Configuring Profiles

How to:

A test profile is a set of properties necessary to establish a connection with iWay Service Manager to preview the output of the project you are currently designing. The profiles are managed by the Test Manager facility. Local and remote testing environments are available. For example, although Transformer is installed and used on the Windows server, you can configure a remote profile and execute your transformations on a remote UNIX machine where iWay Service Manager resides.

Note: For runtime output, the spaces within an XML output document are preserved.

Test Profile Usage Considerations

Testing components between a local or remote profile may yield results with different formatting. As a best practice, it is recommended to test a Transform or Ebix component against a target server. This testing method provides the most reliable indicator of runtime behavior in the test results.

Please note that all test results produce valid XML, regardless of the testing profile that is used (local or remote). However, the format of test results (for example, spaces) can be different if you are treating the output as plain text.
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Procedure: How to Configure a Profile

To configure a profile, you need to access the Test Manager facility.

  1. From the Transform menu, select Test Management.

    The Test Management dialog box opens as shown in the following image.

    Note: The System_Default profile is a local profile that is automatically configured by Transformer. It points to the iWay Service Manager server that is specified during installation. The default URL is:

    http://localhost:9999
  2. Click Add.

    The Profile Properties dialog box opens where you provide the properties for the test profile as shown in the following image.

  3. In the Name field, type a name to identify your profile.

    If you are creating a local profile, select Local for the Environment option. This option is selected by default.

    Proceed to step 4.

    If you are creating a remote profile, select Remote for the Environment option and perform the following steps:

    1. In the Server field, select one of the available server configurations from the drop-down list.

      Note: You can also click the Browse button to the right of the Server field to open the Server Manager facility.

    2. In the User Name field, type a valid user name for iWay Service Manager.
    3. In the Password field, type a valid password for the specified user ID.
    4. In the Configuration field, type or select a configuration from the drop-down list. Click Reload to refresh the list of available configurations.
    5. In the Timeout field, type a value in seconds before the connection times out. The default value is 1800.
  4. From the Debugging Levels option list, select one of the following levels of debugging you want to use.
    • DEBUG. Provides standard debugging information.
    • DEEP DEBUG. Used for more comprehensive troubleshooting purposes.
  5. To specify a file path for the log file, select Log to File.
  6. Click OK.

    You are returned to the Test Management dialog box where the profile you created is added to the Available Profiles pane.

    After the profile is created, you can modify it at any time. For more information, see How to Modify a Profile.
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Procedure: How to Modify a Profile

To modify the configuration for a profile:

  1. Select the profile from the list and click Properties.

    The Profile Properties dialog box opens as shown in the following image.

  2. Make changes to your configuration properties.
  3. Click Apply, and then OK when you are finished.
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