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Selecting a data type and operation name

Use the external service wizard to select a data type and name the operation associated with this data type. For outbound communication, the external service wizard gives you the choice of four different data types: simple email, generic email, generic email with business graph, and user-defined type. Each data type corresponds to a business object structure.

You must have specified the connection properties for the adapter to connect to the mail server before you can specify the operation and data type for the module.

To select a data type and name the operation associated with it, follow this procedure.


Procedure

  1. In the Add, Edit, or Remove Operations window, click Add to create an operation.

  2. In the Specify the I/O Properties window, select the simple e-mail from The data type for the input operation list and click Next. For more information about data types and the types of emails they create, see the business object structures section in this documentation.

    You can select the Enable response on delivery check box to configure the outbound response from the mail server.

  3. In the Specify the I/O Properties window, type an Operation name.

    Figure 1. Naming the operation

    Type a meaningful name for the operation, for example, sendSimpleAlertEmail. For more information about the types of operations the adapter can perform, see the topic on Supported Operations in this documentation.

    Names cannot contain spaces.

  4. The external service wizard defaults to the correct data binding, EmailSimpleDataBinding.

  5. Click Finish.


Results

A data type is defined for the module and the operation associated with this data type is named.


What to do next

Specify interaction specification properties and generate artifacts for the module.

Configure the module using the simple email data type


Related concepts:

Business objects

The external service wizard