Managing
HTTP documents
All HTTP document tasks are performed from the HTTP tab's
pages. To display the HTTP pages, click HTTP tab.
Initially, the Pending Transmission page appears. However, you can
use the navigation bar to access other pages.
When you click the HTTP tab, the navigation bar contains the
following:
Sending
HTTP documents
To send HTTP documents, use the following procedure.
- Click the HTTP tab, then click Send in
the navigation bar. The Send Document page appears.
- Complete the entries in the Send Document page (see Table 22).
- Click the Send button. A message in the
gray area above Current Transmission Options indicates
whether the file was uploaded to the send directory successfully.
The does not indicate whether the document transmission was successful
or otherwise. The responsibility for document transmission rests
with the engine which subsequently picks up the document from the
send directory for posting. In most cases this transmission will
occur within a few seconds.
- To send additional HTTP documents, repeat steps 2 and 3.
Table 22. Send Document page
Parameter |
Description |
Participant |
Select the participant to whom the file will
be sent. |
Filename |
Type the name of the file to be sent or use
the Browse button to select the file. |
Resending
HTTP documents
WebSphere Partner Gateway - Express makes it easy to resend
HTP documents. Using the Resend Documents page, you can search for
sent documents that meet your search criteria and then resend them.
To resend HTTP documents, use the following procedure.
- Click the HTTP tab, then click Resend in
the navigation bar. The Resend Documents page appears.
- Complete the entries in the Resend Document page.
- Click the Search button. WebSphere Partner
Gateway - Express finds the sent documents that meet your search
criteria and displays them in the Resend Documents page.
This page shows valuable information about the documents, including
status information about whether the document was successfully sent
previously. There is also a View Document icon
you can click to view the content of the documents.
- To resend one or more documents, click the checkbox for each
document you want to resend, and click the Resend button.
To resend all documents, click the checkbox adjacent to the "All"
label. This will select (or deselect) all documents.
Table 23. Resend Document page
Parameter |
Description |
Participant |
Select the participant who sent the documents
you want to find. |
Filename |
If you know the name of the file you want
to find, enter it. You can use the asterisk as a wildcard character
if desired. The default *.* finds all documents
that meet the other search criteria. |
Document Status |
Select whether WebSphere Partner Gateway -
Express is to find documents that were sent successfully, failed transmission,
or both. |
File Size |
Select the size of the HTTP documents you
want to find. If you select Specify Size,
specify the minimum or maximum size of the document(s) to be located. |
Date/Time |
Select the date and time when the documents
you want to find were sent. For start and end dates, you can click
the calendar icon to select dates from a pop-up calendar. |
Viewing
sent HTTP documents
Using the Sent page, you can have WebSphere Partner Gateway
- Express search for sent HTTP documents that meet your search criteria.
To view HTTP documents that have been sent, use the following
procedure.
- Click the HTTP tab, then click Sent in
the navigation bar. The Sent Documents page appears.
- Complete the entries in the Sent Documents page (see Table 24).
- Click the Search button. WebSphere Partner
Gateway - Express displays summary statistics for the numbers of
successful and failed documents grouped in either hourly or daily
intervals depending on the value chosen in the "Display Results"
drop down on the Search page. WebSphere Partner Gateway - Express will
display up to 100 of the most recent intervals depending on the
search criteria in the Summary Statistics page.
- To view detailed information about all documents in an interval
represented by a row in the Summary Statistics page, click the View Sent Details icon
next to the appropriate summary row. This will display the Received
Documents Details page.If you only wish to view the documents which
were successfully transmitted or those which failed, click on the
value in the successful or failed column respectively.
In addition to showing detailed information about sent documents,
the Document Details page also lets you:
- Display sent document results and search criteria fields in
one page by clicking the Expand Search icon
next to Participant at the top of the page.
The page that appears contains icons for viewing the content of
sent documents and search fields for conducting another search.
