Setting connection properties for enterprise service discovery

Use the enterprise service discovery wizard to set the connection properties necessary to enable communication with the enterprise information file system. Once communication is established between the two entities, the enterprise service discovery wizard can obtain the necessary metadata from the enterprise information file system.

Before you begin

Before you can set the connection properties in this section, you must have created your adapter project. In addition, WebSphere® Integration Developer must be running in order to complete this task.

About this task

Specify the connection properties that the enterprise service discovery wizard uses to communicate with the enterprise information system and discover its business objects and services.

To specify the connection properties for the enterprise service discovery wizard, use the following procedure.

How to perform this task

  1. From the WebSphere Integration Developer window, switch to the Business Integration perspective.
    1. Select Window > Open Perspective > Other from the menu bar. All perspectives are displayed.
    2. Select the Business Integration perspective.
  2. Right-click the frame of the Business Integration perspective window and select New > Enterprise Service Discovery. If Enterprise Service Discovery is not visible, select Other from the bottom of the menu. Then, in the Select a wizard window, expand the Business Integration folder, select Enterprise Service Discovery, and click Next.
  3. In the Select an Enterprise Service Resource Adapter window, select IBM WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files (version 6.0.2) Connector Project and click Next.
  4. In the Configure Settings for Discovery Agent window, specify the properties used to discover the business data and the data binding used at run time. Data binding converts unstructured data into a business object. The properties specified in this task are optional and enable the data transformation framework functionality in the adapter. If the values of these properties are empty, the enterprise service discovery wizard treats creates a pass through scenario without data transformation.

    To enable data transformation, use the following procedure.

    1. In the Folder name field, browse to the location where your XSD schemas for the business objects are stored.
    2. Optional: In the Character Set field, type the encoding the adapter uses to write files. By default, the value of this property is empty.
      Note: If the contents of the file are in English, you do not need to select a Character Set. However, if the file content requires certain encoding, then you must select that particular value from the Character Set list in order for the adapter to use that particular encoding while writing to the enterprise information file system.
    3. From the Content Type list, select the format to be used for all business objects. This is a one time setting and is used to bundle a content type with a corresponding data binding.
    4. In the DataBindingType field, accept the default value, XMLBOSerializerDataBinding. This is the name of the data binding corresponding to the content type.
      Note: The DataBindingType field is automatically populated based on the value selected for the Content Type field. If the value of the Content Type property is empty, the DataBindingType property does not display.
      Figure 1. The Configure Settings for Discovery Agent window
      Specify connection properties in the Configure Settings for Discovery Agent window
  5. Optional: To configure additional business object properties, select the Specify BO Properties check box. If this is selected, a window will display later in the Configure objects window. This is where individual business object properties can be defined.
  6. Optional: To enable bidirectional transformation, select the Bidi transformation check box. Enabling this property automatically selects the Select Bidi Symmetric Swapping check box.
    Note: If the enterprise information system supports a bidirectional format other than the Windows standard bidirectional format, then you will need to make appropriate changes to the properties below.
    1. From the Bidi ordering schema list, select the text orientation bidi parameter.
    2. From the Text direction list, select the text direction bidi parameter.
    3. From the Bidi Shaping list, select the Arabic shaping bidi parameter.
    4. From the Bidi numeric shaping list, select the Arabic numeric shaping bidi parameter.
  7. Optional: To set the logging level so that you can see errors during configuration, use the following procedure. Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
    1. Click Show Advanced.
    2. In the Log file output location field, type the path of the log file.
    3. From the Logging Level list, select the level of logging.
  8. Click Next.

Result

The connection properties that the enterprise service discovery wizard uses to communicate with the enterprise information system are set.

What to do next

Use the enterprise service discovery wizard to view and select objects and services on the enterprise information file system for use in configuring the adapter.
Related reference
Enterprise service discovery connection properties

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