Understanding the Steps to Publish an Integration Broker Generic Message Feed

You can use either of these methods to publish an Integration Broker generic message as a feed:

• Using the Publish as Feed pages.

  When you use the Publish as Feed pages to publish an Integration Broker generic message as a feed, you will have access to the Advanced Options page, which facilitates setting advanced feed options for this type of feed. However, you will be unable to set any data source parameters as personalized — that is, as user specified or administrator specified.

• Using the Feed Publishing Wizard.

  When you use the Feed Publishing Wizard to publish an Integration Broker generic message as a feed, you will be able to set data source parameters as personalized — that is, as user specified or administrator specified. However, it is more difficult to set advanced feed options through the Feed Publishing Wizard because they are set by value, and not by selecting a native language option.

Because there advantages and limitations of both methods of publishing an Integration Broker generic message as a feed, you might want to publish the feed using one methodology, and then use the other methodology to edit the feed definition.

Publishing Using the Publish as Feed Pages

To publish an Integration Broker generic message as a feed using the Publish as Feed pages:

1. Select PeopleTools, and then Feeds, and then Define IB Generic Message Feed.

2. Select the service operation to publish as a feed.

3. On the Define IB Generic Message Feed page, click the Publish as Feed link.

   See Publishing an Integration Broker Generic Message as a Feed.

4. On the Publish Feed Definition page, define the feed properties and security.

   See Defining Feed Properties.

5. Click the Advanced Options link.

6. Define the advanced feed options.

   See Defining Advanced Options for Generic Message Feeds.

7. Click the OK button.

8. Click the Publish button.

Publishing Using the Feed Publishing Wizard

To publish an Integration Broker generic message as a feed using the Publish as Feed pages:

1. Select PeopleTools, and then Feeds, and then Feed Publishing Wizard.

2. Add a new value as the feed ID.

3. On the Specify Feed Properties page, define feed properties, such as the feed title, as well as additional feed properties.

   See Step 1: Specifying Feed Properties.

4. Click the Next button.

5. On the Select Data Source page, select IB Generic Message Feeds as the feed data type and then select the service operation as the data source.

   See Step 2: Selecting a Data Source.

6. Click the Next button.

7. On the Select Data Source Parameters page, set the usage type and default value for the data source parameters

   See Step 3: Specifying Data Source Parameters.

   If you set a parameter to be User Specified, click the Value link to specify the prompt values that are displayed to users when they personalize the feed; otherwise, continue with the next step.

8. Click the Next button.

9. On the Specify Publishing Options page, specify the publishing options for the feed, including feed security and sites.

   See Step 4: Specifying Publishing Options.

10. Click the Save button to publish the feed.