Running the WSDL ODA

An Object Discovery Agent (ODA) simplifies the work of building business objects for request processing. Business Object Designer provides a graphical interface to all available ODAs, and helps you find the agent you need. The WSDL ODA is named, by default, WSDLODA. The name as it appears in the WSDL Wizard depends on the value of the AGENTNAME variable in the start_WSDLODA.bat or start_WSDLODA.sh file. For more on ODAs and business object definitions and how to configure, start and use ODAs, see the IBM WebSphere Business Object Development Guide. You are encouraged to consult that document as needed while following the procedures below.

After starting the Object Discovery Agent, follow these steps to launch the WSDL ODA:

  1. Open Business Object Designer.
  2. From the File menu, select the New Using ODA... submenu. Business Object Designer displays the Select Agent dialog box in the Business Object Wizard. Figure 63 illustrates this window.
  3. Click the Find Agents button to display all running agents and select the WSDL ODA.

    Figure 63. Select Agent window

    If Business Object Designer does not locate your WSDL ODA, check the setup of the ODA.

  4. Select the WSDL ODA in the Located Agents pane list and click Next.

    This displays the Configure Agent wizard window, which shows the configuration properties you need to specify.

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