IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter manual Using a connector-specific property template

After you have completed the configuration file and set its properties, it will need to be deployed to the appropriate location for your connector.

vIf you are using ICS as your broker, save the configuration in a System Manager project, and use System Manager to load the file into InterChange Server.

vIf you are using WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker as your broker, manually copy the configuration file to its appropriate location, which must match exactly the configuration file location specified in the startup file for your connector.

For further information about deployment, see the Implementation Guide for WebSphere InterChange Server (for using the connector with ICS as the broker), or the Implementation Guide for WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker (for using the connector with MQ Integrator as the broker).

Using a connector-specific property template

To create a configuration file for your connector, you can start with a previously created connector configuration file (*.cfg), a connector definition file (*.txt) or a repository file (*.in or *.out), if any of these already exists for your connector. For instructions on using such existing files, see “Using an existing file” on page 62.

If none of those files exist, or if they are too dissimilar to the configuration requirements of your connector, you can start instead by creating a template for the connector-specific properties of your connector. You’ll create properties in the template, define general characteristics and values for those properties, and specify any dependencies between the properties. Then you’ll save the template and use it as the base for creating a new connector configuration file.

Creating a template of connector-specific properties

To create a template:

1.Choose File>New>Connector-Specific Property Template.

2.The Connector-Specific Property Template dialog appears, with the following fields

v Name

Enter a unique name that identifies the connector, or type of connector, for which this template will be used. You will see this name again when you open the dialog for creating a new configuration file from a template.

vFind Template, and Template Name

The names of all currently available templates are displayed in the Template Name display. Look for an existing template that would make a good starting point for your new connector template (such as a template whose property definitions are a subset of the properties used by your connector).

To see the connector-specific property definitions that are contained in any template, select that template’s name in the Template Name display. A list of the property definitions contained in that template will appear in the Template Preview display.

If you do not see any template that displays the connector-specific properties that are used by your connector, you will need to create one. Connector Configurator provides a template named None, containing no property definitions, as a default choice.

Choose a template from the Template Name display, enter that template name in the Find Name field (or highlight your choice in Template Name), and choose Next.

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