Importing from IBM supplied messages

This describes how to create a new message definition from IBM supplied messages using the New Message Definition File wizard in the workbench.

Before you start:

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

The following steps cover creating a completely new message definition file and also overwriting the contents of an existing file.

To create a message definition from an IBM supplied message:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the New Message Definition File wizard by clicking File > New > Message Definition File on the workbench menu.
  3. In the displayed list of options, click IBM supplied message to select it then click Next.
  4. Step through the remainder of the wizard filling in the details as required.
    Note:
    • A number of the panels and options could be subject to settings you make within the wizard and it is possible that they will not always appear.
    • Some fields in the wizard could be greyed out. This is likely to be due to the field only having one option, a mandatory setting, or is not used due to other settings that have already been made.

When you have completed the IBM supplied message import using the wizard:

Related concepts
Ways to create message definitions
Importing from other model representations to create message definitions
Related tasks
Working with a message set project
Creating a message set
Related reference
Import formats
Message set preferences
New message definition file wizard: IBM supplied message
IBM supplied messages that you can import