Configure the Sample Task

To configure the sample task, users must navigate to the configuration page in the Services Framework user interface and select the New Task Configuration link. Table 1 shows the information needed to configure the sample task.
Table 1. Task Configuration Fields
Field Description Example
Task Contains the registered tasks in the system. Select the name of the sample task that was entered during registration. Sample Task
Configuration Descriptive name for the configuration. This field is required and can contain up to 60 characters. Sample Task
Description A detailed description explaining what the configuration does. This field is optional and for demonstration purposes. If entered, it must be 512 characters or less. Sample task for displaying the unit of work requests coming from the Transaction Server
Activate task Identifies if the configuration is active Yes, No
Process end of day This flag is not applicable for the sample task. It is recommended to set this value to no. No
Process cleanup This flag is not applicable for the sample task. It is recommended to set this value to no. No
Write xml to disk Required parameter identifying if the configured task is to write the XML containing the received unit of work request to a file on disk. If the configured value is false, the XML containing the unit of work request is written to the WebSphere® log file. If the configured value is set to true, the XML containing the unit of work request is written to a file using the location specified in the file directory location configuration parameter. True, false
File directory location Directory path where the sample XML file is created. The directory location must exist. This value is only used if the Write XML to disk value is set to true. A default location of /temp is used if a configuration parameter is not specified.