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Changing the value of mediation flow properties at run time
When you develop a mediation flow, you can identify promoted properties, which are properties whose value the administrator can change at run time; without restarting the server or redeploying the mediation module.
The changed value of the property will not be used for flows that already have been invoked when the change was made.
- Promoted properties
A property that is marked promoted in the mediation flow editor is a property whose value the administrator can change at run time.- Promoting a property in the mediation flow editor
Properties that may be promotion are listed in the Properties view of the mediation flow editor. From this list, you can promote a property and enter its alias and value.- Example: Promoting properties
This example shows you how to use the properties promotion capability of the mediation flow editor.- Choose alias names for promoted properties
To easily identify a promoted property in the administrative console, you might want to change the default alias of the promoted property to an alias that has a meaningful name.- Tips for deciding which properties to promote
Before you decide which properties to promote, consider promoting those properties that can help you debug a problem at run time.