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Configure the module for outbound processing

To configure a module to use the adapter for outbound processing, use the external service wizard in IBM Integration Designer to build business services, specify data transformation processing, and generate the business object definitions and related artifacts.

1. Setting deployment and runtime properties
   Specify deployment and runtime properties that the external service wizard uses to connect to the FTP server.
2. 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 outbound 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.
3. Configure data binding and data handler
   Each data type has an equivalent data binding used to read the fields in a business object and fill the corresponding fields in a file. In the external service wizard, you add a data binding to your module and configure it to correspond with your data type. This way, the adapter knows how to populate the fields in a file with information it receives in the business object.
4. Setting interaction specification properties and generating the service
   Interaction specification properties are optional. If you choose to set these properties, the values you specify are displayed as default values in all the parent FTP business objects generated by the external service wizard. Interaction specification properties control the interaction for an operation. While creating the artifacts for the module, the adapter generates an import file. The import file contains the operation for the top-level business object.
5. Authentication using connection specification properties
   WebSphere Adapter for FTP uses connection properties either through Managed Connection Factory properties or a Java™ Authentication and Authorization Services (JAAS) alias. If you want to change the connection properties used for authentication with either one of these authentication methods, you can change the connection properties through the IBM BPM administrative console and restart the Java EE application or change the JAAS security settings.
6. Passing the connection parameters dynamically
   To pass the connection-related properties dynamically as part of the outbound request configure the connection specification class name and set the connection properties on the business graph.

Configure the module for deployment

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Outbound processing