Setting up an FTP target

An FTP target polls your FTP server at a set interval to look for new documents.

The following steps describe what you need to specify for an FTP target.

  1. Click Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Targets to display the Targets List page.
  2. From the Target List page, click Create Target.

Target Details

In the Target Details section, perform the following steps:

  1. Type a name for the target. For example, you might call the target FTPTarget1. This is a required field. The name you enter here will be displayed on the Targets list.
  2. Optionally indicate the status of the target. Enabled is the default. A target that is enabled is ready to accept documents. A target that is disabled cannot accept documents.
  3. Optionally enter a description of the target.
  4. Select FTP Directory from the Transport list.

Target Configuration

In the Target Configuration section, perform the following steps:

  1. In the FTP Root Directory field, enter the root directory of the FTP server. The Document Manager automatically polls the participant sub-directories within the FTP root directory for document routing. This field is required. Refer to Configuring the FTP server for receiving documents for information about setting up the directory for an FTP server.
    Note: Type the directory path ending at the root FTP directory. Do not include the participant sub-directories.
  2. Optionally, enter a value for File Unchanged Interval to indicate the number of seconds the file size must remain unchanged before the Document Manager retrieves the document for processing. This unchanged interval period ensures that a document has completed its transmission (and is not still in transit) when the Document Manager retrieves it. The default value is 3 seconds.
  3. Optionally enter a value for Thread Nbr, to indicate the number of documents the Document Manager can process simultaneously. The default value of 1 is recommended.
  4. Optionally enter a value for Exclude File Ext to indicate the types of documents the Document Manager should ignore (exclude from processing) if it finds the documents in the FTP directory. For example, you might want the Document Manager to ignore spreadsheet files, in which case you would enter the extension associated with them. After you type the extension, click Add. The extension is then added to the list of file extensions to be ignored. The default is that no file types are excluded.
    Note: Do not use a dot preceding the file name extension (for example: .exe or . txt). Use only the characters that denote the file extension.

Handlers

If you will be receiving files containing multiple EDI interchanges or XML or ROD documents that need to be split, configure the appropriate splitter handler in the Preprocess configuration point.

To modify the Preprocess configuration point, go to Modifying configuration points. Otherwise, click Save.

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