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Selecting the operation and data type

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

Specify the connection properties for the adapter to connect to the local file system before you can complete the steps given here.

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


Procedure

  1. In the Add, Edit, or Remove Operations window, click Add to create an operation.

  2. In the Specify the I/O Properties window, select a data type from the Data type for the operation list. Click Next. The three available data types are: Generic FlatFile business object, Generic FlatFile business object with business graph, and User-defined type. For more information about data types, see, Business object structures. In this example, Generic FlatFile business object is selected.

    Figure 1. Naming the operation and specifying the input data type

  3. In the Specify the I/O Properties window, the emitFlatFile is displayed as the inbound operation name in the Operation name field.

    The emit operation is the only operation available during inbound processing.


Results

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


What to do next

Add and configure a data binding to be used with the module.

Configure the module for inbound processing


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