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Transport Types H

Transport Types V

Use this page to Add Logical Paths.

To access this page, select IO Config > Transport Types in the Navigation pane.

NOTE: It is not recommended to add new transport types or to edit the delivered transport types; the Automate code would need to be updated for the transport type type to properly work.

Field

Description

DEFAULT

If checked, the option is the Transport Type used when adding an instance to a logical path on the Logical Path (Instance) page.

If unchecked, the option is not used as the Transport Type when adding an instance to a logical path on theLogical Path (Instance) page.

TRANSPORT TYPE

Displays methods to move files from one location to another. Options are:

  • Local – Local File System, which means the files are in folders to which the Stewardship Tier can read/write.

  • FTP – File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which means the files are located in an FTP address. FTP is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another over a TCP/IP-based network. All transmissions are in clear text; user names, passwords, FTP commands and transferred filed can be read by anyone on the network.

DESCRIPTION

Displays a brief description of the transport type.

PORT

Displays a value on which the server listens to the FTP connection.

NOTE: This field only used for Transport Type FTP.

Transport Types V

Transport Types H

This page contains the following tabs:

General tab

Field

Description

Default

If checked, the option is the Transport Type used when adding an instance to a logical path on the Logical Path (Instance) page.

If unchecked, the option is not used as the Transport Type when adding an instance to a logical path on the Logical Path (Instance) page.

Transport Type

Displays methods to move files from one location to another. Options are:

  • Local — Local File System, which means the files are in folders to which the Stewardship Tier can read/write.

  • FTP — File Transfer Protocol (FTP), which means the files are located in an FTP address. FTP is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another over a TCP/IP-based network. All transmissions are in clear text; user names, passwords, FTP commands and transferred filed can be read by anyone on the network.

Description

Displays a brief description of the transport type.

Defaults tab

Field

Description

Port

Displays the default port value when adding an instance to a logical path on the Logical Path (Instance) page. Port is where the server listens to the FTP connection.

NOTE: This field only used for Transport Type FTP.

Path

Displays the default path value when adding an instance to a logical path on the Logical Path (Instance)page. Path is the FTP path or the complete path where the files are read or written to.

Shared Network Name

This field is not used.

Required Fields tab

Field

Description

User ID

If checked, the logical path instance requires a user ID.

If unchecked, the logical path instance does not require a user ID.

User ID is used to control access to the FTP site.

It is checked by default for FTP transport types and unchecked by default for Local transport types.

NOTE: This field only used for Transport Type FTP.

Password

If checked, the logical path instance requires a password.

If unchecked, the logical path instance does not require a password.

Password is a masked password that is used to with the User ID to control access to the FTP site.

It is checked by default for FTP transport types and unchecked by default for Local transport types.

NOTE: This field only used for Transport Type FTP.

Hostname

If checked, the logical path instance requires a host name.

If unchecked, the logical path instance does not require a host name.

Host name is the hosting server name.

It is checked by default for FTP transport types and unchecked by default for Local transport types.

NOTE: This field only used for Transport Type FTP.

Path

If checked, the logical path instance requires a path.

If unchecked, the logical path instance does not require a path.

Path is the FTP path or the complete path where the files are read or written to.

It is checked by default for Local transport types and unchecked by default for FTP transport types.

Shared Network Name

If checked, the transport type requires a Shared Network Name.

If unchecked, the transport type does not require a Shared Network Name.

It is unchecked by default.

Delimiters tab

Field

Description

Delimiter

Displays the default character used to parse data to Add Logical Paths.

The default value for FTP transport types is “/”.

The default value for Local transport types is “\”.

Alternate Delimiter

This field is not used.

The default value for FTP transport types is “\”.

The default value for Local transport types is “/”.