Using flat file connectors in deploy anywhere flow services
Add a flat file connector to a deploy anywhere flow service to convert structured document types to flat string format.
Before you begin
Procedure
- Open your project and click .
- Click Deploy Anywhere Flow Service.
- On the Flow Editor page, provide a name and short description for the deploy anywhere flow service.
- On the flow step, click All and select
Connectors. All supported connectors are displayed.
- Select the flat file connector.
- Select a predefined action.
- Click the View/Edit Pipeline icon to map the input and output fields.
- Click the i/o icon and select the document type that you created earlier from the flat file connector. The flat file document types use the _ff suffix. In the pipeline, select the corresponding flat file schema in the ffschema field.
- Define all steps in the deploy anywhere flow service.
- Select a runtime.
- Save the deploy anywhere flow service.
- Click Sync to synchronize the service. The service is linked to the selected runtime.
- Run the deploy anywhere flow service. The structured document type is converted to a flat string format defined by the schema. If an error occurs, review the service logic and run the service again.