Overview of the relationship development process
A relationship in the WebSphere Business Integration Server
Express system is a two-part entity:
- A relationship definition, stored in the repository, to define
the participants
- Code within a map to implement the relationship by accessing
the relationship tables
To define a relationship in the WebSphere Business Integration
Server Express system, you must perform the following basic steps:
- Determine the type of relationship you need.
- Within Relationship Designer Express define
a relationship definition and define the composite participants.
- Within Map Designer Express customize
the transformation rule, if necessary, to maintain the relationship.
- Recompile the affected maps.
- Deploy the relationships and maps to InterChange Server Express with
the Create Schema option.
- Ensure that the relationship database(s) exists and is defined
correctly within the relationship definition.
- Populate relationship tables for any lookup relationships. Optionally,
populate other relationship tables with test data for the testing
phase.
- For each map, start all relationships in the map.
- Test the relationship with the Test Connector. Be sure to set
the appropriate calling context as part of each of the tests.
Figure 112 provides
a visual overview of the relationship development process and provides
a quick reference to chapters where you can find information on
specific topics. Note that if a team of people is available for
map development, the major tasks of developing a map can be done
in parallel by different members of the development team.
Figure 112. Overview of the relationship development task
