Connect MQ form – Completing the Request tab
Use the Request tab to specify the data that is sent as part of the outgoing request message. Pega Platform maps the data from the clipboard to fields of the message header and to parameter values in the message body.
Request Headers
Field | Description |
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Field | Optional. Select an MQ message header field from the selection list. Select:
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Description | Enter a text description. |
Map From | Select how the system creates request header values:
If more choices appear, they identify a custom function rule in a
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Map From Key | If the Map From value is Clipboard , enter a property
reference that is the source of the data. If the Map From value is
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Request Data
Indicate how Pega Platform is to assemble property values and literal values to form the request. Order in this array is significant.
Field | Description |
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Data Type | Select the external data type of the parameter value: String ,
Integer , Bytes , All Chars ,
All Bytes , Double , or Boolean .
If you choose To fill the entire message buffer with one variable-length text or binary data,
specify |
Offset | Optional. Enter a number of bytes. At runtime, the system moves the cursor within the message buffer to this index position before it writes the data. |
Length | Optional. Complete this field only for String and
Bytes data values. Enter a fixed length for the data being
written. If the Data Type is String , this is the character-length
of the text value being written. If the data type is Bytes , this is
the length of the byte-array being written. At runtime, the system examines the
length of the data value. If the data value is longer than the specified length,
its value is truncated. If the data value is shorter, the value is padded with
white space (for If you don't specify a data length, the system writes an integer representing the true string length into the data buffer immediately before it writes the data value. |
Description | Enter a text description of this row. |
Map From | Select how the system creates request parameter values. The choice you make
for this field depends on what you select for Data Type :
If more choices appear, they each identify a custom function rule in a
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Map From Key | Enter additional details that complete the Map From mapping:
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