Renaming a promoted property

If you have promoted a property from the node to the message flow level, it is initially assigned the same name that it has at the node level. You can rename the property to have a more meaningful name in the context of the message flow.

Before you start

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To rename a promoted property :

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the message flow, either by double-clicking the message flow in the Navigator view, or by right-clicking it in the Navigator view and clicking Open The message flow contents are displayed in the editor view.

    If this is the first message flow that you have opened, the message flow control window and the list of available built-in message flow nodes are also displayed, to the left of the editor view.

  3. In the editor view, right-click one of the nodes in the message flow, and select Promote Property. The Property Promotion dialog is displayed.
  4. Double-click the promoted property in the list of properties that are currently promoted to the message flow level (on the right of the Property Promotion dialog). The name is highlighted, and you can edit it. Modify the existing text or enter new text to give the property a new name, and press Enter.
  5. Click Apply to commit this change without closing the Property Promotion dialog. Click OK to complete your updates and close the dialog.

Related concepts
Promoted properties

Related tasks
Defining promoted properties
Promoting a property
Removing a promoted property
Converging multiple properties

Related reference
Built-in nodes