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Premigration considerations: Relationships

While relationship definitions can be migrated for use in IBM BPM, the relationship table schema and instance data may be reused by IBM BPM, and shared concurrently between WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express and IBM BPM.

For relationships, use only the tools provided to configure the related components, and use only the published APIs for relationships within integration artifacts.

Use only the Relationship Designer or the Relationship Designer Express tool to edit relationship definitions. In addition, allow only WebSphere InterChange Server or WebSphere Business Integration Server Express to configure the relationship schema, which is generated automatically upon deployment of relationship definitions. Do not alter the relationship table schema directly with database tools or SQL scripts.

If you must manually modify relationship instance data within the relationship table schema, be sure to use the facilities provided by the Relationship Manager.

Use only the published APIs for relationships within integration artifacts.

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