Adding an element reference

Before you start:

To complete this task, you must have completed the following tasks:

This task assumes that you have previously added the relevant message, type, global group or complex element to your message model.

To add an element reference to a message, type, global group or complex element:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Ensure that the Outline view is visible in the Broker Application Development perspective of the workbench. If the Outline view is not visible, from the workbench menu, click Window > Show View > Outline.
  3. In the Outline view, right-click the object (message, type, group or complex element) to which you are adding the element reference, then click Add Element Reference on the pop-up menu. This adds a default element reference to the message model object that points to an existing global element. This existing global element may be in the current message definition file or in a message definition file defined under Includes or Imports for the current message definition file. For further information on Imports and Includes see Linking from one message definition file to another.

You can now configure the element reference to your exact requirements. For further information on configuring message model objects see Configuring message model objects.

Related concepts
Message model objects
Message model objects: elements
Related tasks
Configuring message model objects
Deleting objects
Related reference
Message model object properties
Element reference logical properties
Element reference CWF properties
Element reference XML properties
Element reference TDS properties
Documentation properties for all message set objects