RFC TO HTTP receiver scenario.Adding file name to HTTP receiver

Question

Hi All,
Scenario is ZBAPI  ->XI-> HTTP conncetivity to EXternal Partners .
ZBAPI sends the Partner data informtaion to XI .  I need to create a Partnerdata xml in XI and pass it to HTTP Connectivity (Certificates ) to External Partners
Connectivity is working but I need to add the time stamp to the Partner data xml in the HTTP Receiver .
I dont get the time stamp in ZBAPI
I checked many blogs to create UDF of getfilename, dynamic configuration , but here there is no FTP sender channel .
Can someone help me in giving ideas as hope to assign the time stamp in runtime to HTTPS Receiver Channel .
Thank you ,
Best Regards,
Vara

Answer 1

Hi Vara,
In your question you actually mentioned three different communication methods (HTTP, HTTPS and FTP), but only one of them can really work with files and it is the FTP adapter. Moreover, what you need is the Receiver FTP Communication Channel, not the Sender one (as you need to deliver your message to an external system, not to collect it from there). What you need to do is find your Receiver Communication Channel, go to Advanced tab and mark "Use Adapter-Specific Message Attributes", as well as the File Name (that appears once you mark the first one). Then, in your message mapping, you just put the current timestamp to the respective dynamic configuration parameter. Find an example of how to make the whole change [here|http://www.****************/Tips/XI/ASMA/Index.htm].
However, if I misunderstood you and you need to use the current timestamp in the message body instead of the file name, it will be even simpler. In this case, just go to your Message Mapping and in the target field, put the "currentDate" function from the "Date" group, then double click on it, click the "extended view" button and put your expected date and time format.
Hope this helps,
Grzegorz