EDI Inbound File System Adapter Configuration

The EDI Inbound File System adapter collects files from the file system to be used by the predefined EDI Translation business processes. By default, this File System adapter is not scheduled to perform automatic file collection.

This adapter collects files from the following directory:

install_dir/ediinbound/collect

This adapter extracts files to the following directory:

install_dir/ediinbound/extract

The following table describes the default configuration of the EDI Inbound File System Adapter:
Field Description
Name EDI Inbound File System Adapter
Description File System Adapter
Group None – No group is selected.

This is the group associated with the adapter
Collection folder install_dir/ediinbound/collect
Where:
  • The name of the folder on the same computer where the system is installed and where it collects (picks up) files as part of a business process.
  • The deleteAfterCollect parameter in the GPM defaults to Yes. If you do not change the default value to No, any files collected are deleted from the Collection Folder. The File System adapter does not copy the files it collects for processing.
  • The collectionFolder parameter is read-only in the GPM. However, you can override this parameter using BPML.
Filename filter None.
Since there is no specified filename filter, if there are multiple files in the collection folder, one of the following occurs:
  • If the adapter is configured to start a business process, it processes all files placed in the collection folder.
  • If the adapter is within a business process, it collects only the first file in the collection folder.

If you modify this option using the File System adapter configuration, you cannot override the value using the GPM filter parameter. However, you can override this parameter using BPML
Collect files from subfolders within and including the collection folder? Yes – Collects files in the specified folder (install_dir/ediinbound/collect) and all subfolders.

This parameter is read-only in the GPM.
Use the absolute file path name for the document name? Yes – The absolute file path name is kept with the document in the business process. Choose this value if your business process requires the path information to precede the file name.

An absolute path is a path that points to the same location regardless of the working directory or combined paths. It is usually written in reference to a root directory. For example, c:\dir1\subdir1\somefile.txt (Windows) and /home/dir1/subdir1/somefile.txt (UNIX) are examples of absolute paths to the file somefile.txt.

This parameter is read-only in the GPM.
Start a business process once files are collected? Yes – Starts the EDIInboundBootstrap business process.

This parameter is read-only in the GPM.
Business Process EDIInboundBootstrap

This is the name of the business process that is invoked.
Document storage type System Default

Defines how the document will be stored i n the system.
Obscure File Contents? No – File contents will not be obscured.

Specifies whether to obscure the file contents when collecting. Does not work with “attachFile” or “importFile”. If you specify this parameter using the configuration, you cannot override this value using the GPM Obscure option. However, you can override this parameter using BPML.
User Parameter 1 None provided. A user parameter that is passed to the bootstrapped workflow and placed in process data as UserParm1.
User Parameter 2 None provided. A user parameter that is passed to the bootstrapped workflow and placed in process data as UserParm2.
User Parameter 3 None provided. A user parameter that is passed to the bootstrapped workflow and placed in process data as UserParm3.
User Parameter 4 None provided. A user parameter that is passed to the bootstrapped workflow and placed in process data as UserParm4.
User Parameter 5 None provided. A user parameter that is passed to the bootstrapped workflow and placed in process data as UserParm5.
Run As User admin

This parameter allows someone who doesn't have rights to a specific business process to run it. If you select Admin as the user ID, you will inherit Administrative rights (for this run of the business process only), and enable the scheduled run.
Use 24 Hour Clock Display Not selected.
Schedule Do not use schedule.
Extraction folder install_dir/ediinbound/extract

The name of the folder or subfolder on the same computer where the system is installed and where it extracts (writes) data from the primary document as part of a business process. This parameter is read-only in the GPM.
Unobscure File Contents? No – File contents will not be unobscured.

Whether to unobscure the file contents when extracting. Does not work with “exportFile.”

This parameter is read-only in the GPM.
Filenaming convention Use the original file name as the extracted file name – keeps the names of the files.

If the primary document has no document name, the adapter will use a default filename in the form of nodename_yyyyMMddHHmmssSSS.dat.

This parameter is read-only in the GPM.