This is the recommended test procedure for testing components in the
WebSphere business integration system:
- Consider using the System View view, which can be very helpful in
determining if a flow you have sent ends in success or failure.
For more information, see the System Administration Guide.
- Set up Test Connector to emulate a source connector.
- Launch Test Connector as described in Starting Test Connector.
- Create a profile for the source connector in the interface as described in
"Creating a new profile".
- Connect Test Connector to the agent to begin emulating the source
connector, as described in Emulating a connector.
- Set up instances of Test Connector to emulate each destination connector
involved in the interface.
- Launch Test Connector as described in Starting Test Connector.
- Create a profile for a destination connector as described in "Creating a new profile".
- Connect Test Connector to the agent to begin
emulating the destination connector as described in Emulating a connector.
- Repeat 3a through 3c above for all destination connectors involved
in the interface.
- Arrange the instances of Test Connector on your screen so that you can
easily identify the connector being emulated in each Test Connector
window. For example, in Figure 52 the source Test Connector is arranged to the left of the
destination Test Connector.
Figure 52. Source and destination instances of Test Connector.

- Send a request business object from the source
connector. From the source Test Connector, do the following:
- Create a business object that is managed by the
interface you need to test as described in "Creating request business objects".
- Save the business object to a file to use in subsequent tests as described
in "Saving a business object".
- Send the business object as described in "Sending request business objects".
- Simulate the response to the request business
object from the destination connector. From the destination Test
Connector window, do the following:
- Accept the request business object as described in "Accepting a request business object".
- Send the business object as a response as described in "Sending a response business object".
- Repeat step 5 through step 6 as many times as necessary to test each
interface.
