Creating Custom Message Types

Custom message types enable you to publish and subscribe to information from your own products.

Note:
You must register your product with Foundations before you can use the message types you create. See Registering Products with Foundations.

Before creating message types, decide on the structure of the messages and the naming convention. You can create a parent message type at the same time as the child. If you do not specify a parent, the message is created at the root level.

To create a custom message type:

  1. On the Message Types tab, click New Message Type.
  2. Enter a name for the message.
  3. Enter a description for the message.
  4. Enter the message parent, or leave it blank to create the message type at root level.
  5. [Optional] Enter the developer name for the message type. See Developer Names.
  6. Click Save.
  7. Create the publications and subscriptions for the message type. See Creating Declarative Publications and Creating Declarative Subscriptions.
  8. Enable the publications and subscriptions for the message type. See Enabling and Disabling Publications and Subscriptions.