Before you begin
Read the concept topic
about connections.
About this task
- Switch to the Integration Development
perspective.
- Open the message flow with which you want to work.
- Click Connection above the node palette.
- Click the node from which you want the connection to
be made. The Terminal Selection dialog box is displayed.
- Select the terminal from the list of valid terminals on this node. Click OK. The
dialog box closes.
- Click the node to which to make the connection. If this node has only
one input terminal, the connection is made immediately. If this node has more
than one input terminal, the Terminal Selection dialog box is displayed again,
listing the input terminals of the selected node. Click the correct terminal
and click OK.
Alternatively, you can make a connection in the following way:
Procedure
- Click Selection above the node palette.
- Right-click the node from which you want to
make the connection and click Create Connection. The
Terminal Selection dialog box is displayed.
- Select the terminal from the list of valid terminals on this node.
Click OK. The dialog box closes.
- Click the node to which to make the connection. If this node has
only one input terminal, the connection is made immediately. If this node
has more than one input terminal, the Terminal Selection dialog box is displayed
again, listing the input terminals of the selected node. Click the correct
terminal and click OK.
Results
To view metadata information for
a node, subflow, or connection:
- Switch to the Integration Development
perspective.
- Open a message flow.
- In the Message Flow editor, hold the mouse pointer over a node,
a subflow, or a node connection in the open message flow by placing
the mouse over the element.
A custom tooltip is displayed below the element.
- To turn the pop-up window into a scrollable window, press F2.
- To hide the pop-up window, either press Esc or move the mouse
away from the node.
What to do next
Next: add a bend point, as described in
Adding a bend point.