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Changing target components

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Changing target components allows you to alter selector component processing by either changing the selection criteria for a specific target component, changing the target component for a selection criteria, or changing both the selection criteria and the target component.

Before you begin

To do this task, a selector table must exist.
Required security role for this task: When security and role-based authorization are enabled, you must be logged in as an administrator.

About this task

Change a target component to alter the selection criteria or use a different target component for an entry in the selector table. To change target components, perform the following steps.
Important: Before changing target components for long-running applications, stop the application. Do not change target components while a long-running application is processing.

Procedure

  1. Display the selector table as described in Displaying selector tables.
    Click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Business Process Manager > Selectors > selector_name.
  2. Click one of the selector tables in the display to view the target components that make up the selector table.
  3. Click the target ID of the target component that you want to change.
  4. Change the entry.
    Portion of entry to change Steps to change
    Target destination
    1. Click the arrow next to the target component list to display the eligible target components.
    2. Select the target component from the list.
    Selection criteria
    1. Type over either the Start Date, End Date or both. The date you enter depends on the locale of your system and will display according to the locale format. For the US English locale the format displayed is the following:
      • Month
      • Day of month
      • Year in YYYY format.
      • Time in HH:MM:SS format
      • Time zone
      Important: The Start Date you specify must be before the End Date or you will be unable to commit this change.
    Target destination and selection criteria
    1. Click the arrow next to the target component list to display the eligible target components.
    2. Select the target component from the list.
    3. Type over either the Start Date, End Date or both. The date you enter depends on the locale of your system and will display according to the locale format. For the US English locale the format displayed is the following:
      • Month
      • Day of month
      • Year in YYYY format.
      • Time in HH:MM:SS format
      • Time zone
      Important: The Start Date you specify must be before the End Date or you will be unable to commit this change.
  5. Optional: Click the Default check box to make this the default target component.

    If the selection criteria does not fall within the range of any other target components, the selector component uses this target component.

  6. Click Apply to continue working in this display, or click OK to return to the target component display.
  7. Click Save on the target component display to save the changes to the selector table.

Results

The selector table file now contains the updated selection criteria and target components. The selector component uses the updated selector table to process the next request received.