For some components such as business agents, preparsers, , and encryption exits, the console provides a head start toward development.

The Wizard prepares a skeleton agent based upon the information given in the form. The skeleton contains all appropriate metadata functions and basic init() and process() functions. The agent builder must add logical code for the purposes of the agent, but as generated the agent acts as a full copy business agent, ready for compile and test.

Once generated and compiled, the agent must be deployed to the system using the configuration tools of the console.

Next, test your new business agent by passing a document to it. We recommend that you deploy and test the generated agent skeleton before you make any coding changes, and then incrementally during the development cycle. A good way to pass a test document to the business agent is using a file listener. Copy a test document into the listener input directory and retrieve the result from the destination directory.