XML message formats used by MFT

Managed File Transfer uses messages in XML format for a number of purposes: to command an agent; to log information about the monitors, schedules, and transfers; and to define information used for configuration. The logical structure of the XML formats used for these purposes described by XML schema.

Each version of Managed File Transfer uses an XML schema to validate messages written in XML. The agent extracts the XML schema version and determines whether the schema is supported.

After you have installed Managed File Transfer, you can find the Managed File Transfer message schema files in the following directory: MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/mqft/samples/schema. The following schemas are included:

Schemas for XML messages that can be put on an agent command queue

FileTransfer.xsd

Internal.xsd

Monitor.xsd

PingAgent.xsd

For more information about putting XML messages on an agent command queue, see Controlling MFT by putting messages on the agent command queue.

Schemas for XML messages that are published to the SYSTEM.FTE topic

MonitorList.xsd

MonitorLog.xsd

ScheduleList.xsd

ScheduleLog.xsd

TransferLog.xsd

TransferStatus.xsd

For more information about XML messages that are published to the SYSTEM.FTE topic and the structure of the SYSTEM.FTE topic, see SYSTEM.FTE topic.

Other schemas used by Managed File Transfer

fteutils.xsd. This schema contains common element definitions and is included by some of the other schemas.

Notification.xsd

ProtocolBridgeCredentials.xsd

ProtocolBridgeProperties.xsd

ConnectDirectCredentials.xsd

ConnectDirectNodeProperties.xsd

ConnectDirectProcessDefinitions.xsd

Reply.xsd

UserSandboxes.xsd