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Prerequisites for Creating a Copybook Virtual Service

To prepare for creating a copybook virtual service, complete the following tasks:

• Gather all of the copybooks that define the records in your payloads. These copybooks must be in a directory in your DevTest project. You can include whatever hierarchy you find helpful inside the directory you use. Typically, you would place the copybook file definition folder somewhere under the Data folder of the project.
• Create a payload mapping file.
• Prepare your client for recording, gather request/response pairs, capture a PCAP file of the traffic, or use some other means of gathering the transactions to use for your virtual service.