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Configuring Tag Synchronizer

The behavior of Tag Synchronizer can be configured on the Edit Configuration tab similar to the following figure.

The options that are saved in the configuration file are summarized in the following table.

Tag Synchronizer configuration settings
Setting Description Default Remarks

ExportDB section

Command

Stored procedure name in the maintenance management system database.   Optional

Connection string

Connection string to the maintenance management system database where the stored procedure exists.   Optional

VaultInfo section

DatastoreName

Datastore name of the destination vault.   Required

MachineName

EDM Server service computer name.   Required

RootFolder

Root folder in Meridian Enterprise for creating the objects. \ Required

TagDocExt

Meridian Enterprise extension of the imported object. .object Required

TagDocType

Meridian Enterprise document type of the imported object. tagObject Required

TagIDProperty

Meridian Enterprise property to be used to uniquely address an object in the vault. If not configured then the display name is used.

Note    Invalid characters \ / : * ? " < > | appearing in the value are replaced by an underscore character _

  Required

VaultName

Name of the Meridian Enterprise destination vault.   Required

Config section

AddressSMTPServer

Address of an SMTP server for sending email messages.   Optional

LogDirexctory

Folder for storing the error log files.   Optional

LogErrorEmail

Email address for reporting errors.   Optional

ImportDB section

ActionAdd

Semicolon separated list of strings that trigger an import action.    

ActionField

Column in the intermediate file that specifies the action to be taken. If no action is specified, then the application will import objects instead of retire them.   Optional

ActionRetire

Semicolon separated list of strings that trigger a retire action.    

ConnectionString

Connection string to the maintenance management system database from which to import objects.   Required

DatabasePath

Path to the exported intermediate file.   Required

Field<X>

A column in the intermediate file to map to the corresponding Meridian Enterprise property specified in Property<X>. Possible formats include:

Field<X>=<ColumnName>, <Size>

Field<X>=//<Value>

Where <ColumnName> is the name of a column in the intermediate file, <Value> is a fixed value to use and <Size> is an optional integer to restrict to a number of characters.

   

ImportDBFieldName

Column in the intermediate file that specifies the name of the imported object.   Required

ImportPathField

Path to a content file to import for a new object. Not applicable to existing objects.   Optional

NumFields

Number of additional properties to map. Ensure that at least a mapping between TagIDProperty and ImportDBFieldName exists.

N  

Property<X>

Meridian Enterprise property to map to the corresponding intermediate file column Field<X>. The value is must contain both the Meridian Enterprise property set name and the property name in the format <PropertySet>.<PropertyName>.    

ResultFail

Message to insert in the column specified by ResultField if the import or retire action fails.    

ResultField

Column in the intermediate file for displaying the result of the action.   Optional

ResultOK

Message to insert in the column specified by ResultField if the import or retire action succeeds.    

SelectionCommand

SQL SELECT statement for the intermediate file. The value can contain a placeholder {0} for the modification date time. See also SkipModifiedArgument.   Required

SkipExisting

Imports only new records. 0 Optional

SkipHeaderRecords

Integer value specifying the number of header records in the result set to be ignored. 0 Optional

SkipModifiedArguments

If True, the statement in SelectionCommand is expected to not contain a placeholder for the modification date and time. False Optional

SkipNonExisting

Only synchronizes existing objects. 0 Optional

SubFolderField

Column that contains a subfolder path where to import objects.

Note    Invalid characters \ / : * ? " < > | appearing in the value are replaced by an underscore character _

  Optional

SubFolderFieldIsParent

Boolean value that specifies how to interpret the SubFolderField setting. Set to True if SubFolderField specifies the parent folder of the imported object. Set to False if SubFolderField specifies the path to the object (including the object name). In that case the object name is stripped from the value. True Optional

VersionField

    Optional

Notes

Related concepts

Understanding the Tag Synchronizer tool


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