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Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk Activity

Introduction

A Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activity, using its Jitterbit MQ connection, sends a batch of messages to a Jitterbit message queue and is intended to be used as a target to consume data in an operation.

Note

The Send Bulk activity sends a batch of messages to a Jitterbit message queue. To send a single message to a Jitterbit message queue, use the Send activity.

Create a Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk Activity

An instance of a Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activity is created from a Jitterbit MQ connection using its Send Bulk activity type.

To create an instance of an activity, drag the activity type to the design canvas or copy the activity type and paste it on the design canvas. For details, see Create an Activity Instance in Component Reuse.

An existing Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activity can be edited from these locations:

Configure a Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk Activity

Follow these steps to configure a Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activity:

Step 1: Enter a Name and Queue

In this step, provide a name for the activity and specify the queue. Each user interface element of this step is described below.

Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk Activity Configuration Step 1

Tip

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  • Name: Enter a name to identify the activity. The name must be unique for each Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activity and must not contain forward slashes / or colons :.

  • Queue: Provide the name of the queue to send messages to. The queue must be in the environment specified in the Jitterbit MQ connection.

  • Save & Exit: If enabled, click to save the configuration for this step and close the activity configuration.

  • Next: Click to temporarily store the configuration for this step and continue to the next step. The configuration will not be saved until you click the Finished button on the last step.

  • Discard Changes: After making changes, click to close the configuration without saving changes made to any step. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.

Step 2: Review the Data Schemas

Any request or response schemas are displayed. Each user interface element of this step is described below.

Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk Activity Configuration Step 2

  • Data Schemas: These data schemas are inherited by adjacent transformations and are displayed again during transformation mapping.

    Note

    Data supplied in a transformation takes precedence over the activity configuration.

    The request data schemas consist of these nodes and fields:

    Request Schema Node/Field Description
    queue The name of the queue to send messages to; the queue must be in the environment specified in the Jitterbit MQ connection
    messages Node containing the messages to be sent to the queue
    item Node containing each message to be sent to the queue
    messageBody The message body
    properties Node containing the properties of the message
    appId The identifier of the application that produced the message
    contentEncoding Content encoding for the message
    contentType The message content type, such a application/json
    correlationId The ID of the correlated message (which request the message is replying to)
    deliveryMode Integer indicating whether the retrieved message is persisted to disk (2) or non-persistent (1)
    expiration The expiration time after which the message will be deleted (the TTL period in milliseconds as determined in the message queue settings)
    messageId The message ID (if applications need to identify messages, it is recommended that they use this attribute instead of putting it into the message payload); a maximum of 255 characters is allowed
    priority Integer value ranging from 0 through 9 indicating the priority of the message (9 being the lowest priority)
    type String containing the message type, for example, the type of event or command this message represents
    timestamp The time of the request
    headers Node containing any message headers
    item Node containing each message header
    name The name of the message header
    value The value of the message header
    Response Schema Node/Field Description
    success Boolean representing the success (true) or failure (false) of the acknowledgement
    error Node containing any errors
    statusCode HTTP response status code returned
    error String containing any error messages
    additionalProperties String containing any additional properties
    additionalProperties String containing any additional properties
  • Refresh: Click the refresh icon Refresh icon or the word Refresh to regenerate schemas from the Jitterbit MQ endpoint. This action also regenerates a schema in other locations throughout the project where the same schema is referenced, such as in an adjacent transformation.

  • Back: Click to temporarily store the configuration for this step and return to the previous step.

  • Finished: Click to save the configuration for all steps and close the activity configuration.

  • Discard Changes: After making changes, click to close the configuration without saving changes made to any step. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.

Next Steps

After configuring a Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activity, complete the configuration of the operation by adding and configuring other activities, transformations, or scripts as operation steps. You can also configure the operation settings, which include the ability to chain operations together that are in the same or different workflows.

Menu actions for an activity are accessible from the project pane and the design canvas. For details, see Activity Actions Menu in Connector Basics.

Jitterbit MQ Send Bulk activities can be used as a target with these operation patterns:

To use the activity with scripting functions, write the data to a temporary location and then use that temporary location in the scripting function.

When ready, deploy and run the operation and validate behavior by checking the operation logs.