Now that you have the VMD file, the next step is to create the Iguana channel that uses this VMD file to extract information from incoming messages and store it in a database.

To create the Iguana channel:

• Log into Iguana.
• In the Dashboard Control Panel, click Add Channel.
• In the Add Channel screen, from the Source list box, select LLP Listener.
• From the Destination list box, select To Database.
• Click Configure Channel. The Configure New Channel screen appears, with the Channel tab visible.
• In the Channel name field, type the name of your channel.
• Click the Source tab. The LLP Listener screen appears:

• In the Port field, type the name of the port that your sending application is using.
• Click the Destination tab. The To Database screen appears:

• From the Database API list box, select the database that you are using.
• In the Data source field, type the name of the database schema.
• In the Database username field, type the user name that you use to access your database.
• In the Database password field, type the password you use to access the database (if needed).
• In the Full parser VMD path field, type or browse for the location of the VMD file that you have just created.
• Click Add Channel to create the channel.
• Click the Tables tab.
• Click Export Destination Tables to export the table specified in your VMD file to your database.

You can use the HL7 Simulator to send test messages to this channel. For example, if you send these test messages through the channel, your database should contain a table named Observation whose contents look something like this:

Here, the messages from sending application APP1 are stored as string values, and the messages from sending application APP2 are stored as numeric values, as expected.

	For a copy of some text messages that you can use to test this channel, follow this link: obxtest.txt.