IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter manual Using an existing System Manager project

vAll files (*.*)

Choose this option if a *.txt file was delivered in the adapter package for the connector, or if a definition file is available under another extension.

3.In the directory display, navigate to the appropriate connector definition file, select it, and choose Open.

Using an existing System Manager project

Follow these steps to open a connector configuration from a System Manager project:

1.Start System Manager. A configuration can be opened from or saved to System Manager only if System Manager has been started.

2.Start Connector Configurator.

3.Choose File > Open > From Project.

Setting the configuration file properties (ICS)

The topics in this section apply if you are using InterChange Server as the integration broker. If you are using WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker as the integration broker, see “Setting the configuration file properties (WebSphere MQ Integrator Broker)” on page 68. When you create and name a new connector configuration file, or when you open an existing connector configuration file, Connector Configurator displays a configuration screen with tabs for the categories of required configuration values.

Connector Configurator requires values for properties in all of these categories:

1.Standard Properties

2.Connector-Specific Properties

3.Supported Business Objects

4.Associated Maps

5.Resources

6.Trace/Log File values

7.Messaging (where applicable)

8.Data handlers (applicable for connectors that use JMS messaging with guaranteed event delivery)

Note: For connectors that use JMS messaging, an additional category may display, for configuration of data handlers that convert the data to business objects.

Important: Connector Configurator accepts property values in either English or non-English character sets. However, the names of both standard and connector-specific properties, and the names of supported business objects, must use the English character set only.

Standard properties differ from connector-specific properties as follows:

vStandard properties of a connector are shared by both the application-specific component of a connector and its broker component. All connectors have the same set of standard properties. These properties are described in Appendix A of each adapter guide. You can change some but not all of these values.

vApplication-configuration (application-specific) properties apply only to the application-specific component of a connector, that is, the component that interacts directly with the application. Each connector has application-specific properties that are unique to its application. Some of these properties provide

Appendix B. Connector Configurator 63