- Create a relationship name
with one of the following:
- Select New Relationship Definition from the File menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N.
- In the Standard toolbar,
click the New Relation button.
- Name the icon for the relationship definition.
Rule:
Relationship definition names can be up to 8 characters long, can
contain only letters and numbers, and must begin with a letter.
- Create a participant
definition for each business object to be related.
To do so, select the relationship definition name and perform
one of the following actions:
- Select Add Participant Definition from the File menu.
- In the Standard toolbar,
click the New Participant button.
- For each participant
definition, name the icon for the participant definition.
Rule:
Participant definition names can be up to 8 characters long, can
contain only letters and numbers, and must begin with a letter.
- Associate a data type with
each participant by dragging
the type from the Participant
Types window onto the participant definition.
Tip: To display the Participant Types window, select
Participant Types from the View
menu.
- To associate a business object data type, drag the business
object definition from the Participant Types window.
The participants in an identity relationship use business object
definitions as their
participant type. For more information, see "Defining identity
relationships".
- To associate a Java data type, drag the Data participant type from the Participant
Types window.
In the relationship definition, the Data participant
type represents all data types other than business object
types. The participants in a lookup relationship use Data
as their participant type. For more information, see "Defining lookup
relationships".
- For participant types that are business object definitions, add
or change the attributes to associate with the participant.
The attributes you select become the basis on which the business
objects are related.
- Save the relationship definition with one of the following:
- Select Save Relationship Definition from the File menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S.
- In the Standard toolbar,
click the Save Relation button.
- Before executing a map that
uses the relationship definition, perform the following steps:
- Activate the relationship. After the relationship is deployed
to ICS Express, this new relationship is not activated.
However, for the Mapping API methods to be able to access the
relationship tables, a relationship table must be active. To
activate the relationship, click the relationship name in System
Manager and select the Start option from the Component menu. For more information about starting
and stopping a relationship, see the User Guide for WebSphere
Business Integration Express and Express Plus for Item
Synchronization.
- Compile and deploy the map that uses the relationship. If the
map is deployed and compiled successfully in InterChange Server
Express, ICS Express creates the executable map code and activates
the map. For more information, see "Compiling a map".