Message Configuration

The Message Configuration section of AMPS contains all the fields pertinent to handling message workflows (retrieval, transformation, and transfer). Each field and a brief description of each are listed below.

• Topics: Topics are period (".") delimited strings that represent different endpoints in a message workflow.

• Actions: Actions are performed on messages to transform them or performed in order to receive messages.

• Services: Services are processes managed by AMPS to facilitate message retrieval, transformation, and transfer.

• Scripts: Scripts are executed in scripting actions and receive message and action data.

• Templates: Templates are for convenience and are python scripts whose function is to provide a starting point for creating scripts from the scripts screen.

• Routing Rules: Routing rules are used in Router actions in order to route messages to various topics based on the message metadata.

• API Endpoints: API Endpoints make up the various endpoints exposed by Gateway services.

• Metadata Fields: Metadata Fields can be defined to keep track of various custom metadata fields you may utilize in your AMPS workflows.

• Keys: Keys such as certificates, signing keys, encryption keys, etc, can be stored in AMPS for use in Providers, Services, etc.

• Jobs: Jobs are events sent to a specific topic, on a configured cron-like schedule, with optional additional metadata in order to trigger subscribers to perform their actions.