ack vs response

[rutledj]

If I have two channels, channel A sending to channel B, how can I return a response from channel B so that it shows up in the response viewer in channel A. I'm assuming the ack returned is something different than the response.

I currently have a channel that sends to a state vaccination registry. I get an ack back but I also get a response message back. I'm trying to replicate that with two channels in mirth to test some transforms.

[tonygermano]

In channel B, on the Source tab, under the Response drop down, you can select a destination from channel B. That destination's response will be returned to the caller (channel A.)

The description of the Response drop down from the official User Guide is:

Determines what response to send back to the originating system. You may choose a destination's response, the post-processor return value, a response map variable, an auto-generation option, or None indicating that you don't want to send a response back at all.

Select Auto-generate to send a response generated by the inbound data type using the raw message:

• Before processing: Response generated before the channel processes the message (SENT status)
• After source transformer: Response generated after the channel processes the message (source connector status)
• Destinations completed: Response generated after the channel processes the message, with a status based on the destination statuses, using a precedence of ERROR , QUEUED , SENT , FILTERED .

If you are using the open source version of mirth with no custom plugins, the only inbound data type that supports auto-generating a response is HL7v2. If you have an auto-generate option selected with any other inbound data type, it will be no different than if you had selected None.