The connector framework is the core foundation for connecting external systems to Studio Pro and the Catalog in both general (for example, REST, SQL) and use case–specific (for example, purchasing, HR, insurance, IoT) ways.
This framework enables building connectors using Mendix that allow you to connect to data and logic in any application or service. These connectors can integrate with the Data Hub Catalog and external entities so that anyone can find and use external data. To facilitate this, the existing Mendix connector framework is extended to ensure you can expose any data as external entities that will be registered in the Catalog for discovery and then drag–and–dropped into the consuming applications.
This reduces the barrier–to–entry and time–to–value when leveraging data from other systems and lays the groundwork for exposing more than just data (for example, business events, actions, and workflows).