Viewing relationship states

You can view the state of a relationship either by logging on to System Monitor and opening a view that contains relationship status or by using the InterChange Server Component Management view in System Manager. To log on to System Monitor, follow the instructions in Steps for logging on to System Monitor. To use the InterChange Server Component Management view of System Manager, follow the instructions in Steps for connecting to an InterChange Server Express instance..

The state of a relationship is represented differently, depending on which tool you are using.

Steps for using System Monitor to view relationship states

Perform the following steps in System Monitor to view relationship states:

  1. Open the System Overview view.
  2. Under Views, click the Maps and Relationships link. The Map Status and Relationship Status monitors appear (see Figure 11).

When the product is installed, the default view is set to System Overview, and the default monitor contained in that view is set to System Overview. These defaults can be changed to suit your monitoring needs. See Setting up views to monitor the system for instructions.

Steps for using System Manager to view relationship states

Perform the following steps in System Manager to view relationship states:

  1. Connect to the InterChange Server Express instance that contains the relationship you want to view. See Steps for connecting to an InterChange Server Express instance for instructions on connecting to an InterChange Server Express instance.
  2. In the InterChange Server Component Management view, expand the InterChange Server Express instance, then expand the Relationships folder and expand either the Dynamic or Static folder. The relationships appear under either folder and have different icons to indicate their different states (see Figure 33).

    Figure 33. Relationships folder in the InterChange Server Component Management view


Table 11 lists the relationship states represented by the display color and describes what actions can be performed during that state.

Table 11. Relationship States

Relationship state (color) Description
Active (green) Relationship is ready to run and available for use. To use Relationship Manager on a relationship, the relationship must be in the active state.
Inactive (red) Relationship is not ready to run or available for use. When the relationship is stopped, it becomes inactive -- all current jobs in the queue are completed and no new jobs are accepted. To modify a relationship definition, it must be in this state.
Unknown (gray) Relationship does not have a compatible run-time schema. To create a compatible run-time schema, from Relationship Designer Express, save the relationship with the Create run-time schema option selected. The state changes to Inactive, at which point the relationship can be started.

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