Creating the Collaboration Client Project Connectivity Map

To define connectivity between the master index application and external systems, you need to include the master index application in the Connectivity Maps of the Collaboration client projects.

Before beginning this procedure make sure an external application component is defined for an application that sends information to the master index application (source system) and optionally for an application that receives information from the master index application (destination system). For testing purposes, you can use File Adapters instead of external application Adapters for the source and destination systems.

To Create a Collaboration Client Connectivity Map

Before You Begin

Build the master index server project in order to create the master index External System to add to the client Connectivity Map.

1. In the Projects window, right-click the project to which you want to add the Connectivity Map.

2. Point to New, and then click Connectivity Map.

   A Connectivity Map icon is added to the project and the Connectivity Map Editor appears.

3. Enter a new name for the Connectivity Map, and then press Enter.

4. On the Connectivity Map Editor toolbar, click the down arrow next to the External Applications icon and select the check box next to the name of the External Application that will send messages to the master index application.

   The External Application icon appears in the Connectivity Map Editor toolbar.

5. Drag the External Application icon from the Connectivity Map Editor toolbar to the canvas.

6. If your data flow includes a destination External Application, repeat the previous two steps for the destination application, placing the icon to the far right of the source External Application icon.

7. Drag the Java Collaboration that references the master index method OTD onto the Connectivity Map Editor canvas between the source and destination External Applications.

8. On the Connectivity Map Editor toolbar, click the down arrow next to the External Applications icon and select the check box next to the name of the master index application you want to integrate.

   The master index application icon appears in the Connectivity Map Editor toolbar.

9. Drag the master index application icon from the Connectivity Map Editor toolbar onto the canvas to the lower right of the Collaboration icon.

10. Save the Connectivity Map.