Routing data to an integration topic

IBM® Intelligent Operations Center can determine whether an incoming data item must be routed to an integration topic, and then send the data for processing to a predefined WebSphere® Application Server integration topic.

Before you begin

  • Create an integration topic for the processing application that you require.
  • If you want to convert incoming XML messages from your data source to Java classes that can be processed by your application, update the routing schema file with the custom properties for the data source.

About this task

If a data item is from a data source that is configured to be routed to an integration topic, the system sends an XML message to the WebSphere Application Server integration topic for processing. Follow the procedure to define the WebSphere Application Server integration topic.

Procedure

  1. Click Solution Administration > System Administration > Administration Consoles.
  2. Click Application Server.
  3. Log in with your administration user ID and password.
  4. Add your new application to the application server by stepping through the New Enterprise Application wizard.
    1. Click Applications > New Application > New Enterprise Application.
    2. Select the path to the new application on a local or remote file system and browse the system to locate and upload the file
    3. Choose the fast path option to install.
    4. At the Map modules to servers step, select the existing server.
    5. Select PortalCluster from the list, and click Apply.
    6. Click Next until you reach the summary step and click Finish.
  5. Click Resources > JMS > Activation Specification.
  6. Click New to add an activation specification.
    1. To accept the default scope of cell=cell1 and the default message provider, click OK.
  7. On the Configuration tab, complete the general properties form for the activation specification.
    1. Enter the display name; for example, topicTestAS.
    2. Enter the JNDI name; for example, eis/topicTestAS.
    3. In the Destination type field, select Topic.
    4. Enter the JNDI name of the destination, jms/iocIntegration.
    5. In the Bus name field, select IOC.cell1.BUS.
  8. Click Servers > Clusters > Websphere application server clusters, select PortalCluster and click Start.
  9. Log out of WebSphere Application Server

Results

When a data source contains a data item that fulfills a routing expression condition with a destination of Integration Topic, the data is directed to the integration topic.

What to do next

For information about how to route data from a data source to an integration topic, see the link at the end of the topic.