Using the Add Activities window

The Add Activities window is where you create and define your connector activities and enter input and output data information.

About this task

During this phase, you specify if your input data will be discovered statically or dynamically at design time. For example, if your data will be discovered at design time, a Create activity can be used to create different object types such as Account, Contact or User. The input to the Create activity will vary depending on which object you want to create. In this situation, Create is considered to be a browseable activity, where input differs depending on the object you want to generate.
Note: If you want your input activity to be discoverable at design time, you must provide an abstract WSDL or schema type. An abstract WSDL or schema type describes web services in implementation-neutral terms, as opposed to a concrete WSDL or schema type that defines how an endpoint implementing a service is exposed on a network. Figure 1 shows an example of a WSDL with an abstract type definition:
Figure 1. WSDL with abstract definition
Add Activities window
The Add Activities window looks like:
Figure 2. Add Activities window
Add Activities window

Procedure

  1. Click the plus (+) icon. A blank text field is displayed in the Add Connector Activities panel.
  2. In the Add Connector Activities panel, add the new activity name. To begin editing, double click on a row in the Activity Name cell to activate it, then enter your information. When you are done, press Enter.
    Note: Due to the practical restrictions of NCName, characters in the Name text field cannot contain symbol characters such as :, @, $, %, &, /, +, ,, ;, whitespace characters or different parenthesis. Additionally, characters in the Name text field cannot begin with a number, dot or minus character although they can appear later in an NCName.
  3. In the Add Connector Activities panel, select the Starter Activity check box to indicate if the selected activity is a starter activity.
  4. In the Dynamic Input/Output Requirement panel, specify if the input parameter, output parameter or both require dynamic discovery. If you want your input activity to be discoverable at design time, you must provide an abstract schema type.
  5. If a parameter or parameters require dynamic discovery, in the Select Input/Output Data panel, use the Select Input or Select Output buttons to select input and/or output data for each activity. Note: Do not assign a specific input data type to more than one activity.
    Note: Starter Activity only has output types. Therefore, you are allowed to select only the Output Type in the Activity Details section.
  6. Repeat these steps for each new activity.
  7. When you are done, click Next.

Results

The Final Summary window is displayed.

What to do next

View your results in the Final Summary window.



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