Communication Channel Template 

Use

You can preconfigure a communication channel with a communication channel template. You can use the communication channel template as a template to define a communication channel at configuration time.

If you want to create multiple communication channels with some identical configuration data, you should use a communication channel template.

Features

You can define the following parameters for the communication channel template:

Paramters that are independent of the adapter type

Parameter	Description
Adapter Type	You must define an adapter type. To select an adapter type, choose Display Input Help (). The adapter types for which there is adapter metadata in the Integration Repository are offered for selection. The values to be selected for all other parameters depend on the adapter type.
Direction	This parameter defines whether you want to define the template for a sender or a receiver channel. Use the radio buttons. Note that the direction is defined for some adapter types (see Communication Channel).
Transport Protocol	This parameter defines the transport protocol for processing the message.
Message Protocol	This parameter defines the message protocol for processing the message.

Paramters that are dependent on the adapter type

To preconfigure the part of the communication channel that is specific to the adapter type, choose Select Attributes (). In the Select Attributes dialog you can select those that you want to predefine for the communication channel from the available input fields for this adapter type. Select the field in the Available Fields box and choose Apply.

After selecting the attributes, choose Apply.

You can assign the selected input fields fixed values in the editor Edit Communication Channel Template.

By marking the Evaluate Conditions checkbox you can define that field dependencies and certain field values should be taken into consideration when the selected fields are displayed.

Once you have selected all available fields for adapter type XI, marked this checkbox, and predefined field Addressing Type with the value HTTP Destination, only those fields that are relevant for this address type are displayed. All other fields are hidden.