Abstract: An application integration mechanism may identify and use user interface controls to connect to an application. The integration mechanism may provide a programmatic environment for integrating data received and transmitted between different applications, as well as controlling the operation of the various applications. A general interface type may be defined for various applications and a metadata definition may be used by the interface type to bind specific controls to various identifiers such as friendly names. Within the integration mechanism, a set of automations may be defined to process data received from one application and transfer the processed data to another application with or without user interaction.