BEA eLink Information Integrator 1.0 User's Guide

 

What You Need to Know

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Document Conventions

 

Understanding the BEA eLink Solution

BEA eLink Solution Overview

BEA eLink Information Integrator Overview

Architectural Framework

Formatter

Rules

Tester

MsgDefAdmin

iiServer

 

Getting Started

Defining Message Formats

Storing Formats in the iiDatabase

Defining Rules

Configuring the eLink Platform

Updating ii.cfg

Setting Environment Variables

Updating sample.ubb

Creating a Tuxedo Field Table

Running the Application

Using the ud32 Utility

Running as the C Source Client

 

Building Format Definitions

Using MsgDefAdmin to Build Definitions

Creating and Storing MFL Documents

Running MsgDefAdmin with command-line options

Converting Data Integration Option Formats to MFL

Starting Formatter

Using Formatter to Build Definitions

Literals

Creating a Literal

Fields

Creating a Field

Input Controls

Creating an Input Control

Saving an Input Control to an Output Control

Output Controls

Creating an Output Control

Assigning and Defining Output Control Attribute Operations

Using the Extended Properties Tab

Saving an Output Control as an Input Control

Output Operation Collections

Output Operations

Default

Prefix/Suffix

Length

Math Expression

Substitute

Substring

Trim

Formats

Creating a Format

Saving a Flat Input Format as a Flat Output Format

Alternative Input and Output Formats

Optional Components and Fields

Alternative Input Formats

Alternative Input Formats and Parsing

Alternative Output Formats

Tagged Input Formats

Tagged Input with Alternative Component Example

Alternative Output Format Example

 

Defining Rules

Starting Rules

Building Rules

Application Groups

Adding an Application Group

Copying an Application Group

Deleting an Application Group

Message Types

Adding a Message Type

Copying a Message Type

Deleting a Message Type

Rules

Adding a Rule

Deleting a Rule

Copying a Rule

Enabling a Rule

Disabling a Rule

Expressions

Creating or Modifying an Expression

Clearing an Expression

Subscriptions

Adding a Subscription

Duplicating a Subscription

Deleting a Subscription

Adding a Comment to a Subscription

Removing a Subscription

Actions

Adding an Action

Deleting an Action

Conditional Branching

 

Testing Message Parse and Reformat

Starting Tester

Parsing and Reformatting Messages

 

Data Types

Understanding Data Types

 

MFL Document Type Definition

mfl.dtd

Example MFL Document