Add or manage Service
This guide teaches how to add or manage a Nodinite Service entity.
Instructions
Add a new Service, or Edit an existing from the list in the overview. A Service can include Message Types, Endpoints, System and Custom Fields once you have successfully created the Service.
Mandatory Fields
A Name is required to create the Service.
Optional fields
Adding Description and Web Site is optional.
- Description: A user-friendly description.
- Web Site: You can provide a quick link for users when working with and viewing the Service. This link usually points to a WIKI/Sharepoint site with additional documentation.
System
You must specify the System ( Source or Destination) for the Service. This setting provides information for the Integration Landscape to paint the symbols.
If the System is not yet created, it is easy to create it by clicking on the Quick Add System button (Only the name proprerty is set. Further editing of the System must be done within Add or manage System.
Transport Contracts
Transport contracts define one or more log points. The Transport Contract is always a combination of one or more Message Types, Endpoints,
Simple log point example
The most basic example would be exactly one specific message (Message Type) for example an invoice, that goes in (Receive) or out (Send) on one specific transport location (Endpoint). This
When you create a New Service the list of Transport Contracts is empty. You can either create new Transport Contracts from the management page OR if you are a Nodinite administrator you can more easily bind logged messages to the Service.
Shared Endpoint example
Let's imagine the actual endpoint in use is a shared endpoint like a shared mailbox (info@company.com). To separate different flows of information for end-users you can create multiple Services with different sets of definitions for Transport Contracts where you filter on relevant combinations of Message Types and Endpoints.
Multiple Endpoints for the same Message Type example
Let's imagine now the same message (Message Type) is distributed on many different Endpoints (for example the old production environment and the new production environment).
Add, Edit or Delete transport contracts
Transport Contracts Add/Edit
When the list of Transport Contracts is empty you must first create a new Transport Contract
Example with an empty list of Transport Contracts.
Click the Add button to create the first new Transport Contract.
You must provide a Name for the Transport Contract. This name helps you understand what type of relation you are creating. It's just a name and can be changed later without any functional consequence anywhere within Nodinite.
Message Types
Add the expected Message Types. There can be any number of members.
End Points
Add the expected Endpoints. There can be any number of members.
Relations
To draw a landscape with connections relations between Services are required
A Service with "In"-direction to a out Service must be running on the same System to be connected.
A out Service connection to a in Service can run on on same or different Systems.
Custom Fields
As part of the Repository Model model, You can also add Custom Fields to provide additional documentation about your Service.
Direction
Set the Direction. You can choose between
- Receive
- Send
- Direction two way Receive
- Direction two way Send
- None
- Unknown
If a Service in the graphical overview is not defined, the Direction Unknown is displayed.
