Running BW6Demos on ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks

TAA_fs-translator-attch-adapter_BW6_Demos.zip contains a sample TAA project, TAA_Demo. This project contains workflows that use the Foresight® Translator Attachment Adapter Windows or UNIX installation, the Foresight® Translator Attachment Adapter API, the TIBCO Foresight® Translator Java API and Java Invoke activities to create X12 275 5010 and 6020 files, and extract the attachments from these files.

Requirements

  • TIBCO Foresight® Translator version 3.8 or later
  • Java 1.8 or later
    Note: When you obtain third-party software or services, it is your responsibility to ensure you understand the license terms associated with such third-party software or services and comply with such terms.
  • TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 6, version 6.6 or later
  • Foresight® Translator Attachment Adapter version 2.0.0, installed on Windows or UNIX

Setting Up the Demo

Before You Begin

Ensure that the TIBCO Foresight® Translator environment variable is set correctly. Doing so tells ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ where to access the Translator executables when the product is used within a TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ workflow.

Setting environment variable on Windows for ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks

To add the translator\bin path to the system path, perform the following steps:
  1. Open the Advanced system settings on your Windows computer.
  2. Click Environment Variables.
  3. In the Environment Variables dialog box, in the System variable section, select the Path variable, and click Edit.
  4. Click New and enter translator\x.x\bin as variable and then click OK.

Setting environment variable on UNIX for ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks

Add the translator\bin path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH or LIBPATH, depending on your OS. 

export FSTRANSLATORINI=/tibco/translator/x.x/bin
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/translator/x.x/bin:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export TRANSLATOR_ROOT=/translator/x.x

Installing the Project

  1. Import the project: From the main menu bar, select File > Import.

    The Import wizard opens.

  2. On the Select page of the Import wizard, select Existing Studio Projects into Workspace and click Next.



  3. On the Import Projects page, make the following selections:
    • Select the Select archive file radio button, and then browse and select TAA_fstranslator-attch-adapter_BW6_Demos.zip.
    • Ensure that TAA_Demo and TAA_Demo.application check boxes are selected.


  4. Click Finish.

What to do next

After installing, ensure the following properties in ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks:
  • In the XML_File activity, the Filename points to the Inbound275 of the TAA demo installation folder.

  • In the CDS_File activity, the Filename points to the Inbound275 of the TAA demo installation folder.

  • In the Create275_5010 and Create275_6020 activities, the ediFile variable points to the Outbound275 of the TAA demo installation folder.

  • In the ExtractFrom275_5010 and ExtractFrom275_6020 activities, their ediFile and filePath variables point to the ediFile and filePath folders of the TAA demo installation folder.

To run the process, setting of the environment variables in ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ is required.

Setting the Environment Variables in ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™:
  1. From the main menu bar, select Run > Debug Configurations

    Debug Configurations dialog box opens.

  2. Click Environment tab and then click New.



    New Environment Variable dialog box opens.

  3. Enter the following details in the Name and Value field:
    Name Value
    TRANSLATOR_ROOT $TIBCO_HOME\BWCE253\translator\4.0
    FSTRANSLATORINI $TIBCO_HOME\BWCE253\translator\4.0/bin


  4. Click OK.
  5. Click PATH variable and then click Edit.

    Edit Environment Variable dialog box opens.

  6. Enter $TIBCO_HOME\BWCE253\translator\4.0/bin in the Value field and click OK.