Inbound port setting and MDIS processing interval

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are trying to automate an import process. All is set up: maps, ports, PI.

The automated import should take place every two weeks and volumes would be very low (a handful of records).

Currently: MDIS is set to run every 40 seconds.

Port is switched to manual.

does this mean the port is never checked? What does then the 40s in MDIS mean?

Future: MDIS is set to run every 40 seconds

Port is switched to automatic.

In this future setting, MDIS would check every 40 seconds if there is data on that(all?) ports... when we know data will only be sent to that port every 2 weeks.

Is there any impact on performance issues in having this 40s/automatic settings?

First idea was to change the 40s to a much bigger interval, as big as possible.

Of course, this would need to be adjusted in the future when other ports are activated.

Anyone any answers or suggestions on these settings?

Thanks in advance

[Former Member]

Actually, when I was referring to performance issue, i did not mean performance of the import, but performance for the end users. My understanding is that the MDIS needs to log into MDM and check the ports and that the repository at that moment is locked by the MDIS. Therefore no other operation can done on the repository. So if the processing interval is 40s, does that mean that the repository is locked for some milliseconds every 40s?

[Former Member]

Hi Michael...

Thanks for the info. Let´s see how those "future settings" work out for us.

[michael_theis]

Hi Claude,

> Currently: MDIS is set to run every 40 seconds.

> Port is switched to manual.

> does this mean the port is never checked? What does then the 40s in MDIS mean?

Correct, a manual port is never checked by MDIS.

The 40s is the general polling interval for MDIS ports. This value is used for all ports that are to be processed automatically. Polling of the ports works quite fast and you won't have any performance issues due to the polling. So you can use quite low values. Using high values might lead to the following situation: imagine MDIS has just finished polling. Then a new file enters the port folder. Since you polling interval is set to, let's say two hours, the actual processing will start in two ours - although the file could have been processed much earlier.

Best regards

Michael