Task E: Define Messages

Message definitions provide the physical description of the data that is being sent, including fields, field types, and field lengths.

To define a message:

1. Go to PeopleTools > Integration Broker > Integration Setup > Message Definitions.

2. Search the existing messages. If no message satisfies your search criteria, click the Add A New Value link.

3. Do the following steps to add a new message.

   1. Select Rowset from the Type dropdown.

   2. Enter Message Name.

   3. Enter Message Version.

   4. Click Add.

      Example:

      

4. Click the Message Definition tab and define the message.

   1. Enter Description.

   2. Select Enterprise Components from the Owner ID dropdown.

   3. Click the Add Record To Root link to add a level 0 record to the root node.

   4. Click the record link, you can also add more records to the level 0 record or its child records.

   See the following figure as an example. The COUNTRY_SYNC message has COUNTRY_TBL as its level 0 record and EO_ADDR_FMT_TBL as the child level 1 record.

   

5. Click Save. The specified message is created.