User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS DATA INTEGRATOR 11.0.1 FOR WINDOWS AND UNIX ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE

[. . . ] Data Integrator Administrator Guide Data Integrator Administrator Guide Data Integrator 11. 0. 1 for Windows and UNIX 1 Copyright If you find any problems with this documentation, please report them to Business Objects S. A. Trademarks Business Objects, the Business Objects logo, Crystal Reports, and Crystal Enterprise are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects SA or its affiliated companies in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. patents, which may cover products that are offered and sold by Business Objects: 5, 555, 403, 6, 247, 008 B1, 6, 578, 027 B2, 6, 490, 593 and 6, 289, 352. Patents 2 Data Integrator Administrator Guide Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Welcome . [. . . ] If the adapter instance includes operations, add at least one operation for each adapter instance. Start the adapter instance (operations start automatically) Second, use the Designer to create an adapter datastore and import metadata. Use the metadata accessed through the adapter to create batch and/or real-time jobs -- See "Adapter datastores" on page 108 of the Data Integrator Designer Guide When you are ready to administer jobs that include objects that use the adapter datastore, add the repository connection for the jobs to the Administrator, open the Batch or Real-Time nodes, and use them as you would for any job. You can also monitor adapter instances and operations in the Adapter Instances node of the Administrator. Data Integrator Administrator Guide 101 9 Adapters Adding and configuring adapter instances Adding and configuring adapter instances Use the Administrator to add adapter instance configuration information to the Data Integrator system and to edit an existing configuration. How to add and configure an adapter instance Until you add an adapter interface using the Administrator, you cannot run jobs using information from that adapter. If there are no Job Servers listed in this navigation path, see "To create an adapter datastore connection in the Designer:" on page 101. Click an adapter from the list of those installed on the Job Server with which you are working. Note: The HTTP adapter and the Web Services adapter automatically install with every Job Server. Both adapters allow you to call external applications from Data Integrator, one using the HTTP or HTTPS protocol and the other using the SOAP protocol. Use the Web Services adapter to create outbound calls because it automatically configures and starts when a Job Server is enabled for use with adapters. However, if you want to use the HTTP adapter you can, but you must build it like any other Data Integrator adapter. Find more information on the Web Services adapter in Chapter 11: Support for Web services. For more information about the HTTP adapter see the Data Integrator HTTP Adapter Guide. See "Adapter instance configuration information" on page 103. The Administrator adds the adapter instance to the list available to the Data Integrator system. To edit an adapter's configuration Select Adapter Instances > Job Server. Click the Configuration tab. 1. 102 Data Integrator Administrator Guide Adapters Adding and configuring adapter instances 9 3. See "Adapter instance configuration information" on page 103. The Administrator updates the information. Adapter instance configuration information Complete the following fields in the Administrator to set up an adapter instance in the Data Integrator system: Note: The Adapter Instance Name is the only option required if your adapter instance is for batch jobs. · · Adapter Instance Name A unique name that identifies this instance of the adapter. Access Server Host To run an adapter instance in a real-time job, you must configure a service that will be called from a given Access Server. Enter the host ID of the computer running the Access Server for which you will configure a service for a real-time job that contains this adapter instance. · Access Server Port The communication port of the Access Server host is used to both connect an Access Server to Data Integrator components and to broker messages with external applications. After you log in to the Administrator, select Real-time > Access Server > Client Interfaces to view an Access Server's message broker port information. · Adapter Retry Count Number of times to retry an adapter instance if it fails or crashes. Enter a negative number to retry the instance indefinitely. · · Adapter Retry Interval Number of milliseconds to wait between adapter retry attempts. [. . . ] The Access Server reads the new configuration settings and starts services as indicated. If all service providers started properly, the Real-Time Service Status page shows a green indicator next to each service name. A red indicator signifies that a component of the service did not start. To perform an abort and restart of the Access Server Select Real-Time > "Access Server" > Status. [. . . ]