Using multiple ODAs simultaneously

You can run multiple instances of an ODA either on the local host machine or a remote host machine. Each instance runs on a unique port. You can specify this port number when you start each ODA from within Business Object Wizard.

To run multiple Object Discovery Agents simultaneously in Business Object Designer, do the following:

  1. Start each Object Discovery Agent by running its start_ODAname.bat or start_ODAname.sh files.
  2. Open Business Object Designer.
  3. Click File > New Using ODA.

    The first dialog box in the Business Object Wizard, Select Agent, opens (see Figure 34).

  4. Click the Find Agents button to display currently running ODAs in the Located agents list. You can also find the ODA using its host name and port number.
  5. Select the first ODA from the displayed list. Your selection is listed as Agent's name.
  6. Click File > New Using ODA again.
  7. Click the Find Agents button to display currently running ODAs in the Located agents list, or find the ODA using its host name and port number.
  8. Select the second ODA from the displayed list.
  9. Proceed with the configuration of each ODA as described in step 4 of Using the ODA to create business object definitions.

If you create multiple instances of the ODA script or batch file and provide a unique name for each represented ODA, you can have a message file for each ODA instance. Alternatively, you can have differently named ODAs use the same message file. There are two ways to specify a valid message file:

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