Viewing version information and custom keyword values in your packaged solutions

You can view version and custom keyword information in your packaged resources.

About this task

If version or custom keyword information was added to your resources during development, you can view the values in a BAR file by using the following methods:

Viewing version information by using the BAR file editor

Procedure

To view the version that is associated with the resources that are packaged in a BAR file by using the BAR file editor, complete the following steps:

  1. Open the BAR file in the IBM® Integration Toolkit.
    The BAR file opens in the BAR file editor.
  2. Expand the entries in the Name column to see all the resources in the BAR file.

Results

If any of the resources have a version, the value is displayed in the Version column. It is not possible to view custom keywords and values by using the BAR file editor.

Viewing version and custom keyword information by using the mqsireadbar command

Procedure

To view the version and custom keyword information that is associated with the resources that are packaged in a BAR file by using the mqsireadbar command, complete the following steps:

From the command environment (on Linux®) or the IBM Integration Console (on Windows), type the following command: 
mqsireadbar -b BARFileName -r
where BARFileName is the fully qualified name of your BAR file.

Results

The content of the BAR file is listed. If a resource has a version or custom keyword value, the values are listed under the resource name. For example, in the following system output, you can see that the ESQL resource has an associated version (esql2.0) and custom keyword and value (Author = John Smith).
BIP1052I: Reading Bar file using runtime mqsireadbar...
Error Handler Message Flowsproject.generated.bar:
  Error Handler Message Flows.appzip (12/06/15 17:46):
    Error_Handler.esql (12/06/15 17:46):
    application.descriptor (12/06/15 17:46):
    Main_Flow.msgflow (12/06/15 17:46):
    Error_Handler.subflow (12/06/15 17:46):
    Main_Flow.esql (12/06/15 17:46):
      Author = John Smith
      VERSION = esql2.0
    Deployment descriptor:
      startMode
      javaIsolation
      Error_Handler#Check Backout Count.dataSource
      Error_Handler#Check Backout Count.connectDatasourceBeforeFlowStarts
      Error_Handler#Copy Message.dataSource
...

What to do next

For information about adding version or custom keyword information to your development resources, or viewing version or custom keyword information in your deployed resources, see the following topics: