How can a Sterling B2B Integrator Business Process be created to use the IBM Transformation Extender Advanced speimport utility?

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How can a Sterling B2B Integrator Business Process be created to use the IBM Transformation Extender Advanced speimport utility?

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The speimport.sh|bat utility which is used to import IBM Transformation Extender Advanced (ITXA) resources (maps, envelopes, schemas, etc) is typically invoked from the command line. This utility can also be incorporated into a Sterling B2B Integrator (SI) Business Process. To accomplish this using a UNIX operating system, as an example, take the following steps:
1) Create a script, for example, spesetup_and_import.sh, that has content similar to the following. Note paths used with the scripts are for example purposes only: 
				
					#!/bin/bash 

# Setting ITXA environment

. ./spesetup.sh

VENDOR_FILE=/opt/ibm/SI/install/properties/servers.properties

DBPROPS=dbprops="${SPE_INSTALL_DIR}/dbprops.cfg" 

# Running a custom script

${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java  -Dvendor=shell -DvendorFile=${VENDOR_FILE}

com.ibm.spe.core.utils.SPEImporter ${DBPROPS} quiet import="/myITXAproject/data/importfiles/envelopes" refId=${REF_ID}
In this script you will have to:
  • Modify the VENDOR_FILE path to reflect your SI environment properties subdirectory.
  • Modify the "/myITXAproject/data/importfiles/envelopes" part to reflect the directory or file you want to import. With the above syntax, the entire contents of the directory "/myITXAproject/data/importfiles/envelopes" would be imported. The content could be modified to import a specific file, i.e: com.ibm.spe.core.utils.SPEImporter ${DBPROPS} quiet import="/myITXAproject/data/importfiles/envelopes/myenvelope.xml" refId=${REF_ID}
  • Assign execute permission to the script.
2) Once the script is created the next step is to create a business process (BP), using the Command Line Adapter to invoke the script. An example BP is shown below: 
				
					<process name="BP_calling_speimport">
<sequence>
<operation name="RunScript">
<participant name="CLA2_calling_speimport" />
<output message="xout">
<assign to="remoteName">localhost</assign>
<assign to="cmdLine">spesetup_and_import.sh</assign>
<assign to="workingDir">/opt/ibm/StandardsProcessingEngine9.0.0/bin</assign>
<assign to="waitOnProcess">true</assign>
<assign to="setSoTimeOut">12000</assign>
<assign to="." from="*" />
</output>
<input message="xin">
<assign to="." from="*" />
</input>
</operation>
</sequence>
</process>
  • In the above BP, make sure the workingDir assign is set to where you have saved the spesetup_and_import.sh script and that the cmdLine assign does not include a path, just the script name.
  • Note that if you make your working directory something other than the ITXA bin subdirectory that you have to change the spesetup_and_import.sh as well so that . ./spesetup.sh becomes . /spesetup.sh
This BP / script will generate a Null Pointer Exception error. To eliminate this error take the following steps: 
				
					1. Append the following entry to the <si_install_dir/properties/servers.properties.in file: log=&LOG_DIR;/noapp.log
2.Run the SI setupfiles.sh utility
3. Stop SI
4. Start SI and test the BP

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