Description

IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express for Item Synchronization 4.3.1 Fourth Fix Pack.

Prerequisites

APARs Included

APAR JR22852  

Fix Pack 4 Enhancements 

The IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express for Item Synchronization 4.3.1 Fix Pack 4 includes changes to business objects, maps to support the UCCnet Network Release 3.0. Use of some UCCnet Network Release 3.0 functionality enhancements requires XML schema processing capabilities, which is enforced by the Trading Partner registration of a capability for XSD. Refer to the UCCnet Network Release 3.0 Community Update document for more details.

The changes described here are derived from the UCCnet Network v3.0 Release Notes and UCCnet Network v3.0 schema definitions. In keeping with the design philosophy of the WBI Retail Collaborations, every effort has been made to mask the changes to the UCCnet Services messages from the applications which reside above the Retail Collaboration layer.  To this end, changes to the GBO’s, i.e. Retail_Item BO, were minimized by mapping the UCCnet changes into the existing BO’s wherever possible. 

In summary the enhancements include:

-        Updated UCCnetXSD business objects and mapping to support extended attributes for Office Supply extension, Hardlines extension, SBDH extension and Entertainment Extension

-        Updated UCCnetXSD business objects for Lowe’s Item Attribute Changes

-        Updated BO to include an new attribute in Catalogue Item Confirmation command to get the detail on why the item was not synchronized

-        Updated Retail_Item business objects and mapping to match new structure of Office Supply extension

Files included in this Fix Pack: 

Installation Instructions

JR22852 

Before installing this Fix Pack, backup all affected business objects, maps, and collaboration templates. Please see the installation instructions in the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Express for Item Synchronization 4.3.1 for reference, as needed.

1.     Unzip the ItemSync_4.3.1_FixPack4.zip file

  1. Using the WebSphere Business Integration tooling, System Manager, import each of the unzipped .jar files into the appropriate Integration Component Library (ICL).  For ease of deployment, import the jar files into an ICL that already contains the full Item Synchronization product.  You should preserve an ICL in your System Manager containing the previous complete installation version of the Item Sync product as a backup.  Components in the fix pack jar files with the same names will overwrite the existing components in the ICL receiving the import.
  2. Any custom modifications previously made to any of the business objects, maps, or templates will need to be made to the new imported versions of those objects.
  3. Compile all the maps and collaboration templates in the ICL containing the fix pack
  4. If necessary, restart the target ICS server in design mode. (The ICS server must be running in design mode in order to delete the maps)
  5. Stop and delete all the maps running in the target ICS server
  6. Stop all running collaboration objects
  7. Deploy all the business objects from the ICL containing the fix pack objects to the target ICS server
  8. Deploy and compile all the maps from the ICL containing the fix pack objects to the target ICS server
  9. Restart the target ICS in the desired mode (design or production)
  10. Verify that all the collaboration objects and maps are running on the target ICS server

 

Uninstall Instructions

To uninstall this Fix Pack, follow these steps:

 

  1. If you have deployed any of the business objects, maps, or collaboration templates from the fix pack to the IBM WebSphere Interchange Server repository, stop all of the running maps and collaboration objects, using the System Manager toolset.
  2. Delete all of the business objects (except for the business objects with names which begin with MO_), maps, and collaboration templates from the target Interchange Server repository using the System Manager.
  3. If desired, delete the ICL from the System Manager containing the fix pack components.
  4. Deploy the business objects, maps, and collaboration templates to the target ICS server from the backup System Manager ICL containing the previous, full version of the Item Synchronization product.