Opening an existing message flow

Open an existing message flow to change or update its contents, or to add or remove nodes.

Before you start

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

To open an existing message flow:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective. The Navigator view is populated with all the message flow and message set projects that you have access to. A message flow is contained in a file called <message_flow_name>.msgflow.
  2. Right-click the message flow that you want to work with, and click Open. Alternatively you can double-click the message flow in the Navigator view.

    The graphical view of the message flow is displayed in the editor view. You can now work with this message flow, for example, adding or removing nodes, changing connections, or modifying properties.

Related concepts
Message flows overview
Related tasks
Developing message flows
Creating a message flow
Defining message flow content
Adding a message flow node
Removing a message flow node
The Message Flow editor experiences problems when opening a message flow and opens in error mode
Related reference
Broker Application Development perspective
Built-in nodes