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Adding connector configurations


You can create connector configurations and then map the configurations to the connector actions in the Process or Rule designer. Mapping is required for exporting the connector configurations across the environments. The connector configurations are tenant-specific.

Before you begin

While adding connector configurations, ensure that you provide the BMC Helix Integration Service URL, User Name, and Password in Administration > Configure My Server > Integration Service > Authentication.

To add connector configurations

  1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio and navigate to the Administration tab.
  2. Select Configure My Server > Integration Service > Connector Configuration
  3. Click New and enter the details described in the following table:

    Property

    Description

    Example

    Name

    Enter name of the Connector element. The connector will be saved with this name.

    Jira

    Connector Type

    Select the connector from the list of connectors.The list has all the connectors developed in BMC Helix Integration Service.


    JIRA connector

    Configuration

    Select the connector configuration. A connector configuration contains information about third-party application or service such as the protocol, server host name, and server port. Connector configurations are already created in the system.

    Jira on AWS

    Profile

    Select the connector profile. A connector profile is an account created for the connector in BMC Helix Integration Studio and contains the details, such as user credentials that are required to connect to the external system.

    Important: Make sure that you create the accounts for the connectors in BMC Helix Integration Studio with the same administrator account credentials that you uses in Administration > Configure My Server > Integration Service > Authentication.

    Jira Admin

  4. Click Save.

Where to go from here

Integrating applications by using process connector elements

Integrating applications by using rule connector elements

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