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How You Can Schedule File Uploads in Product Hub Portal

Your supplier can place product data in the Oracle WebCenter Content and schedule automated uploads of that data at defined intervals. The automated upload requires a manifest file, which identifies one or more source data files and corresponding optional attachment files to be uploaded.

To schedule an automatic upload, your supplier must:

  1. In Oracle WebCenter Content, place one or more source data files in Contribution Folders.

  2. Provide a manifest file, in CSV format. The manifest guides the upload process to the source data files for a specified schedule. A separate product upload will run for each source data file. The manifest must contain the following columns:

    • Template: The name of the item map template associated with each data source file included in the manifest.

    • File Path: The relative path in Oracle WebCenter Content to each data source file to be uploaded.

    • Attachments File Path: The relative path in Oracle WebCenter Content to each optional references file to be uploaded.

  3. In Oracle WebCenter Content, place the manifest file in Contribution Folders.

  4. On the Schedules page of the Product Hub Portal, create a schedule.

  5. Enter a name for the schedule, and the path to the manifest file in Oracle WebCenter Content, such as/Contribution Folders/SPManifest.csv.

  6. Specify the frequency and start date for the scheduled uploads. The frequency should accord with your supplier's upload plans.

    Note: To ensure that data isn't uploaded redundantly, the manifest file is marked as processed after each run, and the schedule won't run again unless an unprocessed file is detected.

  7. Since a schedule can include multiple uploads, they're each assigned a number. Specify the starting number and numbering increment. You can optionally specify a text prefix for each upload name.