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  1. Preface
  2. Understanding Data Types and Field Properties
  3. Designing Processes
  4. Using and Displaying Data
  5. Designing Guides
  6. Designing Process Objects
  7. Designing Service Connectors
  8. Using App Connections
  9. System Services, Listeners and Connectors
  10. Designing Human Tasks

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Defining Properties

Defining Properties

To create a service connector and define the properties, perform the following steps:
  1. In
    Application Integration
    , click
    New
    Service Connectors
    .
  2. In the
    New Asset
     dialog box, click
    Service Connector using Form
    , and then click
    Create
    .
  3. Define the following basic properties for the service connector on the
    Definition
     tab:
    • Name
      : The name by which the service connector is made available for
      processes
      . The name must start with a letter or number, and can contain only alphanumeric characters, multibyte characters, spaces, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). The name must not exceed 128 characters. This is a required field.
    • Location
      : Specify the project or folder to save the service connector.
    • Description
      : Enter a description for the service connector.
    • Agent Only
      : Check if this service connector should only be available to run on the Secure Agent.
  4. Click
    +
     to add the connection properties to connect to this service. Specify the following details for each connection property in the
    Connection Properties
     section:
    • Name
      : The connection property name. The name must start with a letter or number, and can contain only alphanumeric characters, spaces, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). This is a required field.
    • Description
      : Enter a description for the connection property.
    • Test With
      : Enter a value that Process Designer will use to test the connection.
    • Type
      : Select an appropriate data type for the connection property.
    • Required
      : Select this check box to set the connection property as a required property.
    • Encrypt
      : Select this check box to encrypt the connection properties. In the Developer Console, the values entered in the fields are visible when you save the connector. The value appears encrypted after you save, close, and reopen the connector.
    The following image shows a sample service connector:
    The image shows a sample service connector.
  5. To edit the connection properties, click anywhere on the row that contains the connection property.
    All the properties in the row become editable.
  6. Click
    Save
    .
For more information about the actions and process objects that define service connectors, see Defining Actions and Creating Service Connector Process Objects.
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