Registering File Applications

You can register a file as a data source. A file data source enables a business user to easily import and register data from any file-based source, whether a fixed width file or a delimited, by way of a file format, and requires limited technical help, if any, when loading into a Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management application. Additionally, you can specify different file sources to logically group files based on content.

To register a file as a data source application:

  1. From the Data Integration home page, and then Actions, select Applications.

  2. On the Applications page, click Image shows the Add button. (Add icon).

  3. On the Create Application page, and then from Category, select Data Source.

  4. From Type, select File.

  5. In Name, specify a user-defined name for the file application.

  6. In Description, specify a description of the file application.

  7. In Drill URL, specify the custom URL for the custom drill.

    The drill URL must include the server, port, and URL parameters, for example, https://server:port/<URL Parameters>.

  8. Click OK.

    Image shows Create Application page for a file application.

    You select the actual file to use for the file application when you create the integration from the File Browser. For more information, see Using the File Browser.