Writer instructions

Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Limited supportBMC provides limited support for this version of the product. As a result, BMC no longer accepts comments in this space. If you encounter problems with the product version or the space, contact BMC Support.BMC recommends upgrading to the latest version of the product. To see documentation for that version, see MainView Middleware Administrator 9.1.

Uploading and importing messages

You can upload or import messages to a queue or topic messages to a file.

To upload/import messages

  1. In the Messages for Queue Summary View, select Upload/Import from the queue's Operations drop-down menu.
  2. Click Browse.
  3. In the File Upload dialog box, navigate to the file that contains a saved message and click Open.

  4. Select Parameters as required for the message, including the file type. From the Upload Type option box, select from 

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     Message File, Single Message File, or Delimited Message(s) File. The Delimited Message(s) File option uploads a single message for each delimited portion of the file, based on the delimiter specified by the user in the Message Delimiter field. This field is enabled when Delimited Message(s) File is selected, and includes the newline option, which will parse a single message from every line in the file.
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  5. Click Import to import the message and save the message to the queue.

    A confirmation message is displayed in the status pane. The status pane message tells you how many messages were successfully uploaded. Single Message File always reports one message. The other two upload types will vary depending upon the amount of messages in the file. 

    See also the Editing-messages section for further information.

To upload a topic message from a file

  1. In the Topic or Subscription Summary View, select Upload/Import from the Operations drop-down menu. The Upload/Import dialog is displayed.
  2. Enter a Topic String to publish to in the top field.
  3. Click Browse and a File Upload dialog is displayed.
  4. Navigate to a file that contains a message that contains the topic message you want to publish and click Open.
  5. Parameters are displayed for setting key message properties. These fields can be set as required for the message.
  6. Click the Save button to publish the topic message. A confirmation will display that the upload was successful.
  7. (Optional) Click Cancel to return to the Topic or Subscription Summary view without publishing the new message.

 

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