Set Context

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Chapter 15 Service Palette : Set Context

Set Context

Activity

The Set Context activity allows you to set the value of a Context Resource shared configuration resource. This is useful if you want to supply data from the process definition implementing an operation to the service agent. For example, you may want to set some headers of the outgoing reply message.

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Process Design for more information about context separation for Service resources and operation implementations.

Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Global Var?

Description

Name

No

The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.

Description

No

Short description of the activity.

Context Configuration

No

The Context Resource whose value you would like to change.

Output New Value

No

When checked, the new value of the context resource is placed into this activity’s output. The value is then available to subsequent activities in the process definition.

If not checked, this activity has no output.

Input

See TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Process Design for more information about mapping and transforming input data.

The input for the activity is the following.

Input Item

Datatype

Description

<schema>

varies

The schema of the context resource specified in the Context Configuration field on the Configuration tab is the input schema for this activity.

Output

The output for the activity is the following.

Output Item

Datatype

Description

<schema>

or no output

varies

When the Output New Value field on the Configuration tab is unchecked, this activity has no output. When the field is checked, the new value of the context resource is output. The schema for the output is determined by the schema specified for the context resource.

Field	Global Var?	Description
Name	No	The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.
Description	No	Short description of the activity.
Context Configuration	No	The Context Resource whose value you would like to change.
Output New Value	No	When checked, the new value of the context resource is placed into this activity’s output. The value is then available to subsequent activities in the process definition. If not checked, this activity has no output.

Input Item	Datatype	Description
<schema>	varies	The schema of the context resource specified in the Context Configuration field on the Configuration tab is the input schema for this activity.

Output Item	Datatype	Description
<schema> or no output	varies	When the Output New Value field on the Configuration tab is unchecked, this activity has no output. When the field is checked, the new value of the context resource is output. The schema for the output is determined by the schema specified for the context resource.