- Start the WebSphere Components.
Start the WebSphere InterChange Server and the WebSphere Commerce agent if
they are not already running.
- Simulate the port connector.
Using the Test Connector, define a profile for "PortConnector" by selecting
"Connect Agent" from the File menu. This simulates th back-end
application that interacts with the WebSphere Commerce Server.
- Start the WebSphere Commerce Server application.
- Highlight the WebSphere Application Server and select "Start" from the
Program menu to start the WebSphere Application Server.
- Highlight the WebSphere Application Server Admin Console and Select
"Start" from the Program menu to start the Admin Console.
- From within the Admin Console, expand the nodes of the server name and
application servers.
- From the Admin Console, expand the Nodes, your server name, and the
application servers, and start the following servers:
- Test the PortConnector to WCS flow
Test the connection using TestConnect
- Using the Test Connector, create a new instance of the
"WCS_Create_WCS_Customer" business object. Set the verb to "Create" and
send the message.
- Verify that the message was delivered to the WebSphere Commerce Server
Verify that the customer information sent from the PortConnector was
successfully delivered to the WebSphere Commerce Server
- Select "Operations" from the Start>Programs>IBM
WebSphereCommerce>WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
- From "Operations" select Find Customers
- Log into the WebSphere Commerce Server store to verify that users have
been created.
- Use an SQL query into the Mall database to verify users in the Users
table.
- Test the WebSphere Commerce Server to PortConnector flow.
Use the following information to test the Commerce Server to PortConnector
flow.
- Verify that the message was delivered to the PortConnector.
The message can be viewed and the order data verified in the
PortConnector.