This information roadmap provides an overview of the documentation set for
WebSphere Partner Gateway, Enterprise and Advanced Editions, version 6.0.0.1. Each
heading shown below identifies a high-level task. A table under each heading
lists the supporting documents and describes the information they provide.
The following documents provide information about configuring and customizing Partner Gateway:
Document |
Information provided |
Hub Configuration Guide |
Provides information for
configuring Partner Gateway after it is installed. It includes the following information:
- An overview of the
document exchange process, including the points at which you can upload
user-written handlers to:
- Modify the system-supplied behavior of targets,
gateways, actions, and fixed workflows
- Provide new transports for
defining targets and gateways
- Instructions for
setting up the directory structure for a file-system gateway,
configuring an FTP server to receive documents, and creating a directory
for and modifying the default JMS configuration
- Instructions for configuring Community Console Locale information, branding the console,
establishing the password policy, and configuring permissions
- Step-by-step instructions for uploading user-defined handlers and defining targets
- Step-by-step instructions for configuring fixed workflows and configuring or creating
actions
- Step-by-step instructions for configuring document flow definitions and creating
interactions for binary documents, EDI documents that are passed through
(no transformation), RosettaNet documents, Web services, and cXML documents
and for creating and editing XML formats
- General information about EDI interchanges and step-by-step instructions for uploading
transformation maps from the Data Interchange Services client,
configuring document flow definitions, and creating interactions for
EDI, XML, and record-oriented data documents
- Step-by-step
instructions for creating the Community Manager's profile and B2B
capabilities
- Step-by-step
instructions for creating gateways
- Step-by-step
instructions for creating profiles and B2B capabilities of community
participants
- A description of the
types of security you can use with inbound and outbound documents and
instructions for managing certificates between the hub and participants
- Step-by-step examples
of setting up exchanges
- Descriptions of the
PIP packages that are supplied on the installation medium
- Descriptions of
attributes that can be configured.
|
Programmer Guide |
Provides information about and instructions for
customizing document-handling and document flow capabilities using user
exits. It also includes information about using APIs to automate certain
administrative tasks. It includes the following information:
- Information about
extending and customizing the functionality of Partner Gateway by using
user exit plug-ins to:
- Add new transports
- Modify certain
configuration points for targets and gateways
- Create and modify
actions in variable workflow and handlers in fixed workflow.
- Instructions for
automating certain common administrative functions in Partner Gateway so
that they can be carried out programmatically. For example, creating a
participant without using the Community Console
- Information about
setting up event delivery to an external queue, so that monitoring
applications can have access to Partner Gateway message and document
events.
|
Enterprise Integration Guide |
Describes how to integrate several kinds of back-end
systems with Partner Gateway so that the
back-end system can send and receive messages from Partner Gateway. It
includes the following information:
- An introduction to back-end integration, including:
- The types of protocols and packaging that can be used to send and receive information
- The transport-level headers that are added when back-end integration packaging has been specified
- An overview of how to plan for the integration process
- How to configure Partner Gateway for back-end integration
- Integration (over the HTTP or JMS transport protocol) with WebSphere InterChange Server,
including the use of the Attachment Data Handler.
- Integration with WebSphere Process Server.
- Integration (over the HTTP or JMS transport protocol) with WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker
- Integration with WebSphere Data Interchange
- Information on how Partner Gateway routes EDI documents.
|
Mapping Guide |
Provides information about installing and using Data Interchange Services client. It includes the following information:
- Instructions for installing Data Interchange Services client
Information about using Data Interchange Services client to develop data transformation, validation, and
functional acknowledgement maps for Partner Gateway to use when processing EDI documents, XML documents,
and proprietary-format documents.
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PIP samples |
Provide descriptions of and instructions for using PIP samples provided with Partner Gateway.
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The following document provides information about using Partner Gateway after it has been installed and configured.
The following document provides information about administering Partner Gateway after it has been installed and configured.