Staging Control

The staging control table is used to indicate to XAI that there is a file or table with a collection of records to be uploaded. The special Staging Control Receiver periodically reads the staging control table to process new records.

The XAI staging control table may be populated in one of the following ways:

• To process a specific sequential input file, manually create a staging control record and indicate the location and name of the file and the XAI inbound service to use for processing. Use this mechanism to process ad-hoc uploads of files.
• If a file is received periodically, you may define a File Scan Receiver, which periodically checks a given file directory for new files. The file scan receiver creates a new staging control record to process this file.
• The XML File Receiver processes a file containing a collection of XML messages to be uploaded. The XML file receiver creates a staging control record and creates records directly into the XML upload table. The staging control record is automatically set to a status of Complete and is used to group together the XML upload records. Refer to Processing Staging Upload Records for a Staging Control for more information.
• To upload records from a database, manually create a staging control record and indicate an appropriate XAI inbound service, which contains the information needed by the system to access the appropriate table. Use this mechanism to process ad-hoc uploads of files.

• To upload records from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) store, use the LDAP Import page to select users or groups to process. Uploading records from this page causes a staging control record to be created. In addition, you may manually create a staging control record to upload data from an LDAP store and indicate the appropriate file to import. Refer to How Does LDAP Import Work for more information.
• Whenever an XAI upload staging record is created, an XAI staging control record is created as well.