generate a document. First Resonance builds and ships prebuilt integrations through the ION Marketplace, and you can also build your own. Integrations take many shapes. Two common ones:

• A third-party integration syncs data between ION and another system, such as pulling part releases from your PLM or pushing purchase orders to your ERP.
• An ION automation runs logic against ION itself, such as querying and mutating data through the GraphQL API when an event fires.

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Getting started

• Deploy a prebuilt integration or automation: browse the ION Marketplace and the catalogs below, then follow Deploy an integration or automation.
• Build your own: if nothing prebuilt fits, use the Workflow Builder, webhooks, or the GraphQL API. See Create an integration.
• Design the data flow across systems: see the ERP and PLM reference architecture.
• Generate PDFs from ION objects such as purchase orders and run packets: see Export data as PDF.

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Third-party integrations

Connectors First Resonance and its partners maintain for the systems you already run. Most use standard protocols (AMQP for messaging, GraphQL for direct queries, and webhooks), so you don’t wire each one from scratch.

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PLM and PDM

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ERP and finance

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Procurement and sourcing

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Collaboration and productivity

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ION automations

Prebuilt automations First Resonance maintains that run logic against ION itself. See ION automations for the current list and how they differ from ION Actions.