Uploading handlers

If you are going to modify components, you first upload the handlers for those components before creating or configuring the components. You only need to upload the user-defined handlers for the components that require them. For example, if you are adding your own validation step, you need to upload that handler from the Actions page of Handlers (as described in steps 1 through 4).

Note: As mentioned in Configuring document processing components with handlers, you upload only user-defined handlers. The handlers supplied by WebSphere Partner Gateway are already available.

You can modify fixed workflows and actions and create new actions. You modify these components by the handlers you associate with them.

Note: You can list the valid handler types for actions and fixed workflows by clicking Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Handlers > Actions > Handler Types or Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Handlers > Fixed Workflow > Handler Types. Use this list to confirm that your handler is a valid type before uploading it. It must be one of the allowed types or it will not upload successfully.

To upload a handler, perform the following steps:

  1. From the main menu, click Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Handlers.
  2. Select the type of handler (Action or Fixed Workflow).

    The list of handlers currently defined for that particular component is displayed. Notice that handlers provided by WebSphere Partner Gateway are listed. They have a Provider ID of Product.

  3. From the Handler List page, click Import.
  4. On the Import Handler page, specify the path to the XML file that describes the handler, or use Browse to search for that XML file.
  5. Click Upload.

After a handler is uploaded, you can use it to create new actions and workflows.

Note: You can update user-defined handlers by uploading the modified XML file. For an action handler, for example, you would click Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Handlers > Action, and then click Import.

You cannot modify or delete handlers provided by WebSphere Partner Gateway.

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