WebSphere Message Brokers
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Writer: Karen Cameron

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Adding a message flow node

When you have created a new message flow, add nodes to define its function.

Before you start:

To add a node to a message flow:

  1. Switch to the Broker Application Development perspective.
  2. Open the message flow with which you want to work.
  3. Open the Palette.
    • Hover the mouse over the palette bar while it is in collapsed mode. The palette bar expands. When you move the mouse away from the palette bar, it collapses again.
    • Click the Show Palette icon at the top of the palette bar. The palette bar expands and it remains expanded when the mouse is moved away from the palette bar. To collapse the palette bar again, click the Hide Palette icon at the top of the palette bar while it is in expanded mode.
  4. Click Selection above the palette of nodes.
  5. Decide which node you want to add: a built-in node or a user-defined node. You can select any of the nodes that appear in the node palette, but you can add only one node at a time.

    Nodes are grouped in categories according to the function that they provide. To see descriptions of the nodes in the palette, either hover the mouse over a node in the palette, or switch to the Details view by following the instructions in Changing the palette layout.

  6. Drag the node from the node palette onto the canvas.

    When you add a node to the canvas, the editor automatically assigns a name to the node, but the name is highlighted and you can change it by entering a name of your choice. If you do not change the default name at this time, you can change it later. The default name is set to the type of node for the first instance. For example, if you add an MQInput node to the canvas, it is given the name MQInput; if you add a second MQInput node, the default name is MQInput1; the third is MQInput2, and so on.

  7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to add further nodes.
  8. You can also add nodes from other flows into this flow:
    1. Open the other message flow.
    2. Select the node or nodes that you want to copy from the editor or outline views, and press Ctrl+C or click Edit > Copy.
    3. Return to the flow with which you are currently working.
    4. Press Ctrl+V or click Edit > Paste. This action copies the node or nodes into your current flow. The node names and properties are preserved in the new copy.

When you have added the nodes that you want in this message flow, you can connect them to specify the flow of control through the message flow, and you can configure their properties.

Next: configure the nodes.
Related concepts
Message flows overview
Message flow node palette
Related tasks
Defining message flow content
Creating a message flow
Opening an existing message flow
Adding a node using the keyboard
Dragging a resource from the Broker Development view
Renaming a message flow node
Configuring a message flow node
Adding a subflow
Removing a message flow node
Connecting message flow nodes
Related reference
Built-in nodes
Message Broker Toolkit keyboard shortcuts
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