Opening an existing message flow

Open an existing message flow to change or update its contents, or to add or remove nodes.

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To open an existing message flow:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective. The Broker Development view is populated with all the message flow and message set projects that you have access to. A message flow is contained in a file called <message_flow_name>.msgflow.
  2. Right-click the message flow that you want to work with, and click Open. Alternatively you can double-click the message flow in the Broker Development view.

    The graphical view of the message flow is displayed in the editor view. You can now work with this message flow; for example, you can add or remove nodes, change connections between nodes, or modify node properties.

  3. Click Open ESQL for any node in the flow that requires ESQL, or double-click the ESQL file (the .esql file) in the Broker Development view to open it, if you want to work with the ESQL file for this message flow.
  4. Click Open Mappings for any node in the flow that requires mappings, or double-click the mappings file (the .msgmap file) in the Broker Development view to open it, if you want to work with the mappings file for this message flow.
  5. Click Open Java for any JavaCompute node in the flow, or double-click the Java file in the Broker Development view to open it, if you want to work with the Java file for this message flow.
Related concepts
Message flows overview
Related tasks
Developing message flows
Creating a message flow
Defining message flow content
Adding a message flow node
Removing a message flow node
The Message Flow editor experiences problems when opening a message flow, and opens in error mode
Related reference
Broker Application Development perspective
Built-in nodes
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