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Migrating WebSphere MQ Workflow using the Migration wizard

The Migration wizard enables you to convert FDL definitions of business processes that you exported from the build time component of WebSphere MQ Workflow into corresponding artifacts in IBM Integration Designer. The generated artifacts comprise XML schema definitions for business objects, WSDL definitions, BPEL, import and component definitions, and TEL definitions.

The Migration wizard does not cover the migration of:

• WebSphere MQ Workflow runtime instances
• Program applications that are invoked by a WebSphere MQ Workflow program execution agent (PEA) or WebSphere MQ Workflow process execution server (PES for z/OS)

To use the Migration wizard to migrate your WebSphere MQ Workflow artifacts, follow these steps:

Procedure

1. Invoke the wizard by selecting File > Import > Business Integration > WebSphere MQ Workflow FDL File and click Next.

2. The Migration wizard opens. Enter the absolute path and name of the FDL file into the Source selection field or select one from the file system by clicking the Browse button and navigating to the file. You must also provide a module name before proceeding. Click Next.

3. The WebSphere MQ Workflow Migration Options page for the artifact creation settings opens. From here you can accept the migration defaults or select a check box to change the option. By selecting the Treat name conflicts as errors check box, you can prevent the automatic addition of suffixes which could result in interoperability errors. The Create predefined data members check box adds extra nodes to the process to initialize the predefined data members.

4. Click Next. The WebSphere MQ Workflow Migration Options page for optimizing the migrated business processes opens. From this page you can set the options to optimize the migrated business processes.

   For more information on these options, see the topic "Optimizing the migrated business processes" in the related links below or click F1 when selecting or deselecting each item.

5. Once you have selected and reviewed your optimization choices, click Finish.

What to do next

A progress bar at the bottom of the migration window indicates the progress of the migration. Once the migration process has completed, the migration window disappears and the Migration Results window opens. To keep all messages for future reference, click the Generate ToDo's button to create a list of "To Do" tasks in the task view or click the Save as button to save the messages in a text file in the file system. Examine each message to see if any action needs to be taken to immediately fix an artifact that could not be fully migrated. To see the generated To Do's, click Window > Show View > Other > General > Tasks and click OK. The Tasks view opens with the list of generated To Do's from the migration process.

• Optimizing the migrated business processes
  During the migration of business processes, there are a number of optimization options that will aid in the overall efficiency, performance and usability of your migrated business process.

  For example, you can reduce the number of Java snippets, remove unnecessary structural elements, and reduce the number of BPEL variables through the optimization options in the Migration wizard.

: Migrating to IBM Integration Designer from WebSphere MQ Workflow