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Configure data handlers

Data handlers perform the conversions between a business object and a native format. The configuration in this topic is shown using the XML data handler. For comma-separated values (CSV) file format files, you must select the Delimited data handler.

You must create a data binding before you specify the data handlers for the module. Also, you must have predefined business objects using IBM Integration Designer Business Object Editor. If you stop the wizard here to create business objects, you must start the wizard steps from the beginning.

You can configure data handlers before running the external service wizard using IBM Integration Designer. To do this configuration, select New > Configure Binding Resource in IBM Integration Designer and complete the data handler windows described in this documentation.

To specify data handlers, follow this procedure.


Procedure

  1. In the Specify the Data Transformation Properties window, ensure that DataHandler is selected in the Binding type field.

  2. In the Configured data handler field, click Select. Complete the following steps to create and configure a data handler.

    1. In the Select a Data Format Transformation window, click Use existing data format transformation from the list option. Select XML data handler from the list and click Next. To work with data files (CSV) that uses comma to separate the fields of data, select Delimited. For more information about working with delimited data files, see http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v7r5mx/topic/com.ibm.wbpm.wid.integ.doc/topics/rdelimitedcvs.html.

      Figure 1. Creating a data handler configuration

  3. In the Specify the Data Transformation Properties window, specify the Encoding. The default is UTF-8. Click Next.

    If Delimited option is selected, the Specify the Data Transformation Properties window provides the delimiter data handler configuration fields.

    Figure 2. Specifying the encoding for the data handler configuration

  4. In the Configure a New Data Transformation window, specify the Module, Namespace, Folder, and Name for the data handler configuration. Click Finish.

    Figure 3. Specifying a name for the data handler configuration

  5. Click Finish. The configured data handler is populated in the Specify the Data Transformation Properties window.


Results

Data handlers are created.


What to do next

Specify interaction specification properties and generate artifacts for the module.

Configure the module for outbound processing


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