When a user selects a customer record then clicks a custom button in the

Hub Console

, the

Hub Console

invokes the request, passing content and context to the Java external (custom) service. Examples of the type of data include record keys and other data from a base object, package information, and so on. Execution is asynchronous—the user can continue to work in the

Hub Console

while the request is processed.

The custom code can process the service response as appropriate—log the results, display the data to the user in a separate Swing dialog (if custom-coded and the custom function is client-side), allow users to copy and paste the results into a data entry field, execute real-time PUT statements of the data back into the correct business objects, and so on.