Before Unwired Orchestrator can work with external systems, you must configure a way to connect to that external system. An endpoint provides a connection point between the business process and the external system. The Endpoint Manager displays defined endpoints and allows you to work with the four endpoint connection types: Database, Messaging, Engine Cluster, and Web Services.
The Endpoint Manager is a view that can be opened in a perspective. To open Endpoint Manager,
From the Unwired Orchestrator menu bar, select Window>Show View.
A list of available views is displayed.
Select Other, expand Orchestrator, and select Endpoint Manager.
The view opens in the perspective.
Note: You may be prompted for your user id and password to log into Directory Services security.
A folder for each endpoint type is displayed in the Endpoint Manager. Each folder may contain a number of endpoint objects. The label for each endpoint consists of the endpoint name followed by the type of connection in parentheses.
Typically, an endpoint is defined, configured to create an endpoint connection, and then bound for runtime.
Endpoint definition is completed during the define phase using the Endpoint Wizard. Endpoint definitions can then be used to build business processes.
Configuring the endpoint connection, which involves specifying connection parameters and a port, can be completed immediately after the endpoint is defined, or later in the configure phase. For some types of endpoints, configuration involves network connection parameters. For others, the configuration corresponds to setting up sessions and transports.
Binding endpoints is completed prior to packaging the project.
Click 
to access the drop-down menu for the Endpoint
Manager, which allows you to import and export endpoint configurations.
Right-click on a category to add an endpoint or paste an endpoint you
have previously copied to the clipboard. You can also use the Go
Into and Back buttons as
explained in Tool Bar Buttons.
From the Endpoint Manager you can do the following:
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View Endpoint Properties |
Click to select a defined endpoint in the Endpoint Manager, the properties for the endpoint are shown in the Property Sheet. |
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Add New Endpoints |
Right-click a category, such as Databases, Messaging, Engine Cluster, or Web Services, in Endpoint Manager to use the Endpoint Wizard to add an endpoint configuration. |
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Edit Defined Endpoints |
1. Right-click on an endpoint configuration in the Endpoint Manager. 2. Select Edit. The Properties for the name of endpoint dialog box opens displaying the properties associated with the selected endpoint. 3. Click the property in the left pane of the Properties dialog. The editor for the selected property opens in the right panel. 4. Edit the properties as needed. Click Apply after editing each property; the Properties dialog remains open. Tip:
Endpoint configuration properties can be edited. You can click to select
a value and can change the selection by clicking on a new value. The value
changes to the newly selected value. 5. Click OK to save all of the changes and close the dialog box. |
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Delete, Rename, Copy and Paste, Test |
Warning: Before deleting a messaging transport definition from the Endpoint Manager, verify that the transport is not defined as an input transport for any runtime instance. If the transport is defined as an input transport, go to the runtime instance in the Server Explorer and de-select the transport from the defined input transports for the runtime instance. See Defining Input Transports for Runtime Instances. Right-click an endpoint configuration in Endpoint Manager, to access the following features:
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From the drop-down menu, you can select: