Details

LANSA Composer

Details

The Details command has 5 sections:

  • IdentificationThis identifies the Messaging Configuration and contains basic information.
  • Messaging System –Information about the messaging system host and how to connect to that host.
  • Queue and Channel – Specifies the queue and channel that are to be used when sending and receiving messages through the message brokering system.
  • Send Details – Contains information used by the MSG_SEND activity. Some of the details may be overridden by activity parameters.
  • Receive Details – Information used by the MSG_RECEIVE activity. Some of the details may be overridden by activity parameters.

Identification

This identifies the Messaging Configuration and contains basic information.

ID

An identifier to uniquely identify this Configuration

Description

This should describe the Configuration.

Status

Active or Inactive. Configurations cannot be used in a processing sequence while they are in inactive status – supplied activities will end in error if they attempt to use a configuration that has inactive status.

  

Messaging System

This is used to specify information about the messaging system host and how to connect to that host.

Messaging system

Choose from the supported message brokering systems. The default when creating a new configuration is MQSeries.

Messaging system host

Name of the remote host. If the host is the same as the one you are connected to when running the activity, the default value of localhost should be valid. Otherwise, specify a host value. It may be specified as an IP address  (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn:port) or domain name (xxxxxxxxxxxx:port).

Messaging system port

Optionally specify the remote port. If not specified, the default value differs according to the specified message brokering system as follows:

IBM MQ Series: 1414

SonicMQ: 2506

ActiveMQ: 61616

TibcoMQ: 7500

Messaging system user

Optionally specify a valid user id to connect to the host.

Messaging system password

The password that is used along with the Remote user to connect to the host. This value is held encrypted.

 

Queue and Channel

Specify the queue and channel that are to be used when sending and receiving messages through the message brokering system.

Queue Name

Mandatory. The name of the queue.

Channel

Mandatory (IBM MQSeries only).

Queue Manager

Optional (IBM MQSeries only).

Client ID

Optional. Client identifier.

 

Send Details

Specify information relevant when sending messages.

Send folder

A fully qualified folder name where to pick the files to send.  You can click the prompt button to browse for a folder location on the LANSA Composer server.

May be overridden using the parameters to the MSG_SEND activity or by specifying a fully qualified file name.

Send file name

Name of file to be sent. When also specifying a Send folder, this file will have to exist in that folder. Otherwise, it can be fully qualified.

May be overridden using the parameters to the MSG_SEND activity.

Message delivery

Determines whether the message, once sent, will persist when the queue is shut down and restarted. Default is *PERSISTENT.

Message priority

Determines the default priority of the sent message. Default is 4. This value may be overridden on a message basis using the JMSPriority message property.

Message time to live

Determines the expiration of the message in milliseconds. The default value is 0 meaning it never expires.

 

Receive Details

Specify relevant information when messages are –received.

Receive folder

A fully qualified folder name where the received message will be placed.  You can click the prompt button to browse for a folder location on the LANSA Composer server.

May be overridden using the parameters to the MSG_RECEIVE activity.

Receive file name

The name given to the received file. When also specifying a Receive folder, this file will placed in that folder. Otherwise, it can be fully qualified.

May be overridden using the parameters to the MSG_RECEIVE activity.