Specifying Data Exchanged With Other Applications
You can describe the message flows exchanged between applications, with their direction and content. This information enables creation of exchange mapping.
For more details on obtaining this report, see Generating an Application Environment Report.
Creating a message flow with business data
A message flow is information flowing within an enterprise or exchanged between the enterprise and its business environment. A message flow can carry a content.
A Business data indicates content of a message flow. A Business data can be used by several message flows, since it is not associated with a sender and a destination. The same business data can be used by several message flows.
To create a message flow of a source application to a target application:
1. Open the properties pages of the source application.
See also Accessing Application Properties.2. Click the drop-down list then Characteristics.
3. Expand the Exchanges section.
4. Click Sent Message Flow and click the New button.
The Creation of Message Flow - Content dialog box appears.
5. From the Content field, select the business data you want to associate with the message flow.
6. Select the Target Application.
7. Click OK.
You can associate several business data items with a message flow.Connecting business data
To access business data associated with a message flow:
1. Open the properties pages of the application.
2. Click the drop-down list then Characteristics.
3. Expand the Exchanges section.
4. In the Sent Message Flow or Received Message Flow section, select the flow in question.
Data associated with the selected flow appears in the Business Data section.
To associate an existing business data with a message flow:
1. In the Business Data section, click the Connect button.
2. In the connect wizard, select the search criterion "Proposed Business Data" and click the Find button.
The business data list appears.
3. Select the name of the business data and click OK.