PI file adapter once-a-day polling at a specific time

[former_member203650]

Dear PI experts,

Is it possible to configure the PI file adapter (we're on version 7.11, dual stack) to poll once a day at a specific time? This is a Sender communication channel that reads binary files from a specific directory on a network server, and sends them to an FTP site. We want this once-a-day polling to occur at 8:00 PM (PI server time).

The quick-and-dirty way, I'm guessing, is to simply set the polling interval to 86,400 seconds (the number of seconds in 24 hours), then wait until 8:00 PM to activate the communication channel (at which point, I'm guessing, it will poll immediately, then every 24 hours hence). I'm just wondering if there's a more elegant way to approach this problem.

Cheers,

TerryB

[Harish · Accepted solution]

Hi Terry,

you can use the Planning Availability Times in communication channel monitoring to start the channel at particular time. Please refer the below help page

Planning Availability Times - Process Integration Monitoring - SAP Library

regards,

Harish

[former_member203650 · Accepted solution]

That sounds like exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks!

[former_member184720]

Have a look at the below blog

http://scn.sap.com/community/pi-and-soa-middleware/blog/2010/03/29/polling-vs-atp-in-sap-pi

A very good comparision and how to do

[Former Member]

Edited - Deleting my reply because it has already been answered above.