Introduction to the Enterprise Message Bank
The Enterprise Message Bank allows you to store messages from one or more productions in a central repository, where they can be stored, analyzed, and processed in other ways.
The Message Bank also stores Event Log and search table entries from the participating productions.
The Message Bank can require substantial resources. However, having messages retained centrally in the Message Bank means that you may be able to purge them in the originating productions.
Comparison to Enterprise Message Viewer
The Enterprise Message Viewer is similar in some ways to the Enterprise Message Bank. When considering which to use, note these differences:
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The Enterprise Message Bank contains an independent copy of each message, and the Enterprise Message Bank has retention policies that are independent of the policies on the systems running the business productions. Consequently, even if the original message is purged, the copy can still be available on the Enterprise Message Bank.
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The Enterprise Message Viewer displays basic information about the message as well as the values in columns specified in the query. You cannot view the complete message or resend a message from the Enterprise Message Viewer. In order to access the message, you can follow a link in the Enterprise Message Viewer and open a Message viewer on the InterSystems IRIS instance running the production.
In contrast, the Enterprise Message Bank provides access to the complete message. It is possible to resend a message directly from the Enterprise Message Bank. You cannot resend a message from the Enterprise Message Viewer but can resend a message after following the link to the system running the production.
