Message Sets: Adding a global attribute

Add a global attribute to your message model.

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About this task

To add a global attribute to your message model:

Procedure

  1. Switch to the Integration Development perspective.
  2. Ensure that the Outline view is visible in the Integration Development perspective of the IBM® App Connect Enterprise Toolkit. If the Outline view is not visible, from the IBM App Connect Enterprise Toolkit menu, click Window > Show View> Outline.
  3. In the Outline view, right-click Elements and attributes then click Add Global Attribute on the pop-up menu.
    A global attribute of type string is immediately added and is assigned a default name.
  4. Either type a new name for the global attribute or press Enter to accept the default.

Results

You can now configure the global attribute to your requirements. For more information on configuring message model objects see Message Sets: Configuring MRM message model objects.