Step 5: Create the Send Port for the Message Batch

In this step, you create a send port to deliver the message batch that you create to the destination party. This is a static one-way port with a FILE adapter type. You designate a file folder for the destination (\Tutorial_BatchMsgDrop) where BizTalk Server will drop the message batch file. You define a filter for the port indicating what type of message batches the ports will send. The filter specifies the destination of Tutorial_BatchDest and the message type of OutboundBatch.

Note

When running this part of the tutorial, you can simplify the results by stopping the send port used in Part 2 of the tutorial: the Tutorial_BTAHL7Drop send port.

To create the send port for the message batch

1. In the BizTalk Server Administration Console, right-click Send Ports, point to New, and then click Static One-way Send Port.

2. In the Send Port Properties dialog box, do the following:

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   Name	Type Tutorial_BatchDest.
   Type	Select FILE from the drop-down list.
   Configure	Click Configure to open the FILE Transport Properties dialog box.

3. In the FILE Transport Properties dialog box, do the following:

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   Destination folder	Browse to <drive:>\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk <version> Accelerator for HL7\SDK\End-to-End Tutorial\Tutorial_BatchMsgDrop. This is the path to the location on the file system or public share to which BizTalk Server will write the file containing the message batch.
   File name	Type %MessageID%.txt (replace the .xml extension with the .txt extension).
   Copy mode	Select Create New.

4. Click OK.

5. In the Send Port Properties dialog box, for Send pipeline, select BTAHL72XPipelines.BTAHL72XSendPipeline.

6. In the console tree, click Filters, and then do the following:

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   Property	Click the field under Property, and then select Microsoft.Solutions.BTAHL7.BatchOrchestration.Party from the drop-down list.
   Operator	Leave == as the operator.
   Value	Type Tutorial_BatchDest.
   Group By	Select And from the drop-down list.
   Property	Select BTAHL7Schemas.BTAHL7MessageType.
   Operator	Leave == as the operator.
   Value	Type OutboundBatch.

7. Press Enter. In the pane at the bottom of the dialog box, verify that you entered the filter expression correctly, and then click OK.

8. In the BizTalk Administration Console, select Send Ports, right-click Tutorial_BatchDest, and then click Start.

To associate the send port with the destination party

1. In the BizTalk Server Administration Console, expand Parties, click Tutorial_BatchDest, and then right-click Properties.

2. In the Party Properties dialog box, click Send Ports in the console tree. Select Tutorial_BatchDest from the drop-down list, and then click OK.

   Note

   If a concurrency violation occurs while the Tutorial_DestBatch party was being updated, click OK and close the dialog box. In the Administration Console, right-click BizTalk Group, click Refresh, and then repeat steps 1 and 2.

   Proceed to Step 6: Create the Send Port for the Acknowledgment Batch.