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9.7 Validation using the Test Connector

We now need to validate that the data can be received by the JDBC connector

and successfully passed into the ItemSync collaboration. We have already

shown that the data will be passed from the ItemBasic business object to the

OUTBOX of the iSoft connector. However, we need to validate that the mapping

from ASBO to GBO can also be successfully passed into this process.

1. Start the iSoft connector.

2. Start a Test connector.

3. From the Test connector select File

→ Create/Select profile.

4. Create a profile for the JDBC connector as shown in Figure 9-25.

Figure 9-25 New profile

5. Connect to the ICS using this profile. See Figure 9-26 on page 190.

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Figure 9-26 Connect to server

6. From the drop-down box, select the SUPPLIER_ITEM_CATALOG business

object.

7. Load (or manually create) the SUPPLIER_ITEM_CATALOG business object

that was used for the map test.

8. Give the business object a name (Test in our example below). See

Figure 9-27 on page 191.

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Figure 9-27 ASBO ready to send

9. Select synchronous mode and send the business object.

10.When prompted for the collaboration, we select the

UCCnet_ItemSyncObject collaboration from the drop-down list. See

Figure 9-28.

Figure 9-28 Select collaboration

11.The business object is sent to the ICS for processing and the

ItemCommandRouterObject will eventually send the UCCnet envelope

message to the OUTBOX queue for the iSoft connector as before.

12.Check the contents of the queue for a message that contains the data that we

have sent in our business object. As before, use RFHUTIL to check that the

message looks similar to Figure 9-29 on page 192.

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Figure 9-29 UCCnet message on outbox queue

13.Start the Web system monitor application, if it is not already running.

14.Select the Collaboration Overview and check that the Total Flows counter

on the ItemCommandRouterObject has been incremented.

Note: If you do not have a message on the queue, check the log and trace file

for each of the connectors and also the InterChange Server. (When we turned

on the LogAtInterchangeEnd property on for the connectors, it resulted in a

great deal of useful trace information in the ICS log).