At this introductory session, Marcin Nowiński covers the basics of MuleSoft Composer, where he explains use cases, the tool's pros and cons, and how it can be incorporated into the organization to speed up the development of integration.

1. 24/04/2023
Hyperautomation with MuleSoft -
Composer 101
Warsaw MuleSoft Meetup Group

2. ● Introductions
● Hyperautomation with MuleSoft Composer
● Quiz
● Networking
Agenda
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3. Introduction

4. Our partners
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5. ● Chief Integration Architect at PwC Poland
● MuleSoft Mentor
● 16+ years of experience (6+ with MuleSoft)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcin-nowinski-13ab7310/
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Marcin Nowiński
Speaker
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6. ● Subject Matter Expert at PwC Poland
● MuleSoft Ambassador
● MuleSoft Meetup Leader for Warsaw, Poland
● Working with MuleSoft products for over 10 years now
Organizer
Check out my integration blog
https://ambassadorpatryk.com/blog
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#WarsawMuleSoftMeetup
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8. Ask questions
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● Be active, ask questions
● Discuss topic
● Receive gifts ;)

9. Vouchers for beverages
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● Two vouchers for each attendee

10. Hyperautomation with MuleSoft -
Composer 101
[ REC ]

11. What is Hyperautomation
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● Business-driven approach to automation
● Combination of use cases
○ Integrations
○ API Management platforms
○ RPA
○ Low-code (no code) integrations
● Task Automation
● Process Automation
“Hyperautomation” is when any process can be automated across teams & across systems.
Task automation
Process
automation
Hyperautomation

12. MuleSoft Hyperautomation tools
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● Anypoint Platform
● MuleSoft RPA
● MuleSoft Composer
● Salesforce Flows

13. MuleSoft Hyperautomation packaging
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Anypoint Platform MuleSoft RPA MuleSoft Composer
Composer Starter N/A N/A 250,000 Tasks / month
SF, TB, Slack Connectors
3 additional connectors
Composer Plus N/A N/A 2,500,000 Tasks / month
SF, TB, Slack Connectors
Unlimited connectors
MuleSoft Automation „Anypoint Lite”
0.5 Production vCores, 0.5
Pre Production vCores
57,000 Automation Credits 57,000 Automation Credits
SF, Tableau, Slack
Connectors
3 Additional Connectors
Anypoint Base Subscription 2 Production (v)cores
4 Pre-Production (v)cores
N/A N/A
1 Automation Credit = 2 RPA Bot Minutes = 100 RPA API Calls = 50 Composer Tasks
Composer Task = when a Composer Connector’s flow invokes an action e.g. Read, Create, Update, Delete
Both pre-production and production consumption is counted against production quota

14. Composer
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● Low-Code proces automation tool
● Based on Mulesoft Anypoint Platform
● Web based GUI
● Either standalone (MuleSoft Composer) or built in within Salesforce
● Simple to use (targeted for non IT teams – admins, business analysts)
● Simplified used case
● Point to point integrations

15. When to use MuleSoft products
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MuleSoft RPA
● Automating manual repetitive tasks involving UI or desktop applications (e.g., Excel, web browser)
● Accessing legacy, terminal-only systems
● Automating processes that require a “human in the loop” or involve reading data without defined syntax or OCR data
● LoB SMEs use point and click UIs to create Automation processes
● Last mile in hybrid automation solution
MuleSoft Composer
● Integrating SaaS systems using pre-built, IT-approved connectors (Workday, Slack, …)
● Orchestrating multi-step automations and integrations using clicks instead of code – ??
● LoB SMEs use point and click UIs to create integrations.
Anypoint Platform
● Implementing API-led connectivity or event platform (Kafka, Anypoint MQ, …)
● Producing composable assets
● Integrating with DevOps processes

16. When not to use MuleSoft products
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MuleSoft RPA
● Accessing a system via the UIs in order to bypass approved APIs and controls
● Using bots to create point-to-point integrations between systems
● Automating applications that cannot be installed on or accessed by a Windows RPA bot
● High volume, bulk/ETL data transfer
MuleSoft Composer
● Integrating on-premise systems
● Implementing complex integrations or data transformations that require coding
● High volume, bulk/ETL data transfer
Anypoint Platform
● Consuming data from user interfaces
● Simple integration of SaaS systems with available Composer connectors ??
● Disposable assets that cannot be discovered or consumed by the rest of the organization

17. Typical scenarios of interactions
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HTTP request from Anypoint Mule flow to RPA Manager
● Anypoint Mule can submit "start process" command Including a command payload, e. g. a correlation ID
● Anypoint Mule can inquire process status
● RPA publishes interface definitions of its APIs in the Anypoint Exchange
HTTP requests from MuleSoft RPA Bot to Anypoint API endpoint
● Bot can retrieve API responses (poll for status)
● Bot can submit commands or propagates events
HTTP request from Composer to RPA Manager
● Composer can submit "start process" command
● Composer can inquire process status
HTTP request from Composer to Anypoint API endpoint
● Composer can retrieve data from Anypoint API.

18. Composer – Create a flow
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● Step 1: Choose or create a connection
● Step 2: Choose a trigger
● Step 3: Define the actions you want to take
● Step 4: Test your flow on one record
● Step 5: Activate the flow
● Step 6: Monitor the behavior of your flow

19. LIVE DEMO
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20. Additional thoughts on Composer
(personal view)
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• Very simple too use
• Might help organizations with busy IT
• Only for non critical data integration
• P2P integration, no API-led connectivity
• Public flows and no environments
• Hard to debug - no direct log access
• No CI / CD support

21. Q&A

22. Quiz

23. Wrap up

24. Photo time
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What’s next?
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27. See you next time