Overview of configuration tasks

To configure the business integration system, you need to perform the following tasks:

  1. Create business object definitions, and add them into your ICL projects in System Manager.
  2. Configure WebSphere Application Server(WAS) to support the connector by defining the necessary JMS queues for the data transactions you wish to implement. You will use the Administrative Console in WebSphere Application Server to set JNDI names for the queues, and you will later use Deployment Descriptor editor in the Business Integration perspective to map names.
  3. If you have not already done so, generate business object definitions for use with the connector.
  4. Add the business object definitions in System Manager
  5. Configure your connector with its associated business objects, using Connector Configurator.
  6. Configure standard and application-specific configuration properties for the connector, including the properties that specify queues.
  7. Configure tracing, logging, and messaging options for the connector.

Each of these tasks is covered in more detail below.

When you have complete these tasks, your next steps will be to use System Manager and WSAD-IE to create service projects from the configured components, and deploy the service projects to WebSphere Application Server. Those tasks are described in the next chapter, "Deploying to WAS."

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