Implicit transactions are handled automatically by Integration Server's transaction manager. Implicit transaction support is enabled when you configure an adapter service to use an EJB Local Connection or an EJB XA Connection and invoke this adapter service from a flow. When you define an explicit transaction, you define the start-on-completion boundaries of the transaction. As such, implicit and explicit transactions need to be created and managed differently.

The following sections describe implicit and explicit transactions and how to manage them.