General implementation checklist

Axway Financial Exchange implementation checklist

The following list outlines the general procedure for implementing Axway Financial Exchange.

Step Action Details
1 Identify the financial message exchange context in which you wish to operate. For a comparative list of the contexts in which you can exchange standardized financial messages and payments, refer to FEX use cases.
2 Identify the elements required to support your message exchange environment:
  • Axway products
  • Add-ons from the FEX installation package
  • Third-party applications
For a list of the elements required for your financial exchange environment, refer to Use case implementation checklists.
3 Identify the specific financial exchange message types you wish to exchange. For a list of the message types supported by Axway Financial Exchange, refer to Supported messages in Axway Financial Exchange.
4 Install the Axway products that support your message exchanges. Refer to the Axway 5 Suite Installation and Prerequisites Guide.
5

(optional)

Install SWIFTNet Portal to use message recycling features.

Refer to Installing SWIFTNet Portal.
6 Import the FEX add-ons from the installation package. Refer to Installation overview.
7 Install any required third-party software. Refer to the third-party documentation.
8 Configure the Axway products.
  • Gateway
  • PassPort
  • ...
9 In Composer, create the set of static objects, to enable message exchanges. Required static objects in Composer may include:
  • Axway Servers
  • Channels
  • CommAdapters
  • CommPoints
  • Integrator Core Tasks
10

In Composer, create the set of objects that describe message processing in Integrator.

Required dynamic objects in Composer may include:

  • Business-Documents
  • Map-Stages
  • Integration-Processes
  • Integration-Tasks
  • ...
11 In Gateway, create the dynamic objects to enable input and output message packing and unpacking and message routing.
  • Local Site
  • Remote Site
  • Decision Rule
  • ...