Managing messages processed by a dynamic send port

Question

We are building a distribution system where an incomming message is routed to a destination based on content of the message. This pattern in biztalk is relatively straightforward. In our solution, messages come in, are stored in a repository, and also distributed to the appropriate 3rd party.

We have several functional requirements of an administrative web application that would be used by an operational support person.

• No BizTalk knownedge required to perform administrative duties
• Ability to report on message counts of queued messages by destination
• Ability to cancel queued messages
• Ability to resend message from the repository
• Ability to search for message in repository, and see its status within the send port (suspended, retry, etc)

Essentially we need the ability to manage the messages through a web application, not using any biztalk tools, and only for this specific biztalk solution. Any suggestions for implementation suggestions, patterns or examples that do something similar?

Answer 1

You can query the biztalk database directly to gain information about the state of biztalk (like what the management console does). A lot of details are here