This operation is intended to start a subscription process in the ASM Support System in response to a request from an External User. As a result, a subscription process is either started in the local ASM Support System and the External User starts receiving subscribed data, or a subscription is not started and an appropriate error message is transmitted to the External User.
Associated messages
ASM-INTF-SUBS-120: The startSubscription operation shall receive and process the SubscriptionCreationRequest message from an External User.
ASM-INTF-SUBS-130: The startSubscription operation shall validate the SubscriptionStartRequest message against the following criteria which must be met:
o All mandatory data for SubscriptionStartRequest message are provided
o The identified subscription to be started must belong to the requestor.
o The identified subscription to be started must be PAUSED.
ASM-INTF-SUBS-140: If the request is valid, the startSubscription operation shall return the SubscriptionStartReply message to the requesting External User.
ASM-INTF-SUBS-150: The SubscriptionStartReply message shall contain the details of the subscription, including the name of the queue to be used and the state which will be ‘ACTIVE’.
ASM-INTF-SUBS-160: If the request is not valid, the startSubscription operation shall transmit an appropriate error in the SubscriptionStartReply message to the requesting External User.
Note: The definition of these messages can be found in section 2.7.3 Interface Messages.