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Viewing Interface Maps

The Interface Maps utility lists all the routes that a message can take within a production, allowing you to view related production components in a tabular format. The search criteria allow you to focus on a specific component such as finding where a routing rule or data transformation is used within the production. Each interface map represents a unique route that a message can take through the production. For example, if a business process connects to multiple business operations, multiple interface maps are shown because a message could flow to any of the business operations. Displaying interface maps is useful when:

  • Finding all components named for a particular feed in a complex production that has multiple feeds. For example, you could find all the message routes that include a business service whose name contains the word “EMR1”.

  • Visualizing message flow though a complex production.

  • Documenting a complex production to make it easier to maintain.

  • Ensuring that you have tested all possible paths when modifying a production.

To access the Interface Maps utility, select Interoperability > View > Interface Maps.

The utility displays the interface maps for the production that was most recently running. You can export the results of the interface map search into a .csv, .txt, .xml, or .html file.

Working with an Interface Map

Each interface map includes the following production components:

  • Service—Name of the business service where the message begins.

  • Process—Name of the business host called between the input and output. This is usually a business process, but can also be a business operation if it makes a call to another production component, for example, when the business operation makes a call to Ens.Alert.

  • Rule—Name of the routing rule called while processing the message.

  • Transformation—Name of the data transformation called while processing the message.

  • Operation—Name of the business host where the message stops. This is usually a business operation, but can also be a business process if it never calls a business operation, for example, when the message stops at a business process that simply stores data directly in the database.

Tip:

You can double-click a column header to sort the list of interface maps by that production component.

Tip:

Once you find the production route you are interested in, you can click the row in the list to view a visual representation of the route.

Exporting Interface Maps

You can use the Export button to save the interface map routes found by a search as a .csv, .txt, .xml, or .html file. This is a useful way to document a production. The extension of the filename that you specify determines the format of the exported file. An exported .csv file is tab-delimited, not comma-delimited. The export file is saved to your local machine via your browser’s downloading capability.

Tip:

When the setting to auto refresh the Management Portal is disabled, you receive a message telling you to click the Refresh icon circular arrowto complete the export process. This Refresh icon is located next to the Export button.

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