IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter manual Setting standard connector properties

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 default values and some do not; you can modify some of the default values. The installation and configuration chapter of each adapter guide describes the application-specific properties and the recommended values.

The fields for Standard Properties and Connector-Specific Properties are color-coded to show which are configurable:

vA field with a grey background indicates a standard property. You can change the value but cannot change the name or remove the property.

vA field with a white background indicates an application-specific property. These properties vary according to specific needs of the application or connector. You can change the value and delete these properties.

vValue fields are configurable.

vThe Update Method field is informational and not configurable. This field specifies the action required to activate a property whose value has changed.

Setting standard connector properties

To change the value of a standard property:

1.Click in the field whose value you want to set.

2.Either enter a value, or choose from the drop-down menu if one appears.

3.After entering all values for the standard properties, you can do one of the following:

v To discard the changes, preserve the original values, and exit Connector Configurator, choose File > Exit (or close the window), and choose No when prompted to save changes.

vTo enter values for other categories in Connector Configurator, choose the tab for the category. The values you enter for Standard Properties (or other category) are retained when you move to the next category; when you close the window, you are prompted to either save or discard the values that you entered in all of the categories as a whole.

vTo save the revised values, choose File > Exit (or close the window) and choose Yes when prompted to save changes. Alternatively, choose Save > To File from either the File menu or the toolbar.

Setting application-configuration properties

For application-specific configuration properties, you can add or change property names, configure values, delete a property, and encrypt a property:

1.Click in the field whose name or value you want to set.

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