Source—ODI

Use the Source tab to configure a new source or edit an existing source. How? The tab content depends on the source type. Settings for sources of type ODI are listed here.

The ODI Source tab is arranged in the following sections:

Note:

Polling does not apply to ODI binding types - FTP Remote, sFTP Remote and File.

General Information and Actions

The General Actions and Properties section of the ODI Source tab allows you to save, deploy, and change general properties for the source.

Element	Description
Save	Saves the source without deploying it. Remember to save before closing this tab.
Deploy/Deployed	Deploys and activates the source. You must save the source before you can deploy it. You must re-save before you can redeploy. The configuration must be valid or deployment fails. The Deploy Source dialog appears, prompting you for an optional comment. Impacted transfers are listed. Click the Deploy or Cancel button in the dialog. The Deploy action in the tab is grayed with a green check to show successful deployment. To view information about deployed artifacts, click the Show Deployment Details button on the Artifacts Search tab, or view the Deployments tab on the Monitoring page.
Revert	Reverts all changes since the last save.
General Information	Click the arrow to the left to display read-only source information, including name, last user to update, last update date and time, and last deployment date and time.
Description	Allows you to add or edit the artifact description. This description is for all deployments of the artifact and is visible in the Artifacts Search tab. The Deploy dialog also allows you to enter a description, which is specific to a particular deployment label and is visible in the Deployments tab on the Monitoring page.

Location

Click the arrow to the left to display information about the location of files to be transferred.

Element	Description
URL	Specifies the URL from which files are transferred. The default is `localhost`.

Source Schedule

Click the arrow to the left to display information about when the source is checked for files to be transferred. Source schedule settings affect all transfers that use the source.

Element	Description
Add schedule	Allows you to schedule transfers that use this source. For more information, see Scheduler.
Event	Specifies the Event check box, if enabled, allows you to execute transfers through a SOAP/REST service.
Security	Security enabled implies that protection is valid for Administrators and any other users selected.
Add Users, Groups, and Roles	Adds users, groups, and roles to the list of who can access transferred files. For more information, see Add Users, Groups, and Roles.

Actions

Click the arrow to the left to display source processing actions, which affect all transfers that use the source.

Element	Description
Add processing actions	Allows you to compress, decompress, encrypt, decrypt, callouts (custom action) or new line conversion transferred files. For more information, see Pre-Processing Actions.

Advanced Properties

Click the arrow to the left to display advanced properties.

Element	Description
Domain Alias	Specifies the domain alias. Maps to a Domain Alias defined in the Domains tab. Only domains with a Tracking URL are available.

Policies

The Policies section of the ODI Source tab allows you to attach Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM) policies to the source.

Element	Description
Selected Policies	Lists the policies that are attached to the source.
Name	Specifies the name of the attached policy.
Category	Specifies the type of the attached policy: Atomic Transactions, Configuration, Management, MTOM Attachments, Reliable Messaging, Security, SOAP over JMS Transport, and WS-Addressing.
Attach	Attaches the selected policies in the Available Policies list to the source.
Detach	Detaches the selected policies in the Selected Policies list from the source.
Detach All	Detaches all the policies in the Selected Policies list from the source.
Available Policies	Lists the policies that can be attached to the source.
Search	Searches the Available Policies list for policies with names containing the search text.
Name	Specifies the name of the available policy.
Category	Specifies the type of the available policy: Atomic Transactions, Configuration, Management, MTOM Attachments, Reliable Messaging, Security, SOAP over JMS Transport, and WS-Addressing.