Configuring IMS™ Connect messages

You can configure the IMS™ Connect messages for the Send Request action in a test that uses the IMS™ Connect transport in Rational® Integration Tester.

Before you begin

You must have created a test for an operation that is bound to a logical IMS™ Connect server.

About this task

This topic describes specific message fields for IMS™ Connect only. For detailed instructions about defining messages, refer to Creating messages and applying them to tests.

Procedure

  1. Open an IMS™ Connect test in the Test Factory, and double-click the send request. The following graphic shows an example of a send request: IMS send message window
  2. Click Browse and select the IMS™ Connect transport for sending messages.
  3. Select IBM® IMS™ Connect as the Formatter from the list.
  4. Select the message type in the IMS™ Connect Message Type field.

    The options available are TYPE1 and TYPE2.

  5. Enter the logical name that IBM® IMS™ Connect has for an IBM® IMS™ instance in the Datastore field.

    The datastore is used to route the transaction execution to an IBM® IMS™ instance known to IBM® IMS™ Connect.

    There is a many-to-many relationship between IBM® IMS™ Connect and IBM® IMS™ instances.

    For example, in a simple configuration such as 1 IBM® IMS™, 1 IBM® IMS™ Connect, the datastore name is IMS1 the default value for the datastore name is IMS™1.

  6. Type the ID for IBM® IMS™ Connect and IBM® IMS™ to identify IBM® IMS™ Connect clients in the Client ID field.

    The clientId is also used for the names of asynchronous message queues (OTMA Tpipes) and other internal data structures in IBM® IMS™ Connect and OTMA.

    The clientId value is a string consisting of 1 to 8 uppercase alphanumeric (A through Z, 0 - 9) or special characters (@, #, $). If you do not enter a value in the Client ID field, a default value is assigned.

    Use the same client ID for both steps in a Publish-Subscribe action if the action is asynchronous.

    For example, a Publish message action, followed by a Subscribe later in the test to pick-up the result.

  7. Type the IBM® IMS™ transaction code in the Transaction field.

    The code can be a string consisting of uppercase alphanumeric (A through Z, 0 - 9) or special characters (@, #, $). The transcode property identifies the IBM® IMS™ application (transaction) to be executed.

  8. Type the code page number in the Code Page field.
  9. Type the RACF id in the RACF® ID field. You can enable RACF® on a per-transaction basis on the server.

    To support RACF® credentials, a RACF® identity can be created in the Physical View of Architecture School and referenced here. The default is None.

  10. Click OK to save the send message formatting. Depending on the test you are creating you might have to configure the Receive Reply action.
    Note:

    When you configure IMS™ Connect receive messages, you have the option of using the IBM® IMS™ Connect formatter. This option is selected by default.