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Editing configurable properties

You can edit configurable properties in the deployment descriptor file (broker.xml) of your broker archive.

Before you start:

This topic assumes that you have created a BAR file and added resources to it. For more information, see Creating a broker archive (BAR) file and Adding files to a broker archive.

Using the WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit

To edit properties by using the WebSphere® Message Broker Toolkit, complete the following steps.

  1. Open the BAR file. The resources in your broker archive are listed on the Manage page.
  2. Optional: You can view the properties that can be configured for your message flows and subflows by selecting Build resources that are configurable from the Filter by list.
  3. Expand a message flow or subflow to display the nodes that you can configure, then click the node that you want to configure. The values that you can configure for the node are displayed in the Properties view.
  4. Select the value that you want to edit in the Properties view, and enter the new value.

    Repeat these steps for all the properties that you want to configure in your flow.

  5. Save your BAR file.
Next:

Deploy the BAR file by following the instructions in Deploying a broker archive file.

Using the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer

Before you start:

To edit the configurable properties in the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, you must import a BAR file. To import a BAR file into the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer, see Importing a broker archive file to the WebSphere Message Broker Explorer.

To edit properties by using the WebSphere Message Broker Explorercomplete the following steps.

  1. Open the BAR file. The resources in your broker archive are listed on the Manage page.
  2. Optional: You can view the properties that can be configured for your message flows and subflows by selecting Build resources that are configurable from the Filter by list.
  3. Expand a message flow or subflow to display the nodes that you can configure, then click the node that you want to configure. The values that you can configure for the node are displayed in the Properties view.
  4. Select the value that you want to edit in the Properties view, and enter the new value.

    Repeat these steps for all the properties that you want to configure in your flow.

  5. Close the BAR file. When you close the BAR file you are prompted to save the file. Click Yes to save the changes you made to the BAR file.
Next:

Deploy the BAR file by following the instructions in Deploying a broker archive file.

Using the mqsiapplybaroverride command

To edit properties by using the mqsiapplybaroverride command, complete the following steps.

  1. Open a command window that is configured for your environment.
  2. Create a text file with a .properties file extension.
  3. Enter the command, typed on a single line, specifying the location of your broker archive deployment descriptor (broker.xml) and the file that contains the properties to be changed. For examples of how to use the command, see mqsiapplybaroverride command.

    A file with a .bar extension is created.

Next:

Deploy the BAR file by following the instructions in Deploying a broker archive file.

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