Opening an existing message flow or subflow

Open an existing message flow or subflow to change or update its contents, or to add or remove nodes.

Before you begin

This task assumes that you have already created a message flow or subflow; for more information, see Creating a message flow or Creating a subflow.

About this task

The Application Development view is populated with all the applications, libraries, and integration projects to which you have access. Message flows and subflows are contained in these containers. Message flow files are called message_flow_name.msgflow. Subflow files are called subflow_name.subflow.

Message flow projects have been replaced by integration projects in WebSphere® Message Broker Version 8.0. Migrate your message flow projects by following the instructions in Importing resources from previous versions.

To open an existing message flow or subflow, complete the following steps.

1. In the Application Development view, expand the appropriate application, library, or integration project.
2. Double-click the message flow or subflow that you want to open.

   The graphical view of the message flow is displayed in the Message Flow editor. You can now work with this message flow; for example, you can add or remove nodes, change connections between nodes, or modify node properties.

3. Some message flow nodes use data from associated files. For example, a Compute node has an associated ESQL file, a Mapping node has an associated map file, and a JavaCompute node has an associated Java™ file. You can open these associated files by double-clicking the node.
4. When you have completed your changes, save the message flow or subflow.