BizTalk Application
Easily view and manage artifacts with selected BizTalk Server Application
From the modal loaded using the Details action there are multiple tabs organized in a way to mimic the BizTalk Server MMC with each one documented in its paragraph on this page:
A quick glimpse on what this user guide is all about.
Access to this most valuable information is available from within Monitor Views listing BizTalk Applications as Nodinite Resources.
Here's an example of BizTalk Applications as resources displayed in a Monitor View
Application Name="Application"
Category Name="Health Check"
Resource Name="Name of BizTalk Application"
What's being evaluated for 'BizTalk Application'?
The 'BizTalk Application' resource of the BizTalk 'Health Check' Category has no thresholds and acts as a placeholder so you can access all the associated artifacts using the Actions button.
The evaluated state is provided in the table below:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Resource not available | Evaluation of the 'BizTalk Application' is not possible either due to network or security-related problems | Review prerequisites | |
| OK | Placeholder | This resources is always OK and no thresholds exists | Details |
Tip
The evaluated state may be reconfigured using the Expected State functionality on every Resource within Nodinite.
What remote actions are available?
Details
Use the Details modal to get all the information about the BizTalk Application.
Click the Actions button and click on the Details menu item to view the details page.
In the very top you will see the name of the selected BizTalk Server Application. Next, you can see the current status followed by some Action buttons to help you manage the state of the selected BizTalk Server Application.
Currently evaluated state
Start options
From the Start button there are different options to start the BizTalk Application:
Click the Start button to display the different start options
- Start all - Simply ask all Resources within the BizTalk application to start. Nodinite will start them in the correct order.
- Advanced - Expand start options
Start all option
If you select the 'Start all' option you will be prompted to continue with the operation:
Example with confirmation to start selected BizTalk Server Application
Advanced option
If you select the 'Advanced' option a panel will appear:
Example with confirmation to start selected BizTalk Server Application.
This panel will be displayed with different options depending on the actual artifacts that exists within the BizTalk Application
Check the options you want and then click on the 'Start with selected options' button. You will now be prompted to confirm the operation:
Confirm Advanced Start
Example with confirm intent to start selected BizTalk Server Application
Stop options
From the Stop button there are different options to stop the BizTalk Application:
- Minimal Partial Stop - Allow running instances to continue
- Partial Stop - Suspend running instances
- Full Stop - Terminate instances
Minimal Partial Stop
Disable receive locations and allows running instances to continue (complete).
If you click on this alternative you will prompted to confirm the operation:
Example with confirmation to stop selected BizTalk Server Application.
Partial Stop
This operation will perform multiple tasks:
- Disables receive locations
- Stop all orchestrations
- Unenlists and stops and 'Send ports'
- Running instances will be suspended
If you click on this alternative you will prompted to confirm the operation:
Example with confirmation to stop selected BizTalk Server Application.
Full Stop
This operation will perform multiple tasks:
- Disables receive locations
- Stop all orchestrations
- Unenlists and stops and 'Send ports'
- Running instances will be Terminated
If you click on this alternative you will prompted to confirm the operation:
Example with confirmation to stop selected BizTalk Server Application
Important
This is a potentially very dangerous operation since terminating messages means that they are forever lost. Make sure that tracking is enabled in BizTalk and that you have Nodinite enabled with logging so you have a backup of the events/payloads you are about to exterminate.
Application details tab
This is the default tab when you open Details for the selected BizTalk application. In this tab, you can see if the selected BizTalk application is the current default BizTalk application.
You can also manage the Description for the selected BizTalk application. Do remember to click on the Save button to persist any changes.
Last you will find references both from and to the selected BizTalk application.
Orchestrations tab
From within the Orchestrations tab, you are presented with a list of Orchestrations for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
List of Orchestrations
You can view and manage the current state using any of the following Remote Actions:
- Enlist
- Start
- Stop
- Unenlist
The list of actions depends on the current state of the Orchestration.
Role Links tab
From within the Role Links tab, you are presented with a list of Role Links for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
Send Port Groups tab
From within the Send Port Groups tab, you are presented with a list of Send Port Groups for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
List of Send Port Groups for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
You can view and manage the current state using any of the following Remote Actions:
- Enlist
- Start
- Stop
- Unenlist
The list of actions depends on the current state of the Send Port Group.
Send ports tab
From within the Send Ports tab, you are presented with a list of Send Ports for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
List of Send Ports for the selected BizTalk Server Application
You can view and manage the current state using any of the following Remote Actions:
- Enlist
- Start
- Stop
- Unenlist
The list of actions depends on the current state of the Send Ports.
Receive Ports tab
From within the Receive Ports tab, you are presented with a list of 'Receive Ports' for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
List of 'Receive Ports' for the selected BizTalk Server Application
Receive Locations tab
From within the Receive Locations tab, you are presented with a list of Receive Locations for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
List of Receive Locations for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
You can view and manage the current state using any of the following Remote Actions:
- Enable
- Disable
The list of actions depends on the current state of the Receive Locations
Policies tab
From within the Policies tab, you are presented with a list of Policies for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
Schemas tab
From within the Schemas tab, the list of XSD schemas for the selected BizTalk Server Application are available as also defined by Nodinite Message Types:
List of Receive Locations for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
You can view and manage the current state using any of the following Remote Actions:
- View
- Download
The list of actions for Schemas.
View
Click the View menu item to display the Schema definition:
Download
Click the Download button to download the schema as an '.XSD' file.
Maps tab
From within the Maps tab, you are presented with a list of Maps for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
Pipelines tab
From within the Pipelines tab, you are presented with a list of Pipelines for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
While you are here, make sure to read the 'Recommended tracking settings for default pipelines' user guide
Resources tab
From within the Resources tab, you are presented with a list of installed resources (usually BizTalk DLLs) for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
While you are here, make sure to read the 'BizTalk Configuration Overview' user guide
Overview
From within the Overview tab, you are presented with a list of BizTalk artifacts for the selected BizTalk Server Application.
Tip
The display order is descending on the column Last modified. This is really helpful giving you information when something was changed
- While you are here, make sure to read the 'Run-time configuration comparison' user guide
BizTalk does not have the information about who did the actual change since the MMC does not have any built-in audit logging. If you are using Nodinite all sensitive and modifying operations are being Log Audited.
New 6.0.0.27 The new Audit feature is compatible with all versions of BizTalk Server 2006-2020. If you perform the changes in BizTalk using Nodinite and the Audit feature is enabled, end-users have insights about what change was made and by whom and the time of the event.
Metrics chart
Not yet implemented, please send a feature request if you need this feature detailing what you would like to see.
Meanwhile, please review many of the other features for the Nodinite Microsoft BizTalk Server Monitoring Agent instead where Metrics already are implemented.