Viewing and Editing Message Payload

A message contains two main components: the headers and the payload. The headers contain metadata about the message. The payload contains the actual content of the message.

Text Messages

Enterprise Manager enables you to view and edit the payload of live text messages.

To View and Edit the Payload of Live Text Messages

1. Select the topic or queue as described in Monitoring Topics and Queues.

2. In the Messages tab, select the message and click the View/Edit icon.

   The Text Message Payload (Live) dialog box appears.

3. To display any carriage return and line feed characters in the message, select the Show Carriage Return/Line Feed check box.

4. If the message contains XML and you want to view the XML in browser format, click View XML.

5. To change the payload, do one of the following:

   • Modify the text in the text area and click Change Payload.

   • Select the From File option, select the text file, and click Change Payload.

6. To delete the message, click Delete.

7. To save the payload to a file, click Download Payload.

Byte Messages

Enterprise Manager enables you to view the payload of live byte messages. You cannot edit the payload.

To View the Payload of Live Byte Messages

1. Select the topic or queue as described in Monitoring Topics and Queues.

2. In the Messages tab, select the message and click the View/Edit icon.

   The Bytes Message Payload (Live) dialog box appears.

3. To delete the message, click Delete.

4. To save the payload to a file, click Download Payload.