Setting up the Gateway servers in the MetaSolv application

Note:
Before beginning, make sure the WM gateway Event Processing Preference is enabled.

To set up the Gateway Server:

  1. In the Work Management screen, select the Gateways tab.
  2. Click the New button on the Gateways tool bar.
  3. In the Name field, enter the name of the new gateway.
  4. In the Number of Retries field, enter the number of times the gateway event server should attempt to connect with the Gateway Server before setting the event status to error.
  5. In the retry interval (secs) field, enter the number of seconds that you want the gateway event server to wait between retries.
  6. In the Module field, select the name of the IDL module in which the WDI manager is defined.
  7. In the Description field, enter a description of the gateway.
  8. In the Username and Password fields, enter the values that the gateway needs to contact the Gateway Server. If no values are needed, leave these fields blank.
  9. Save.
  10. Right click on your new gateway event and choose a new binding.
  11. Select the IOR radio button.
  12. Add the location where the gateway event server looks for the IOR file generated by the external application.

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