Operating maps

You can start and stop maps from the Web-based System Monitor.

This section covers the following topics:

Map states

"Starting and stopping maps"

Map states

You can view the state of a map by logging on to the Web-based System Monitor.

To see the state of connectors using the Web-based System Monitor, do the following: If the System Overview view is displayed, click the Maps and Relationships link under Views in the left pane of the Web page. The Map Status and Relationship Status monitors appear in the body of the Web page. When the product is installed, the default view is set to System Overview, and the default monitor contained in that view is set to System Overview. These defaults can be changed to suit your monitoring needs.

Starting and stopping maps

Maps define the transfer (or transformation) of data between the source and destination business objects. In the Business Integration Express for Item Sync environment, data is mapped from an application-specific business object to a generic business object or from a generic business object to an application-specific business object. For detailed information about how maps are used in the Business Integration Express for Item Sync system, refer to the Map Development Guide.

This section describes the how to start and stop maps.

Map activation

For a map to be executable, it must first be activated. Map Designer automatically starts a map when it successfully compiles the map. However, other changes to the map might require that you explicitly stop and restart the map for the change to take effect.

Starting and stopping maps

To start and stop maps, do this:

  1. If the System Overview view is displayed, click the Maps and Relationships link under Views in the left pane of the Web page. The Map Status and Relationship Status monitors appear in the body of the Web page.
  2. Select the Start or Stop icon from the icon group in the upper-left corner of the view (see Figure 11).

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