Connection Profile

Defines the Control-M for Messaging connection profile.

Control-M rules:

• 1-50 characters (capital letters only)
• Valid characters: Integers between 0 and 9, _ (underscore), - (dash, hyphen), A-Z characters

  NOTE: No special characters can be included with the name definition.

Use predefined message

Enables you to use a previously defined text or binary file as the content of the message.

Control-M rules:

• Up to 30 characters
• Any alphanumeric character, underscore, hyphen

Use free text message

Defines the content of the free text message.

Control-M rules: Any alphanumeric and special characters.

NOTE: The period character (.) is not permitted. Certain special characters are internally represented by more than one character. For example, ampersand (&) is represented internally by three characters.

Wait for Reply only

Enables you to wait and consume a message from the reply queue/topic, as defined in the connection profile.

Advanced Messaging settings

Enables you to change message settings that have been predefined.

Assign Job output to the following variable

Enables you to save reply message into a chosen variable. Control-M rules:

• Up to 38 characters
• Any alphanumeric character, underscore, hyphen. Spaces and special characters are not permitted.

Assign Job output to the following file

Enables you to save the reply message into a chosen file, located on the computer where Control-M for Messaging is installed upon Job completion.

Control-M rules:

• Up to 212 characters
• Any character string representing the file name including its full path

Exclude Job Output

Excludes information about Job output from the output at the end of a Job execution.

No Output Banner

Specifies whether an output banner is written to the output.