working of ports

[Former Member]

hi,

i am new for this community, please expalin me the workflow of port.

i.e how the data is fetched from the database and put in the ports.and how it is send further.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can automate the Import or Syndication process using Ports.

To work with Port Mechanism following steps need to be performed.

1. Import Server need to be Installed.

2. Client Systems need to be defined for the repository.

3. Create the Port with type Inbound (for Import process). OutBound (for Syndication process)

4. Associate a predefined map with the Port.

Steps to create port:

Using MDM Console, In the repository Admin section

1. Select Client Systems-> this is where you have to define the Client Systems , which you are going to use for the ports.

• Make sure you have define the Import Maps for the specific repository,specific Client System using Import Manager.

2. Select Ports->This is where you create Port and other related information related to it.

Once the Port is created, You see a specific directory structure created in the MDM Server installation directory

MDM Server Install_Dir ->Distributions

-> DBMSHOST_DBMS_TYPE

-> Repository Name

->Port Type

-> Client System ID

-> Port Code

Under the above sturcture it will have the following directories

-> Ready

-> Archive

-> Status

-> Log

Ready Folder :

-> In Import Process the import Server will pick up the file from this directory based on the specifc interval you specify in mdis.ini file(This can be found in Import Server installation directory).

Archive Folder:

-> Once the file is picked by the Import Server from Ready folder and if it is processed then the file will be moved to this directory with some date stamp suffixed.

Log Folder:

->Log information for that process

Status Folder:

->Status of process will be kept in this folder.

After defing ports with associating map files:

while creating work flow set work flow to active and trigger action as record import/update/add. To syndicate records through work flow include the syndication step in work flow.

Import Manager: in configuration options select the appropriate workflow

Start Import and syndication services.

Work flow gonna trigger depending on the work flow settings, records are imported/syndicated.

1)After Import:--as soon as you place a file (xml,access and so on) in redy folder of respective port

2) update/add records in DM.

We can re-order the sequence of ports in Admin node of Console if necessary.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Santosh

[Former Member]

Hi Swapnil...

Its really well explained by santhosh...to add to this... you can set the processing interval of syndication at Port level while you configure the port, this feature is available in SP5. where you can set the Intervals like daily,hourly weekly and so.

thanks

Alexander

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