IFS Connectivity Outbox

These windows can be used to browse or administrate messages contained in the Connectivity Outbox.

Contents

• Explore Outbox message(s)
• Export/Import Outbox message(s)
• Reprocess/Reactivate Outbox message(s)
• View associated Application Message
• View Outbox Message details
• Search Outbox message(s)

Explore Outbox message(s)

Connectivity Outbox can be explored using three main categories Class ID, State and Media Code. Each of those categories has Today's as a sub category.

The above will fetch messages received during the day, which has media code CONNECT.

Export/Import Outbox message(s)

Export Outbox Message

1. Select the message(s) you want to export.
2. Select Export Message in the context menu.
3. Select a folder where you want to save the export file(s) in the popup dialog box.
4. Click OK to save the file(s) which will be saved in OutMessage_ID.xml format.

Import Outbox Messages

1. Use Import Message(s) in the context menus of index list header and background area for this.
2. Select the import file(s) in the popup dialog box.

Reprocess/Reactivate Outbox message(s)

Outbox messages can be in following states:

• Posted - A new message that has not yet been processed.

• Released – A new message ready to be transferred from the Out Message Box.
• Processing - Connectivity is processing the message.
• Incomplete - Connectivity has found errors in the message or an error has occurred in the transferring process and the processing has been interrupted.
• Transferred - The message is transferred to the In Message Box in the receiver database or to some other process for further processing of the message.
• Accepted - The message has been accepted by the receiving method.
• Rejected - The has some errors while processing.
• Failed - The message have failed to process.

If a message state is Incomplete, it can Reactivate. Using this a message state can be changed back to Released. If a message state is Transferred, you can Reprocess it and change the message state back to Released.

Steps:

1. Select the message you want to Reprocess/ Reactivate.
2. Select Reprocess if you want to reprocess a message or Reactivate to reactivate a message in the context menu.

View associated Application Message

When an Outbox message is processed by the Batch Server, it will create an application message which will be used in the future processing by IFS Connect Framework. The message id of the relevant Application Message for a particular Outbox message will be displayed in the Outbox message in the Application Message Id field. If the user needs to see the detail record of that Application Message he/she can use the View Application Message in the context menu and view the Application Message which will be opened in the Message Queues feature.

Steps:

1. Select the message which has the application message.
2. Select Show Application Message in the context menu which will open up the Message Queues feature with the corresponding Application Message. It is also possible to follow the hyperlink on application message id to open the corresponding application message.

View Outbox Message details

To view the complete message including message lines, select Show Details in context menu or hyperlink on the message id. To view a complete message line double-click and expand.

Search Outbox messages

As a complement to the Explore Connectivity Outbox Messages functionality you can search for messages using the Search Connectivity Outbox Messages form. This form opens up with a search dialog where you enter the search criteria. It is possible to do an advanced search, by typing a SQL query manually. This enables search for specific messages with conditions on the contained messages lines.

The result is shown in a grid, where you have the same actions available as in the Explore Connectivity Outbox window.