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Using IMS Mobile Feature PackStep by step instructions


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SystemsIntegration

EnterpriseApplications

EnterpriseData

On-Premise Enterprise APIs Enterprise Transaction Processing

IBM WebSphere

Liberty z/OS Connect

New

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Batch,WAS

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Cloud APIs

Mobile-Optimized APIs

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Open the IMS Mobile perspective


This is the IMS Mobile perspective


Create message metadata

Navigate to the Transactions folder

Right click and select “Create message metadata”


Create message metadata

Set the TRANCODE of the transaction you want to expose as a mobile service.

Then hit “OK”.


Define the messages (Input/Output)

Click on “Data Structures”

Click the “Import data structure” button.



1. Click the “Browse” button and navigate to the location of the COBOL or PL/I data structure for your transaction.

2. Select the data structure name from the drop down list.

3. Click the “Add to Import List” button.

4. Click the “Finish” button.



You can modify the names of the fields of the data structure you imported. The new manes will be used in the mobile service.

Just click on the field and then click on the “Edit” button and change the value.



Enter the new name you want to use for the field and hit “Finish”.

Notice that the original field’s name cannot be modified.



Now you can see the new name of that field.

Repeat for other fields if you wish.



Now import the data structures for the “Output Messages”.

The same steps as for “Input Messages”.

The only difference is that you choose the output data structures in the “Import Input or Output Message Data Structures” window.


Save your progress

Save the work we have done so far by clicking on the “Save” button or hitting (Ctrl+S) on the keyboard.


Create a connection profile

The connection profile is used to specify the location of the IMS datastore that will run the transaction for our mobile service

Right click on IMS Connection profiles

Click on “Create an IMS connection profile”


Fill in the connection profile information

Enter the required information and then hit “Finish”.


Create a connection profile - complete

We have a new connection profile


Create an IMS interactions properties profile

The interactions properties profile contains the name of the destination IMS system as well as other information related to the interaction with the IMS system

Right click on “IMS interaction properties profiles”

Click on “Create an IMS interaction properties profile”


Fill in the interaction properties profile informationEnter the required information and then hit “Finish”.


Create an interaction properties profile - complete

We have a new interaction properties profile


Create the IMS Mobile service

We have all the info we need to create the mobile service for the IMS transaction using all the definitions we created earlier.

Right click on “Services”

Click on “Create an IMS mobile transaction service”


Choose the definitions we created before

Fill in the required fields:



Click the “Browse” button to select the transaction and choose the input and output message data structures. Click “OK” when done.



Select the interaction properties profile.

Remove any connections you do not want to use for this IMS Mobile service.



Click “Finish”


Create the IMS Mobile service - complete

We have a new IMS Mobile service


Create a new IMS Transaction Service Test

The test builds an application that allows us to test the service we have just created.


Select the project type

Select IMS Explorer Transaction Service Test Case and click Next.


Create a new project or select an existing one


Specify the service you want to test

The server name is the IMS Gateway Server hosting the IMS Mobile service we created.


Run the new testcase

Right click the test case name and select “Run As” then click “IMS Transaction”



Perform the one time setup for the test case launcher.

Click the “Project” tab and choose the test case project from the drop down list.

Click “Run”



Double click the box for “Field value,” enter the value you want to send to the IMS transaction, and click “OK”.



Click the Run button (green circle with a white arrow)

Enter your security credentials to access the IMS Mobile Gateway server


Run the new testcase - complete

Notice the output in the output message section of the testcase window.

This particular transaction was defined with the option “EDIT=UC” to request that IMS transform the input message to uppercase before it is enqueued.

The transaction sends the input message back as the output message.


That’s it – very simple

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