To modify your Iguana channel so that it can process Patient Observation messages, you must:

• Ensure that your channel is accessing the updated VMD file;
• Update the database tables to include the PatientObservation table.

To ensure that your channel is accessing the updated VMD file:

• In Iguana, click the Dashboard tab.
• In the Dashboard, locate your channel. If it is running, click Stop to stop it.
• Click the channel name to view the configuration for your channel.
• In the Destination: To Database section, ensure that the Parser VMD Path is pointed to the latest VMD file.
• If you had to change the Parser VMD Path, click Apply Changes.

The next step is to update the database tables to include the PatientObservation table. You can either create the table manually or let Iguana create it for you.

To let Iguana create the table for you:

• Stop the channel if it is running.
• In the Dashboard, click the channel name to view the channel configuration.
• Scroll to the bottom of the channel configuration page, and select Destination Data Tables.
• Click Export Tables. A page appears, warning you that the SQL command that you are about to run will actually drop and recreate the existing tables as well. If you do not want to do this, then just copy out the CREATE PatientObservation SQL statement and issue it manually to your database.
• If you do not mind losing your existing tables, click Confirm Table Export.

You can now restart the channel.