assert

Assert

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Use When	A flow needs to check for certain assumptions
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Description	The Assert component is used to test certain assumptions about the flow. The Assert can check for a specified number of messages by the various types or by a count of records from a defined SQL statement. If any of the checks fail in the Assert it will Fail the flow.
Inbound Message Type	Any Message Type
Output Message Type	Any Message Type
Control Message Handling	Input: This component acts on all messages received. Output: A single control message will be forwarded to downstream components once all messages have been processed through this step.

Properties

Name	Description
Input Model
Error Suspense Step	Whether to forward failed messages and continue processing. This is the name of a linked component to forward the failed messages to.
Enabled
Expected Number of Entity Messages	Number of entity messages expected.
Expected Number of Entities Per Entity Message	Number of entities per entity message expected.
Expected Distinct Type of Entities	Number of distinct entities expected.
Expected Distinct Type of Attributes	Number of distinct attributes expected.
Expected Number of Text Messages	Number of empty payload messages expected.
Expected Number of Binary Messages	Number of binary messages expected.
Expected Number of Control Messages	Number of control messages expected.
Expected Number of Empty Payload Messages	Number of empty payload messages expected.
Expected Custom Content Message Header Pairs	Number of pairs of non-control message header variables expected.
Expected Custom Control Message Header Pairs	Number of pairs of control message header variables expected.
Expected Text Payload	Number of text messages expected.
Assert DataSource	The SQL Database Resource on which the SQL query should be run to read data.
Assert Sql	The SQL query used to check for assertion.
Expected Count from Assert Sql	Number of records expected returned from the Assert Sql.
Log Input
Log Output
Inbound Queue Capacity