Initiating Inbound Flat File Processing

Use the Inbound File Processing page (PSIBFILERUNCNTL) to initiate flat file processing. Select PeopleTools, and then Integration Broker, and then File Utilities, and then Inbound File Processing.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Inbound File Processing page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control	Description
Request ID	Enter a unique identifier to track the request.
Process Frequency	Select the frequency for processing the file. The options are: Process Once. Always. Don't Run.
File Identifier	Select or enter the name of the file identifier that you set up in the Inbound File Loader Rules. page. The file identifier is tied to the publish rules.
Index Flag	A read-only field that indicates if the file being processed is an index file or a data file. When checked, the Inbound File Loader utility is processing an index file.
File Layout ID	A read-only field that displays the file layout ID associated with the file in the Inbound File Loader Rules page.
Inbound File	A read-only field that displays the name of the file being processed.