Starting and stopping maps

Maps define the transfer (or transformation) of data between the source and destination business objects. In the InterChange Server Express environment, data is mapped from an application-specific business object to a generic business object or from a generic business object to an application-specific business object. For detailed information about how maps are used, refer to the Map Development Guide.

This section describes how to start and stop maps. For information about additional map tasks, including map compilation, map properties, data validation levels, explicit and implicit transaction bracketing, and map instance reuse, see the System Implementation Guide.

Map activation

For a map to be executable, it must first be activated. Map Designer Express automatically starts a map when it successfully compiles the map. However, other changes to the map might require that you explicitly stop and restart the map for the change to take effect. See Appendix B, Requirements for restarting IBM WebSphere InterChange Server Express system components to find out what changes require maps to be stopped and restarted.

Steps for starting and stopping maps

Depending on which tool you are using, you start and stop maps in the following way:

Perform the following steps in System Monitor to start and stop maps:

  1. If the System Overview view is displayed, click the Maps and Relationships link under Views in the left pane. The Map Status and Relationship Status monitors appear (see Figure 11).
  2. Select the Start or Stop icon in the upper-left corner of the view (see Figure 27).

Perform the following steps in System Manager to start and stop maps:

  1. Expand the Maps folder in the InterChange Server Component Management view (see Figure 32).
  2. Right-click a map, then select either Start MapName or Stop MapName.

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