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.
- Click Hub Admin > Hub Configuration > Targets to
display the Targets List page.
- From the Target List page, click Create Target.
Target Details
In the Target Details section, perform
the following steps:
- 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.
- 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.
- Optionally enter a description of the target.
- Select FTP Directory from the Transport list.
Target Configuration
In the Target Configuration section,
perform the following steps:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
