Configuring the Adapter in iWay Service Manager

How to:

Before configuring the adapter in iWay Service Manager, you must first create a target, which represents a connection to a backend system, using iWay Explorer. For more information on configuring targets and connections using iWay Explorer, see Creating XML Schemas and iWay Business Services or the iWay Explorer User's Guide.

You configure the adapter in the iWay Service Manager console. The configuration process creates run-time connection and persistent data files within Service Manager. The configuration process interrogates the Service Manager repository entries that were built when the target and connection were created using iWay Explorer. The define adapter process creates the run-time repository based on the design-time repository.


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Procedure: How to Define an Adapter

To define an adapter:

  1. In the Service Manager console, select Registry, then Adapters.
  2. Click Add.

    The iBSP URL pane opens, as shown in the following image.

  3. Enter your iBSP URL, which is the location of the Service Manager repository, for example, http://localhost:9000. This field is required.
  4. Click Next.

    An adapter selection pane opens, as shown in the following image.

  5. From the Adapter drop-down list, select the Adapter, then click Next.
  6. From the Target drop-down list, select a target you configured for the adapter in iWay Explorer, then click Next.

    The connection information associated with the target selected is displayed.

    1. Select whether to return an error document when an error occurs.
    2. Select whether an adapter connection will be reused between executes.
    3. Review the connection information you specified in iWay Explorer. You can change or update any information.
  7. Click Next.
  8. Provide a name and, optionally, a description, for the adapter, and click Finish.

    The adapter appears in the adapters list, as shown in the following image.


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Procedure: How to Modify or Update an Adapter Connection

The following image shows the Adapter Defines pane which displays the name of the adapter and the description (optional).

To modify or update an adapter connection:

  1. From the Adapters list, click the adapter reference you defined, in this example, SiebelConnection.

    The pane that displays the target connection information opens. You cannot change the name of the adapter or the target, but you can edit the connection information.

  2. After you modify the connection information, click Update Connection Properties.
  3. After you make changes or additions to the adapter target in iWay Explorer, click Update Adapter Data.
  4. Click Finish.

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