Before you begin
You must have one of the following components:
- An integration service that is in recording mode.
- A message flow that is in recording mode and that contains MQInput, HTTPInput, or SOAPInput nodes.
Note: You cannot use the
Flow exerciser to send messages to an
MQInput node in a flow in the following situations:
- The MQInput node is configured with a
policy.
- The MQInput node has the MQ connection property set to Client Channel Definition Table (CCDT)
file.
- The message flow is deployed to a remote integration node, and the message flow
receives messages on an MQInput node that is
configured to use a local queue manager.
Instead, you can use an external tool or client to send messages to the message
flow.
For information about the messages that you can use to check your message flow, see
Messages that you can use.
Procedure
- Click the Send message to the flow icon (
) in the Flow exerciser toolbar. The Send Message dialog opens.
- Click the New message icon (
) A default message is displayed. If the input node in the message flow expects an
XML message from an associated message model, the message structure is provided. If the
input node does not have an associated message model, the message content is
blank.
- Enter a name for your message or accept the default value.
- Optional: If you are using an integration service that contains more than one operation, click
the Soap operation field and select the operation name.
- Finalize the message by completing one of the following steps:
- If the message structure is provided, you can replace the default values with
appropriate values of your own, or you can leave the message as it is.
- You can manually create the message structure and values from scratch.
- You can click Import and import an XML message from a
file.
- Optional: Click Apply to save any changes.
- Click Send to send the message to the message flow. The message is sent to the flow, and the connections through which the message
passed are highlighted.
What to do next
In the
Flow exerciser, you can create additional input
messages by duplicating and editing existing input messages, and you can export the structure
and content of an input message to a file.