Properties for Transactions

In the SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) Workbench, you can define the following properties for a transaction:

Global
Transaction
Local
Sequence
Action

Each property has a data type, which is indicated by a different icon in the Link Editor.

Data Type	Type	Description
binary	Simple	A byte stream
boolean	Simple	A value of `True` or `False`
byte	Simple	4-bit signed integral type
dateTime	Simple	Selected from a calendar control
double	Simple	Double-precision floating point type
float	Simple	Single-precision floating point type
integer	Simple	32-bit signed integral type
long	Simple	64-bit signed integral type
short	Simple	8-bit signed integral type
string	Simple	Text in a sequence of Unicode characters
XML	Simple	Full document or document segment that is well-formed
list	Complex	Indexed collection of simple data types
map	Complex	Collection of name-value pairs where the value is a simple data type and the name is a string data type. Elements are indexed using the name.

All properties have default values. You can change transaction and action properties at runtime using the Link Editor.

Note Note

Transaction and local properties can include alphanumeric characters only; symbols are not allowed.

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Global Properties

You can define global property values and use them across all projects and transactions. You can link them to transactions or subordinate action properties. For example, to have all transactions use the same e-mail server and to centrally manage the IP address, you can define a MailServerConnectionAlias property that references the e-mail connection alias name.

Global properties are read-only.

To define global properties when you are working with a transaction on the SAP MII Workbench screen, choose Global Properties.

Transaction Properties

Transaction properties are variables that can be inputs or outputs to a transaction. Transaction properties are user-defined for each transaction.

To define transaction properties, on the SAP MII Workbench screen, choose Transaction Transaction Properties.

Local Properties

Local properties are variables that are private to the transaction. They act as storage devices for the sequences in a transaction. Local properties can be seen by other sequences in the transaction, but they cannot be seen outside of the transaction. For example, a scratch variable needed to perform multistep calculations is a local property. Local properties are user-defined for each transaction.

To define local properties when you are working with a transaction on the SAP MII Workbench screen, choose Transaction Local Properties.

Sequence Properties

To enter a name and description for a sequence in your transaction, on the SAP MII Workbench screen, choose Sequence Properties.

Action Properties

Action properties are defined by the action and cannot be user-defined. To access a selected action's properties, choose Action Properties.