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Completing the Request tab

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Use the Request tab to specify the data that is sent as part of the outgoing request message. Process Commander maps the data from the clipboard to fields of the message header and to parameter values in the message body.

Request Headers

Field

Description
Field

Read Only: Preset to define the label for the MSMQ message.
Description

Read Only: The description of the Field value.
Map From

SmartPromptSelect how the system creates request header values:

  • Clipboard — The system maps the data value to the scalar property specified by the Map From Key field.
  • Constant — The system sends a fixed value.

If more choices appear, they identify a custom function rule in a MapFrom library. Review the function rule to determine what it does.
Map From Key

SmartPromptIf the Map From value is Clipboard, enter a property reference that is the source of the data.

If the Map From value is Constant, enter a literal text string in double quotes. You can include spaces in the text string.

Request Data

Indicate how Process Commander is to assemble property values and literal values to form the request.

Field

Description
Description

Enter a text description.
Map From

SmartPromptSelect how the system creates request parameter values. The choice you make for this field depends on your needs:

  • Clipboard — The system maps the data value to the property specified by the Map From Key field.
  • Constant — The system sends a fixed value.
  • XML Stream — The system composes a stream of XML text, formatted by an XML Stream rule.
  • HTML Stream — The system composes a stream of HTML text, formatted by an HTML rule.

If more choices appear, they each identify a custom function rule in a MapFrom library. Review the function rule to determine what it does.
Map From Key

SmartPromptEnter additional details that complete the Map From mapping:

  • If the Map From value is Clipboard, enter a property reference that is the source of the data.
  • If the Map From value is Constant, enter a literal text string in double quotes. You can include spaces in the text string.
  • If the value is XML Stream, enter a Stream Name key part of the XML Stream rule that is to generate the data. The system uses the Applies To class of this Connect MSMQ rule as the Applies To class of the XML Stream rule.
  • If the Map From value is HTML Stream, enter the Stream Name of the HTML rule that is to generate the data stream. The system uses the Applies To class of this Connect MSMQ rule as the Applies To class of the HTML rule.
  • If the Map From value is a Rule-Utility-Function from a MapFrom library, either select the property that holds the value to be processed by the function or leave this field blank, as appropriate for the function.

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