Action Editor 

Use

You use the action editor to display and change actions. Furthermore, you can assign one or more outbound or inbound interfaces to an action.

Actions are defined independently of Business Scenarios and can therefore be reused in different Business Scenarios.

Prerequisites

You have created a new action or have opened an existing one.

For more information about creating objects in the Integration Builder, see the Creating a New Object section.

For more information about opening objects in the Integration Builder, see the Object Editors section.

Features

The action editor comprises a header area and a work area.

Header

The header contains the following information about an action: 

·        Name

The name of an action is unique within a namespace and is not language-specific. Blanks and special characters are not permitted in the name of an action. The name is defined when the action is created and cannot be changed in the action editor.

·        Namespace

The namespace is defined when the action is created and cannot be changed in the action editor.

·        Description

In this field you can enter a short description of the action in the language you logged on in. This description is then displayed in the action when it is used in a Business Scenario. If you do not enter a description, the name of the action is displayed instead.

·        Status

Displays the status of the object. For more information, see the Object Editor section of this documentation.

Work Area

The work area is divided into three sections:

·        Use

·        Inbound Interfaces

·        Outbound Interfaces

Use

In this area, use the radio buttons to select the following:

·        Whether the actions are to be used in products that are defined in the System Landscape Directory

·        Whether the actions are to be used in product templates if the product is not defined in the System Landscape Directory

These specifications determine the application components of a Business Scenario that the action can be used in.

For more information, see the Inserting an Action section of this documentation.

Note that the use cannot be changed once you have saved.

Outbound/Inbound Interfaces

In this area you can assign interfaces to an action or remove any assignments already made.

The assigned interfaces are displayed in a table in the Inbound Interfaces and Outbound Interfaces areas. The name and namespace of each interface are displayed. For more information, see the Assigning Interfaces and Deassigning Interfaces sections of this documentation.

Table Functions

Icon	Function
	(only visible in change mode) ·        In the toolbar above the table Inserts an empty line below the selected line
	(only visible in change mode) ·        In the toolbar above the table Deletes the selected line
	(only visible in change mode) ·        In the toolbar above the table Moves the selected line up or down
	·        In the context menu (cursor positioned on a line with an interface) Opens the interface editor for the line selected
	(only in change mode and only if the interface entered is not already defined in the Integration Repository) ·        In the context menu (cursor positioned on a line with an interface) Creates a new message interface for this entry

 

Additional Display Functions

When you position the cursor on a table line, the following information about the interface is displayed in a quick info box:

·        Message type

·        Direction (inbound or outbound)

·        Mode (synchronous or asynchronous)

·        Namespace