Third Biztalk Experiment

Third experiment is for correlation concept. Correlation is a process of associating an incoming message with the appropriate instance of an orchestration (link)

Understanding is – “Correlation is a process of relating an incoming message based on fields promoted and stored for its related messages, u can relate two messages based on some common property” .

There are three correlated messages exchange patterns:

• Traditional handshake
• Sequential convoy
• Parallel convoy

I am going to try simple Traditional handshake scenario.
Step 1. Created a New Biztalk Project
Step 2. Now Input XML Schema is Created

Step 3. Add a child Field Element as mentioned below

Step 4. Add element OfferId and Promote it. Once you promote it promoted schema would be created


Step 5. Create Output XML Schema and promote OfferId Child Field Element
 

Step 6. Create an Empty Biztalk Orchestration and Create two messages based on Input and Output Schema

Step 7. Create Message2 based on Output Schema

Step 8. The steps we will create in orchestration and our objective is listed below 

• ReceiveShape – Get Input based on input XML schema, Set Activate –True. (Message1)
• Send Shape – Send Input to a file share and enable correlation (Message1)
• ReceiveShape – Receive the output file and follow correlation (Message2)
• SendShape – Send the correlated message to destination file share (Message2)

This is all we are going to achieve in next listed steps. Created Receive and Send shape for Input Schema based message. Now we are going to Enable Correlation Type and Define Correlation Set

Step 9.  Create Correlation Type based on the promoted property offerid

Step 10. Create a Correlation Set based on Correlation Type

Step 11. Initialize Correlation Set for the Send Port

Step 12. Now add a Receive port and set follow correlation property

Step 13. Orchestration will look like below

Step 14. Build Application, Signin with Key, Deploy it

Step 15. Bind Ports and Assign Host. I have missed it in the picture

Step 16. Create sample files and drop in the source share with input xml.
Step 17. Create output file in the next receive share. Only matching offerid should reach the final share configured in the last send shape.

I was able to learn it with guidance from my team. Happy Reading....