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Now you will be familiar with creating Command Set files and the purpose of using it. The Command Set files contain definitions of TL1 messages. In other words, they specify the parameters that each TL1 message (Input, Response, Autonomous) can contain. But the real essence of communication lies in the data that is actually exchanged. The Command Set files does not deal anything with the data. The Data Set files are used for this purpose. The Data Set file holds the data about each input message defined in the Command Set file. The Data Set editor is used for creating or editing the Data Set files.
What Are Data Set Names?
As you know, there can be more than one value for each of the Input Messages defined in the Command Set. That is, you may have one or more Access identifiers or Payload Blocks for a single Input Message. But, how to create multiple data set values remains a question. Here is where Data Set name comes into picture. You can have many names for the single Input Message. Each name will have unique data set values.
Creating Data Set Name and Values
Follow the steps given here to add a new Data Set name and value to the TL1 Data Set:
Firstly, load the Command Set file in the TL1 Message Tree for which data has to be created.
Now, click the New button from the File menu and create a new data set file from the File Chooser dialog. The Data Set file gets loaded into the TL1 Message Tree. This file will have only the input messages defined in the Command Set. You cannot create values for the response or notification messages since the values for these messages are created by the Agent during run time.
Traverse the TL1 Message Tree and select the Input Message for which data names are to be created. Right-click on the Input Message and select Add Data. You have to specify a unique data name for the Input Message. Click the OK button to commit the changes. This name will become a child to the corresponding Input Message in the TL1 Message Tree.
Select a data set name from the Message Tree. The right panel displays the parameters defined under each block in the Data Set file, such as Target Identifier block, Access Identifier Block, General Block, and Message Payload Block. All these blocks will have a table with the corresponding parameter names from the Command Set in the left-side column. The right-side column must be filled in with the actual values.
Click the Update button to commit the changes made in each block.
Click the Save button to save the changes to the file.
You can repeat this process to create multiple Data Set names. But each Data Set name must be unique in itself.
The next topic explains the creation of Data Set files using sample Data Set values.
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