PCM activities can be further leveraged by building reusable data flows that can be
selected during the partner onboarding process.
Procedure
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Log in to PCM.
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Click Partner > Create Partner.
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Enter required details:
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Ensure that the partner name/ID is preceded by Template_. Any partner whose name
contains this string can be used to create base data flow templates that can be leveraged by other
partners.
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Click Application > Create Application.
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Enter required details:
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Ensure that the application is preceded by Template_. Any application whose name
contains this string can be used to create base data flow templates that can be leveraged by other
partners.
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Click Data Flows > Build Data Flow.
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Select Template_<partner> and Template_<application>.
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Configure inbound and outbound file handling for the data flow:
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MFT should be used when routing is handled based on regular expressions.
i. To configure an EFT data flow, provide regular expressions to be used in the data
flow.
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Document handling should be used when file routing is based on file type, regardless of file
content.
i. To configure a document handling data flow, provide information in the following fields:
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Click Add Data Flow and provide required information for either MFT or document
handling.
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Click Rules to set up data flow steps.
What to do next
Note: Ensure that Template_<partner> and Template_<application>
names are consistent between production and non-production environments.