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You are here: Manage Administration Tasks > Configure Service Broker Communications > Manage Service Broker Objects > Start Conversations

Start Conversations

The Conversations window displays information about conversations currently in progress.

The top pane displays the conversations in which the current endpoint is taking part. The icon beside each conversation indicates the current status of the conversation:

Icon	Conversation Status
	STARTED_OUTBOUND STARTED_INBOUND
	CONVERSING
	DISCONNECTED_INBOUND DISCONNECTED_OUTBOUND
	ERROR
	CLOSED

Select a conversation to display a list of the messages sent as part of that conversation in the bottom pane.

To start a conversation

Select the Conversations tab in the lower pane of Service Broker window.
Create or alter a conversation.

Review the following for additional information:

Initiating service	Select the service to initiate the conversation.
Target Service	Select the target service.
GUID target SB	Enter the GUID for the database that hosts the target service.
Contract	Specify the contract for the conversation.
Related Group	Select this option to associate the new window to the conversation group with this related conversation group ID. If you specify an id that does not exist, the Service Broker creates a new conversation with the specified ID and relates this window to it.
Related Conversation	Select this option to associate the new Dialog to the conversation with this conversation handle.
Use Lifetime	If cleared, the route is retained indefinitely.

To send a message

Select Send Message.
Enter the contents of the message. This should conform to the contents expected by the Message Type.

To end a conversation

Select Drop conversation.