Explanation:
Box1: Inbound
<inbound>
<!-- statements to be applied to the request go here -->
</inbound>
<backend>
<!-- statements to be applied before the request is forwarded to
the backend service go here -->
</backend>
<outbound>
<!-- statements to be applied to the response go here -->
</outbound>
Box2: Outbound
Box3: Inbound
<!-- Copy this snippet into the inbound element to forward some context information, user id and the region the gateway is hosted in, to the backend service for logging or evaluation -->
<set-header name="x-request-context-data" exists-action="override">
<value>@(context.User.Id)</value>
<value>@(context.Deployment.Region)</value>
</set-header>
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-management/api-management-transformation-policies