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Figure 4-6 All fields required in the Vehicle business object

5. Now open and add fields to the Driver business object by repeating step 1 on page 79 to

step 4 on page 79, as shown in Figure 4-7, and add the fields:

– Enter the name First Name, select the String data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name Last Name, select the String data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name Zip Code, select the String data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name House Number, select the Integer data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name Age, select the Integer data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name License Date, select the String data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name License Status, select the String data type, and then, click Finish.

– Enter the name Number Accidents, select the Integer data type, and then, click Finish.

Figure 4-7 All required fields in the Driver business object

4.2.4 Creating the event

Next, you create the business event that is received from CICS. The event contains an event

object that stores the information that is required to populate the business objects.

Request_data event object: When emitting events from CICS, you can have only one

event object in which all the data fields are stored. This event object is called

Request_Data. This limitation means that the fields for both the driver and the vehicle are

placed in the Request_Data event object and then mapped to the correct fields of the

necessary business object.

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Creating the event

To create the event, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the RequestForQuote project, and select New  Event.

2. Select Create a blank event, and click Next.

3. Enter the name Request for the event, and click Next.

4. Leave the connector set to None, and click Finish.

Creating the event object

To create the event object, follow these steps:

1. Right-click the Request Event and select New  Event Object. Then, select Add a new

blank Event Object.

2. Enter the name Request_Data, and select the RequestForQuote event project and

Request event, as shown in Figure 4-8.

Figure 4-8 New Event Object

3. Click Finish, and the event object is generated.

Next, you must add the required fields to the Request_Data event object.

Creating the event object fields

The data fields for both the driver and the vehicle are added to the Request_Data event

object, because events emitted from CICS can contain only one event object. This scenario

requires the event to contain both the driver and vehicle information. This scenario uses the

Configuration note: You configure this connector for the event in 4.2.7, “Configuring

the technology connectors” on page 87.

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mapping capabilities in the Event Designer to map the fields from the Request_Data event

object into the correct Vehicle and Driver business objects.

To create the event object fields, follow these steps:

1. The Request_Data event object opens in the Event Object Editor after it is created in the

previous steps. If it does not open, double-click the Request_Data event object to open it.

2. Click Add in the Fields section to add a field to the event object.

3. Specify the name of the first field as First_Name, and then select the String data type.

4. Click Finish to create the first field.

5. Repeat this process for all the fields that are described in Table 4-1 to complete a full list of

fields, as shown in Figure 4-9.

Table 4-1 Fields required in the Request_Data event object

Figure 4-9 The event object with the completed list of fields

Field Name Field Data Type

First_Name String

Last_Name String

ZIP_Code String

House_Number Integer

Age Integer

License_Date String

License_Status String

Number_Accidents Integer

ID String

Make String

Model String

Value Integer

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