Adding access to IBM Information Server

Information server enables you to select operations that are deployed on IBM® Information Server, for example, DataStage® jobs and federation queries, and direct any input and output parameters of the selected operations to variables in your business process.

Before you can create an information service activity that interacts with IBM Information Server, all deployed applications must be running, and you must know your Information Server settings and connection information.
To create an information service activity that accesses IBM Information Server:
  1. Open your business process.
  2. Add an information service activity.
    1. Click the top icon in the palette and choose Information Service from the submenu. Drop the activity from the palette on the canvas. Optional: Enter name and description of the activity.
    2. Click the Details tab in the properties area of the process editor to select an information service operation that is deployed on Information Server.
  3. Click Browse to discover deployed services and operations. Enter the Information Server connection data and select the operation that you want to import.

    All operations for all information provider types are displayed by default. If you want to filter out some operations, select the provider types that you want to have displayed. After you have selected the operation, detailed additional information about the selected operation including implementation details can be viewed, either directly in the selection wizard, or when you click the Details button on the properties page.

  4. The input and output parameters for the selected operation are listed. Map the parameters to variables.
    1. The table listing the parameters shows what data types are required. If needed, create variables of these data types. Complex data types that are imported through the operation selection are automatically added to the list of selectable data types.
      Note: To use an imported complex data type in the process interface, right click the data type, and select Refactor > Extract In-lined Business Objects. After you have completed going through the wizard, the data types can be used in the interface.
    2. Click in the mapping column and then ... to select the variable.
You can recognize that the information service activity in your business process flow is an information server kind by its icon Information server icon.

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