FTP Inbound - map files to packages

Hiya,

Im using an FTP inbound activity to poll a folder and import xml files.

I need to inspect the name of each file and based on the outcome use a DQL read to find the folder to link it to.

Whats the best way to split the files out ? Do I map them to the package or first map to attachments and then iterate through them??

Many thanks

Hoo

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Miller-zzMST

Hi!

It depends on your requirements. Any way its hard to say. There is not enough information about your requirements. Please, share some more info.

What you need to do this files? Just to save to some folder or not? It you planning to use recieved file in a process, it would be better to save it as a process package.

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Old_Hooster

I found a solution to this by using an iterator to loop through the attachments and in the loop mapping the attachment to the package. I could then process each file individually , decrease the iterator and processs all the attachments .

This works fine in debug mode.

I am however having a problem to get it to run on the server. If I change the paths in the FTP inbound activity to point at directories on my UNIX box, as opposed to my C drive on my dev VM , it doesnt run. The folders its configured to poll have full permission granted for the documentum installatiopn owner, but the process doesnt seem to start- no errors in the logs. Are there any additioanl components I need to install to get it to run? -BPM.dar is installed on my repository.

Thanks

Hoo

DCTM_Guru

Can you include screen shots of your work flow iteration and data mappings?

Old_Hooster

Hi Johnny,

I will post them up later ( cant post at work so have to send them to a personal account and do it at home)

What I can say is that the mappings and setting are exactly the same , all I do is change the folder path from C:\testimport to /opt/app/mydctm/share/testimport ( and similar for the the archive directory). For testing purposes all file types are accepted etc.

When point at the local windows file system , and run with debugger it all works fine. When installed with the UNIX paths - nothing..........

Thanks

Hoo

DCTM_Guru

"When point at the local windows file system , and run with debugger it all works fine. When installed with the UNIX paths - nothing"

- Are you able to deploy to windows environment and work successfully outside of debug mode?

Old_Hooster

Hi Johnny,

apologies for the delay, im still awaiting access to post from work!!

I have rebuilt the workflow(only diff is file paths) on a windows install and it works fine, in both debug and installed mode. However this was on an xCP dev edition so I still have a nagging doubt that my Unix environment may be missing something.

The FTP Inbound inititiate is set up to poll the local file system, not to use a protocol. My content server has Process Engine installed etc and the folders being polled have the correct permissions. A corresponding workflow with an FTP Outbound activity works fine ( Im aware that outbound works on JMS).

So I suppose my main question is, whats missing from my install thats stopping the FTP Inbound from running? Do I need something else (Process Integrator- if so why , when its polling local file system?) Does BPS.war need to be installed on the content servers JBOSS?

Thanks again

Hoo

DCTM_Guru

"So I suppose my main question is, whats missing from my install thats stopping the FTP Inbound from running? Do I need something else (Process Integrator- if so why , when its polling local file system?)"

- Yes. Not quite sure what you are asking about polling.

"Does BPS.war need to be installed on the content servers JBOSS?"

- No. It can installed on any app server on any machine.

Old_Hooster

Hi Johnny,

By polling I simply mean reading the directory to look for files at a regular interval.

To make it clear , my question is simply - Do I need something else installed(over and above Process Engine, BPM) for FTP Inbound initiate activity to work and if so what is it? BPS.war?

If it is BPS.war is it ok to install it directly on the JMS?

apologies for any confusion

Thanks

Hoo

DCTM_Guru

Yes, you should install BPS.war. I remember reading somewhere that you should NOT deploy web apps to JMS. JMS is designed to launch server methods, not host web apps. Just install tomcat and it should work fine.

DCTM_Guru

Did you ever resolve this? I just came across this requirement on my current project and I am encountering the same issue as you - it works on windows while debugging, but not on linux while installed. I have 6.7 SP1 installed as well.

Old_Hooster

Hi Johnny,

sorry for the delay in reply.

I didnt resolve this issue as it was for a POC and we ended up taking a different approach for the project.

One thing however is that during POC and indeed in development we did have a lot of problems with our Process integrator installation and it took quite a bit of tweaking to get that running......

I hope you got it sorted, Id be curious to knwo what issues you found.

Cheers

Hoo