Fields in the HEI Connection Document - 3

See the following tables for descriptions of the connection document fields.

Note: The Connector for File System cannot be used with Virtual Documents or Virtual Agents activities.

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Connection Properties

The Connection Properties section of the document provides fields and options that establish the basic connectivity for this connection definition.


Field	Description
Name	Specifies a unique name that identifies this connection. The maximum number of characters allowed is 255.
Directory Path	Enter the directory path containing the subdirectory to be used as metadata. This path must indicate the parent directory of the subdirectory containing the needed file(s) - not the directory in which the file(s) reside. The specified path must be accessible from the server where the HEI Administrator is installed. For example, on Microsoft™ Windows™ this path may be a network accessible drive such at \\SystemName\temp or it may be a local drive such as c:\temp. Note: When enabling metadata selection on an activity document that uses this connection, be sure to change to the subdirectory in which the metadata actually resides, not the parent subdirectory. Note: This option was configured to specify the parent subdirectory specifically so that the connection could be used by more than one activity concurrently.

File Connection Options

The File Connection Options enable you to specify the type of contents in the files and their sort order. File Connection Options are activity-specific.

Note: These settings have no effect on Advanced RealTime activities.


Field	Description
File Contents	Specifies whether to treat file contents as text or binary. Binary: Select this option to have file contents treated as binary (BLOB) data. Text: Select this option to have file contents treated as text.
Contents Text Format	Specifies the text (international) format of the file. The default is NATIVE, meaning use the native format of the machine that is executing the activity.
Sort Order	Specifies one of the following three file sorting methods. Sort File names as Binary Sort File names with Case Sensitivity Sort File names without Case Sensitivity

Subdirectory Selection

The Selection field definitions are listed as follows.


Field	Description
Name	Specifies the name of the subdirectory name to search in. Once specified, all associated file attributes display.
File Attributes	Lists the file attributes and corresponding data types of the subdirectories listed.