About the Transaction Indexing Process Flow

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This section explains how to use the iWay Designer tool to create, validate, and test the transaction indexing process flow. For additional information on iWay Designer, see the iWay Designer User's Guide 6.0.1 Service Manager (SM).

The following image shows an indexing process flow created with iWay Designer. For illustrative purposes, the names of the objects in this process flow match their function, but you can use other descriptive names, as needed.

iWay Designer diagram

As you add objects, such as Store Values and Create HTML, to the process flow, you must build a relationship between them. The relationship between objects is represented by colored lines connecting the objects. These lines also show the movement of a document through the process flow.

The following procedure explains how to create the indexing process flow.


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Procedure: How to Create a New Process Flow

To create a new process flow:

  1. Start iWay Service Manager. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then iWay 6.0 Service Manager, then base, then Start Service Manager - base.
  2. Start iWay Designer. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs, then iWay 6.0 Service Manager, then tools, then iWay Designer.

    iWay Designer opens, as shown in the following image.

    iWay designer diagram

  3. Create a project for the process flow in the Registry Based repository, as follows:

    Note: A Designer project can contain more than one process flow, so this step is not necessary if you want to create the process flow under an existing project. In this case, go to Step 4.

    1. In the navigation pane, right-click the repository you want to work in (in our example, iWay) and select New Project.
    2. In the Designer Project Information dialog box, name the project, provide a brief description, and click Next.
    3. In the Designer Project Bindings dialog box, select iWay Registry.
    4. Click Finish.

    The new project appears under the repository.

    Our example project is named Sporting Goods.

  4. In the Navigation pane, expand the Project node.
  5. Right-click the Processes node and select New Process.
  6. In the iWay Process Configuration dialog box, name the process flow and type a brief description.
  7. Click Finish.

    The new process flow node appears under Processes in the Navigation pane and a Start object appears in the workspace, as shown in the following image.

    Our example process flow is named Goods_Index1.

    process flow diagram

The Start object begins the process flow by accepting the XML document containing data from your data source by way of the iWay listener.

To view the Start object properties, right-click the object in the workspace and select Properties. While in this dialog box, you can rename the object (Name tab).

Continue creating the process flow using the instructions found in Storing Metadata Values.


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