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Typographic conventions . .

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Chapter 1. Overview of the connector

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Connector architecture

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How the connector works

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Chapter 2. Installing and configuring the connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Prerequisites for installing the connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing the connector on a Windows or UNIX system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Configuring the connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Starting the connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 3. Understanding business objects for the connector

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Defining connector metadata

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Overview of business object structure

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i2 business object structure

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Specifying business object attribute properties

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Identifying business object application-specific information

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Chapter 4. Generating business objects using i2 ODA

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Overview of i2 ODA

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Installing i2 ODA

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Using i2 ODA in Business Object Designer

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Create the metaobject for polling

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Chapter 5. Troubleshooting and error handling

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Logging error messages

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Tracing messages

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Tips for troubleshooting

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Appendix A. Standard configuration properties for connectors

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New and deleted properties

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Configuring standard connector properties for WebSphere InterChange Server . .

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Configuring standard connector properties for WebSphere MQ Integrator . . .

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Appendix B. Connector Configurator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using Connector Configurator in an internationalized environment

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Starting Connector Configurator

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Choosing your broker

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Using a connector-specific property template

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Using Connector Configurator with ICS as the broker

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Setting the configuration file properties (ICS)

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Using standard and connector-specific properties with Connector Configurator. .

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Completing the configuration

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Appendix C. Connector feature list

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Event notification features

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