- Display the search scope by clicking the Expand Search icon
next to Search Scope.
- To view the contents of an individual document, click the View Document icon next
the document in the Received Document Detail page. This document
will only be displayed if it still exists on the file system. It
is possible that the historical logs used for the search are still
present but the file has been moved or deleted from the file system.
If WebSphere Partner Gateway - Express cannot find the file in the
location computed from the activity logs, the View Document icon
will not be displayed.
Table 24. Sent Documents page
Parameter |
Description |
Participant |
Select the participant who sent the HTTP documents,
or select all participants to search all participants. |
File Size |
Select the size of the HTTP documents you
want to find. If you select Specify Size,
specify the minimum or maximum size of the document(s) to be located. |
Date/Time |
Select the date and time when the documents
you want to search were sent. If you select Between,
specify the start and end dates and start and end times.
For start and end dates, you can click the calendar icon to select
dates from a pop-up calendar. |
Display Results |
Select whether results are to be displayed
by the hour or by the day. |
Viewing
pending HTTP documents
Using the Pending Transmission page, you can search for
HTTP documents that are waiting to be transmitted.
To view pending HTTP transmissions, use the following procedure.
- Click the HTTP tab, then click Pending Transmission in
the navigation bar. The Pending Transmission page appears.
- Complete the entries in the Pending Transmission page (see Table 25).
- Click the Search button. WebSphere Partner
Gateway - Express finds the pending documents that meet your search
criteria and displays them in the Pending Transmission page.
This page shows status information about the pending documents,.
There is also a View Document icon you can
click to view the content of the documents.
Table 25. Pending Transmission page
Parameter |
Description |
Participant |
Select the participant whose pending documents
you want to find. |
Filename |
If you know the name of the file you want
to find, enter it. You can use the asterisk as a wildcard character
if desired. The default *.* finds all documents
that meet the other search criteria. |
File Size |
Select the size of the pending HTTP documents
you want to find. If you select Specify Size,
specify the minimum or maximum size of the document(s) to be located. |
Viewing
received HTTP documents
Using the Received Documents page, you can search for
HTTP documents that have been received by selected participants.
To view received HTTP documents, use the following procedure.
- Click the HTTP tab, then click Received Documents in
the navigation bar. The Received Documents page appears.
- Complete the entries in the Received Documents page (see Table 25).
- Click the Search button. WebSphere Partner Gateway - Express
displays summary statistics for the numbers of successful and failed
documents grouped in either hourly or daily intervals depending
on the value chosen in the "Display Results" drop down on the Search
page (Figure 6-5). Express will display up to 100 of the most recent
intervals depending on the search criteria in the Summary Statistics page
(see Figure 6-7).
This page shows status information about the received documents,.
There is also a View Document icon you can
click to view the content of the documents.
- To view detailed information about all documents in an interval
represented by a row in the Summary Statistics page, click the magnifying
glass icon next to the appropriate summary row. This will display
the Received Documents Details page. If you only wish to view the
documents which were successfully transmitted or those which failed,
click on the value in the successful or failed column respectively.
- To view the contents of an individual document, click the View Document icon next
to the document in the Received Document Detail page. This document
will only be displayed if it still exists on the file system. It
is possible that the historical logs used for the search are still
present but the file has been moved or deleted from the file system.
If WebSphere Partner Gateway - Express cannot find the file in the
location computed from the activity logs, the document icon will
not be displayed.
Table 26. Received Documents page
Parameter |
Description |
Participant |
Select the participant whose received documents
you want to find. |
File SIze |
Select the size of the received HTTP documents
you want to find. If you select Specify Size,
specify the minimum or maximum size of the document(s) to be located. |
Date/Time |
Select the date and time when the documents
you want to find were received. For start and end dates, you can
click the calendar icon to select dates from a pop-up calendar. |
Display Results |
Select whether results are to be displayed
by the hour or by the day. |
