Steps for configuring flow control for connectors

Flow control is a configurable service that allows you to manage the flow of connector and collaboration object queues. The parameters for configuring flow control can be system-wide or on individual components, or both. If you configure both, the individual component configuration supersedes the system-wide configuration. For instructions on configuring flow control system-wide, see Steps for configuring system-wide flow control. This section describes how to configure flow control for connectors.

Note:
Configuration changes for individual connectors or collaboration objects are dynamic, meaning they do not require InterChange Server Express to be rebooted. System-wide configuration changes for flow control require InterChange Server Express to be rebooted.

To monitor how flow control is working in the system, you can view the Flow Control monitor and view provided as part of System Monitor or you can view the Statistics for collaboration objects or connectors in System Manager in the InterChange Server Component Management view. For more information on using the Flow Control monitor and view in System Monitor, see Steps for reviewing default monitors and Steps for using default views. For more information on viewing the flow control from the InterChange Server Component Management view, see Steps for viewing collaboration object statistics or Steps for viewing connector statistics.

Perform the following steps to configure flow control for a connector:

  1. In System Manager, navigate to the connector for which you want to configure flow control, then double-click that connector. Connector Configurator Express opens (see Figure 28).

    Figure 28. Connector Configurator Express, Standard Properties tab


  2. In the Standard Properties tab, click in the Value cell of the MaxEventCapacity property.
  3. Change the value to the maximum number of events that you want queued for a connector. The valid range of values for this property is from 1 to 2147483647.
  4. Click File > Save > to Project. The following message appears in the bottom section of Connector Configurator Express: Connector 'ConnectorName' is saved successfully.

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