The majority of your time is spent working with integration
components when you implement a WebSphere Business Integration
system. Although this guide does not go into detail about how to
develop individual components, this section does cover how to
launch the designer tools, how to start creating new components,
how to start modifying existing components, and how to work with
the few components that are developed in System Manager.
For more information on how to develop integration components,
see the following guides:
- Business Object Development Guide
- Connector Development Guide for Java or C++
This section describes the different ways you can launch each of
the designer tools. You can use the designer tools to create new
components or to open and modify existing components.
- Note:
- If you attempt to launch one of the designer tools and
experience an error about a class not being found, you must launch
System Manager and then try to launch the designer tool again.
System Manager does not have to remain running after the tool is
initially launched, however.
To launch Business Object Designer, do one of the following:
- Right-click the Business Objects folder in the WebSphere
Business Integration System view and choose Create New Business
Object from the context menu
- Select any folder in the WebSphere Business Integration System
Manager view and do one of the following:
- Select Tools > Business Object Designer from the menu
bar
- Click the Business Object Designer toolbar button
- Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+4
- Select Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere Business
Integration Adapters> Tools > Business Object
Designer
For more information on Business Object Designer, see the
Business Object Development Guide.
To launch Connector Configurator, do one of the following:
- Right-click the Connectors folder in the WebSphere
Business Integration System view and choose Create New
Connector from the context menu
- Select any folder in the WebSphere Business Integration System
Manager view and do one of the following:
- Select Tools > Connector Configurator from the menu
bar
- Click the Connector Configurator toolbar button
- Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+1
- Select Start > Programs >IBM WebSphere Business
Integration Adapters> Tools > Connector Configurator
For more information on Connector Configurator, refer to any
WebSphere Business Integration adapter user guide or the
Connector Development Guide for Java or C++.
Launching their respective designer tools as described in
Launching designer tools allows
you to create new components. For example, for new Business Objects
launch Business Object Designer and for new connectors launch
Connector Configurator. Refer to the documentation for each of
these tools for more information.
- Double-click the component in a library or the shortcut to a
component in a user project.
- Select the component in a library or the shortcut to a
component in a user project and do one of the following:
- Launch its designer tool as described in Launching designer tools
- Press Enter
- Press Ctrl+E
- Select Component > Edit Definitions from the menu
bar
- Right-click the component in a library or the shortcut to a
component in a user project and choose Edit definition from
the context menu
- Launch the component's designer tool as described in Launching designer tools and then open
the component after the tool has started.
You can export integration components to a .jar file
package, as described in Exporting components to a
package using System Manager. This makes it easy to migrate
components between environments, share them with other developers,
and submit them to technical support.
Do the following to import components into an integration
component library from a package:
- Important:
- If there are components with the same name as those in the
package you are importing, System Manager overwrites the existing
components without a warning.
- Right-click an integration component library and choose
Import from Repository File from the context menu.
System Manager displays the "Import Repository File" wizard, as
shown in Figure 31.
Figure 31. Importing a
package

- At the "Import Repository File" screen, ensure that the
Integration Component Library Name drop-down menu contains the name
of the library into which you want to import the components.
If you launched the "Import from Repository File" wizard from a
library other than the one into which you want to import the
components, you can change the destination this way instead of
closing the wizard and launching it again.
- Do one of the following to specify the components you want
imported:
- To import a single package file, either type the full path and
name of the .jar file that you want to import in the
Integration repository file field or click Browse to
select the file.
- To import an entire directory of package files, either type the
full path to the directory in the Import from a Repository Files
directory field or click Browse to select the file.
- Click Finish.
- Note:
- Do not use the File > Import menu item in the
workbench to import a package file. Although the "Zip file" wizard
works with archives with the .jar extension, and WebSphere
Business Integration adapter package files have a .jar
extension, the "Zip file" wizard does not work properly with
package files.
