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Starting the external service wizard

To create and deploy a module, you start the external service wizard in IBM Integration Designer. The wizard creates a project used to organize the files associated with the module.

Start the external service wizard to create a project for the adapter in IBM Integration Designer.

If you have an existing project, you can select it instead of having the wizard create one.

To start the external service wizard and create a project, use the following procedure.

Procedure

1. To start the external service wizard, go to the Business Integration perspective of IBM Integration Designer, and then click File > New > External Service.

2. In the New external service window, make sure Adapters is selected, and click Next.

3. From the Select an Enterprise Service Resource Adapter window, create a project or select an existing project.

   • To create a project...

     1. Select IBM WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files and click Next.

     2. In the Connector Import window, provide another name for the project (to use a name other than CWYFF_FlatFile), select the server (for example, IBM BPM) and click Next.

   • To select an existing project...
     1. Expand IBM WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files.

     2. Select a project.

        For example, if you have an existing project named CWYFF_FlatFiles, you can expand IBM WebSphere Adapter for Flat Files and select CWYFF_FlatFile.

     3. Click Next.

Results

A new project is created and is listed in the Business Integration window.

What to do next

Configure the module for deployment

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