Connecting to an EIS by using the Adapter Connection wizard
Use the Adapter Connection wizard to create the resources that enable the WebSphere® Adapters to connect to an Enterprise Information System (EIS).
Before you begin
- Complete the preparatory tasks listed in Developing message flows that use WebSphere Adapters.
- Before you run the Adapter Connection wizard, gather the information that you need from the system administrator. You need information to connect to the EIS, and information to discover objects. For a list of the information that you might need to gather for each EIS, see the appropriate topic:
About this task
- One or more message flows that contain one or more WebSphere Adapters nodes
- An XML Schema Definition (XSD) for each business object in the Enterprise Information System (EIS)
- An adapter component file for the WebSphere Adapter that is being used
- A library or application to contain these resources
You can take an adapter component that was created by using the Adapter Connection wizard, and update it with newly discovered objects from the EIS by running the Adapter Connection - Iterative Discovery wizard. This facility is known as iterative discovery. You can either add the new objects without modifying existing objects, or replace existing objects. For more information, see Enhancing existing adapters with newly discovered objects.
The following steps describe how to connect to an EIS.
Procedure
What to do next
Using configurable services for WebSphere Adapters nodes
WebSphere Adapters nodes can
get connection details from either the adapter component or a configurable
service. By using configurable services, you can change the connection
details for adapters without the need to redeploy the adapters. For
more details about creating, changing, reporting, and deleting the
configurable services for each EIS, see the appropriate topic: