Validating Document Message Type References

Documents can be defined as a message type in PeopleSoft Integration Broker. Use the Validate Document Metadata - Messages page (IB_DOCUMENT_VDMSG) to resolve issues with the documents or messages used in this message type.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Validate Document Metadata - Messages page.

Validate Document Metadata - Messages page

A message definition can have a missing reference to a document when the following situation occurs:

  • You define a document as a message type in System A. You then copy only the message to System B because System B already has a copy of the document in the database.

  • You define a document as a message type in System A. You then copy the message and document to System B in stages, first copying the message definition and then copying the document.

In either case, the message-document link gets broken, and the link needs to be reestablished. Use the upper grid on the Validate Document Metadata - Messages page to identify and resolve this inconsistency.

To identify and resolve message definitions that have missing references to documents:

  1. Access the Validate Document Metadata - Document page (PeopleTools > Documents > Document Utilities > Validate Document Metadata.).

  2. Click the Messages tab.

    The Validate Document Metadata - Messages page appears.

  3. Above the Documents grid, click the Search button to display all documents in the system that have missing references to message definitions.

    The results appear in the Documents grid.

  4. Select the Select box next to each document you want to update.

  5. Click the Update button.

Use the bottom grid on the Validate Document Metadata - Messages page to identify messages in the system that reference documents that are not currently defined in the database.

This situation can occur when you define a document as a message type in PeopleSoft Integration Broker in a database, and then copy the message to a new database and do not include the document in the project copy process.

To identify messages with invalid references to documents:

  1. Access the Validate Document Metadata- Documents page (PeopleTools > Documents > Document Utilities > Validate Document Metadata).

  2. Click the Messages tab.

    The Validate Document Metadata - Messages page appears.

  3. Just above the Messages grid at the bottom of the page, click the Search button.

    Any messages in the database that reference documents not in the database appear in the Messages grid.

To resolve the invalid references, go to the source database and copy the documents to the current database or create new documents in the current database.