AUDIENCE:   Application programmers and developers or anyone who needs to implement business logic or define data structures in WebSphere Message Broker. The course is delivered at version 6.1, but the latest version 7 or previous releases can be covered on request. PREREQUISITES:   Before taking this course, students should have a good understanding of WebSphere MQ application programming concepts. Skills in SQL, XML, Java, or XPath are very helpful, but not required. DURATION:   4 days. Hands on. OBJECTIVES:   This course provides a general overview of the Message Broker product, concentrating on application programmer functions and techniques in Message Broker V6.1. The course will contain numerous practical exercises. COURSE CONTENT:   Introduction Enterprise Service Bus   SOAP   Topology Versions Overview of types of Message (e.g. SWIFT etc) Message Broker Toolkit   Components      The Configuration Manager      The Broker      The Repository      Message Flow Terms within the message broker   Logical & Physical Message Development Overview XML Overview Parser Introduction Types of Parser      Message broker domains The Command Console Requirement For A Simple Broker Domain   Creating the components via Wizard Creating the components via commands Message Format Selecting a Parser Messages Nodes   Input Nodes   Output Nodes   Compute Node Practical exercise Deployment on all platforms Error Handling And Debugging Failure Terminal Try Catch Node Backout Queue Dead Letter Queue Errors within Transactional Message Errors Summary Adding a Sub Flow Logs User Trace    MQSIREADLOG    MQSIFORMATLOG Server Trace Trace node changes (Re 6.1) The Flow Debugger Content Based or Intelligent Brokering Parser MQRFH2 Structure Creating a Message Set Project Message Definition Files Message Project File Creation Message Definition File Practical exercise Correlation Names The Filter Node The Compute Node ESQL     Field Names     Module     Function & Procedures     Variable Declaration     Data Types     Field Reference in Tree Structure     Operators     Special Characters     Statements     Message Tree Manipulation Statements     Database Update Statements     Node Interaction Statements     Other Statements ESQL (Cont)     Inserting, Updating, and Updating Fields     Deleting and Reordering Fields     Create     If     Case     While     Null     Cast MRM IMPORTS     Message Set Project     Message Set     MQSICREATEMSGDEFS     Importer     Documentation Generator     XML Schema Generators     Data Conversion Code Pages Practical Exercise Data Base and Mapping     Database Connection     Database Node     ESQL Commands Defining and Using Maps    What is The Relationship Between maps and ESQL Mapping Editor Practical exercise Accounting and statistics Statistics Data Details Publish and Subscribe Explicit Error Handling In Message Flows Environment Aware and Dependent Message Flows Additional Processing Nodes     Message Broker File Extension (6.1)       Input/Output/Proxy Nodes     Request/Reply     MQGet Node     Aggregation Node     Timer Node     Java Node    Web Services WebSphere Transformation Extender Message Broker (WTXMB) overview Practical exercise IC 08/09