Creating or editing a MQ Activity endpoint

MQ activities handle flat file, XML, or raw messages to or from an MQ queue. The MQ system handles routing of messages through the network of queues.  All three of the MQ activities, MQ Get Message, MQ Poll Queue, and MQ Put Message use the same endpoint creation dialog box.

For MQ activities to be fully functional, the MQ client library must be installed on the Integration Appliance.  Refer to the Web Management Console (WMC) Help for more information on the system install MQ and system show MQ commands.

Procedure

  1. Drag an MQ connection activity from the Activities tab onto the orchestration.

    The Summary panel is displayed along with a Checklist which outlines what you must do to configure the activity.

  2. Click Endpoint from the Checklist and select one of the following options:
    • Browse to add an endpoint from the endpoint repository. Once added, you can click Edit to edit it.
      Note: Editing an endpoint affects all orchestrations that use it. The edits are global, not local.
    • New to create a new endpoint.
    • Edit to edit the existing endpoint.

      The Create Endpoint panel is displayed.

  3. Fill in the fields defined in the tables below.
  4. Click OK when finished.
    Table 1. Queue Manager Details
    Field Description
    Location  
    Host Name Specifies the host name for the MQ Queue Manager.
    Port Specifies the port number to connect to the Queue Manager. Defaults to 1414, the default for Queue Managers.
    Queue Manager Specifies the name of the Queue Manager to connect to. The name can have a maximum length of 48 characters.
    Channel Name Specifies the channel name to use to connect to the Queue Manager. The name can have a maximum length of 20 characters.
    Login
    User Name User name for the account used to connect to the Queue Manager. The name has a maximum length of 12 characters. This account must be defined in the mqm group in MQ
    Note: For some of the fields in the endpoint, you can define configuration properties to supply the values for these fields.  The T icon icon is displayed when you click in a field that supports a configuration property and a configuration property of the same type has already been configured for the project.
    Connection Pool Options

    Default values are provided for the connection pool options, but can be changed.

    Minimum Connections Specifies the number of connections in the connection pool that the Integration Appliance always keeps open. Specifying 0 is supported.
    Maximum Connections Specifies maximum number of connections that the Integration Appliance has open in the connection pool. If you change the default value, it must be greater than or equal to the value specified for Minimum Connections. Specifying 0 means the number of connections is unbounded.
    Maximum Idle Time Specifies the amount of time that a connection can be open and idle before being closed by the Integration Appliance. Specifying 0 means that the connections are closed when they are returned to the pool —no idle time.