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Configure the module for outbound processing

To configure a module to use the adapter for outbound processing, use the external service wizard in IBM Integration Designer to build business services, specify data transformation processing, and generate the business object definitions and related artifacts.

1. Setting deployment and runtime properties
   After you have decided whether your module is to be used for outbound or inbound communication with the local file system, configure the managed connection factory properties so that the adapter can make the connection between the module and the local file system.
2. Selecting the operation and data type
   Use the external service wizard to select the outbound operation to access functions on the local file system and the data type to be used with it. The operations supported are Create, Append, Overwrite, Delete, Exists, List, and Retrieve. 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.
3. Configure the data binding
   Each data type has an equivalent data binding used to read the fields in a business object and fill the corresponding fields in the file. In the external service wizard, you add a data binding to your module and configure it to correspond with your data type. This way, the adapter knows how to populate the fields in the file with the information it receives in the business object.
4. Configure data handlers
   Data handlers perform the conversions between a business object and a native format. The configuration in this topic is shown using the XML data handler. For comma-separated values (CSV) file format files, you must select the Delimited data handler.
5. Setting interaction properties and generating the service
   Interaction properties are optional. If you choose to set them, the values you specify appear as defaults in all parent business objects generated by the external service wizard. While creating artifacts for the module, the adapter generates an import file. The import file contains the operation for the top-level business object.

Configure the module for deployment

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