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Connection properties for the wizard

Connection properties are used to build a service description and save the built-in artifacts. These properties are configured in the external service wizard.

The following table lists the connection properties for the external service wizard. These properties can only be configured using the external service wizard and cannot be changed after deployment. A complete description of each property is provided in the sections that follow the table. For information about how to read the property detail tables in the sections that follow, see Guide to information about properties.

Connection properties for the external service wizard
Property name in the wizard Description
Bidi format string The bidi format string of the content data.
Data binding Specifies the data binding that is to be used for all operations or specifies that a data binding is to be selected for each operation.
Log file output location The full path name of the log file generated by the external service wizard.
Logging level Specifies the level of logging to be used by the adapter.
NameSpace The namespace of the business object that is generated.
Operation name The operation defined in the external service wizard.
Processing Direction The processing direction, Inbound or Outbound.


Bidi format string

The bidi format string of the content data.

Bidi format string
Required No
Default None
Property type String


Data binding

Specifies the data binding that is to be used for all operations or specifies that a data binding is to be selected for each operation.

Data binding details
Required No
Default Use default data binding 'FlatFileBaseDataBinding' for all operations
Usage The value of this property can be:

  • Use default data binding 'FlatFileBaseDataBinding' for all operations

  • Use a data binding configuration for all operations

  • Specify a data binding for each operation

Globalized No
Bidi supported No


Log file output location

The full path name of the log file generated by the external service wizard.

Log file output location details
Required No
Default \.metadata \FlatFileMetadataDiscoveryImpl.log
Property type String
Usage  
Globalized No
Bidi supported No


Logging level

Specifies the level of logging to be used by the adapter.

Logging level details
Required No
Possible values

Severe
Warning
Audit
Info
Config
Detail

Default Severe
Property type List of values
Globalized No
Bidi supported No


NameSpace

The namespace of the business object that is generated.

NameSpace details
Required Yes
Default http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/j2ca/flatfile
Property type String
Globalized Yes
Bidi supported No


Operation name

The name you give to the operation defined for this module.

Operation name details
Required No
Default When the ServiceType property is set to Outbound, the operations listed are Create, Append, Retrieve, Delete, List, Overwrite, and Exists.
Property type String
Globalized No
Bidi supported No


Processing Direction

The processing direction, inbound or outbound.

Processing Direction details
Required Yes
Possible values

Outbound
Inbound

Default Outbound
Property type String
Globalized No
Bidi supported No

Outbound configuration properties


Related concepts:

Globalization and bidirectional data transformation


Related tasks:

Configure logging properties


Related reference:

Guide to information about properties

Managed connection factory properties

Resource adapter properties

Interaction specification properties