Source—WebCenter

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 WebCenter are listed here.

The WebCenter Source tab is arranged in the following sections:

General Information and Actions

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.

Source Properties

Click the arrow to the left to display source properties.

Element Description

User Name

Specifies the user as whom to access the source.

Password

Specifies the user password.

Confirm Password

Confirms the user password.

Protocol

Specifies the protocol for connecting to the remote server: HTTP.

Connection URL

Specifies the connection url of the WebCenter content server.

Revision Selection method

The revision selection method.

  • Latest: the latest revision of the content item is used to compute the content item revision ID.
  • Latest Release: the latest release revision of the content item is used to compute the content item revision ID.

Rendition

The content item rendition. This parameter specifies the rendition of the content item and can be set to Primary, Web, or Alternate. If Rendition is not present, it defaults to Primary.

  • Primary: the primary rendition of the selected revision is returned.
  • Web: the web viewable rendition of the selected revision is returned.
  • Alternate: the alternate rendition of the selected revision is returned.

Selection Criteria

This preference enables selection of one of two modes - Query and Path

Query

Specifies an abstract function that defines users request for any content item.

Query Text

Text used for querying content items. The full-text search expression

Query Format

Used for complex quick search capabilities. The formats corresponding to the file.

  • Native: retrieves search query pages corresponding to native query format.
  • Universal: retrieves search query pages with query syntax that is recognized regardless of supported search engines.

Security Group

Specifies the security group for which users must have permission to access the content item.

Document Account

The account for which users must have permission to access the content item.

Path

Select the folder path.

Folder Type

Select the folder type - Contribution or Framework folder.

Contribution Folder

Used for organizing, locating, and managing repository content and content item metadata. The contribution folder should be complete path for example, /Contribution Folders/test.

Framework Folder

Used for organizing, locating, and managing repository content and content item metadata. Is scalable to any number of folders or content items they contain. For Framework folder, full path of the folder is not required.

GUID

For Contribution Folder, GUID specifies CollectionId parameter. For framework Folder, GUID specifies folderGUID parameter.

Folder

Specifies the directory from which files are transferred.

Include Content in subfolder

Specifies that files in subfolders are also transferred if checked.

Files Filter Params

To narrow the selection of files through specified parameters, use the File Filter Params field.

Files Filter Query

To narrow the selection of files, use the File Filter Query field. For example, the filter *.doc selects all files with a *.doc extension.

Source Schedule

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

Element Description

Event

Specifies the Event check box, if enabled, allows you to execute transfers through a Web/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 SOAP/REST service only. For more information, see Add Users, Groups, and Roles.

Add schedule

Allows you to schedule transfers that use this source. For more information, see Scheduler. Applies only to simple schedule.

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, PGP Encryption, PGP Decryption, callouts (custom action) or new line conversion transferred files. For more information, see Pre-Processing Actions.

Advanced Properties

The Advanced Properties section of the WebCenter Source tab allows you change advanced source properties.

Element Description

General

Click the General tab to display general advanced properties.

Content Type

Specifies the content type used by HTTP protocol.

Socket Timeout

Signals that a timeout has occurred on a socket read or accept.

Connection Wait Time

The maximum time in seconds to wait for the connection to the remote server to be established.

Performance Attributes

Click the Performance Attributes tab to display advanced properties related to performance.

Max Raise Size

Specifies the maximum number of files transferred per each Polling Interval cycle.

Proxy Settings

Click the Proxy Settings tab to display advanced properties related to proxy settings

Use Proxy

Uses the configured proxy server if checked.

System Proxy

Specifies operating system proxy server.

Proxy

Specifies the proxy server used for connecting to the UCM server

User

Specifies the user as whom to access the proxy server.

Password

Specifies the password for the proxy server user.

Confirm Password

Confirms the user password.

Host Name

Specifies the proxy server host name.

Port

Specifies the proxy server port.

Operations

Click the Operation tab to display advanced properties related to file operations.

Action Type

Specifies the action taken after files from this source are transferred: None or Delete.

Related Topics

Creating a Source in Using Oracle Managed File Transfer