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Selecting a data type and operation name

Use the external service wizard to select a data type and to name the operation associated with the data type. For inbound communications, the external service wizard gives you the choice of three different data types: user-defined type, generic FTP business object, and generic FTP business object with business graph. Each data type corresponds to a business object structure.

You must have specified the connection properties for the adapter to connect to the FTP server before you can complete the following steps.

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


Procedure

  1. In the Operations window, click Add.

  2. In the Add Operations window, select The data type for the operation input, and click Next. If you select User defined type, you must provide a user-defined data binding to support it. The Generic FTP business object provided data binding only supports generic input types for the supported operations.

  3. In the Operation window, type a name in the Operation name field or keep the default emitFTPFile name.

    Names cannot contain spaces.


Results

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


What to do next

If you choose to add and configure a data binding to be used with the module, Select Use a data format configuration from the Data format options list. Click Select next to the Data Format field. Proceed with configuring the data binding with the steps mentioned in Configure the data binding and data handler topic.

If you choose to use the default data binding, proceed to Generate the service.

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