The first step in setting up your EC Gateway Operations Viewer is to configure your systems, including defining the servers, server directories, and server databases involved. To access the system configuration menus, left-click the System icon from the EC Gateway Operations Viewer desktop.
Right-click the mouse while the cursor is located on the right side of the EC Gateway Operations Viewer desktop.
From the pop-up menu that appears, select New.
If you right-click a defined configuration, you can select Properties to edit the properties of that configuration. Select Delete to delete the selected configuration.
After selecting New, the System – New window displays. This window has three tabs: General, Setting, and ODBC.
The General tab allows you to define the name of the system, and all directory and certain high-level path information. Table 2-1 lists the fields on the General tab:
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
Map Directory |
The directory where ECMap transformation maps associated with the system are stored. The default directory is <drive>:\ECEDIGS\Map. You cannot change the information in this field. |
Archive Source |
The directory where files to be archived are located. The default directory is <drive>:\ECEDIGS. |
Archive Destination |
The directory where archived files are stored. The default directory is <drive>:\ECEDIGS\Archive. |
System PostOffice |
The directory where the mailboxes can be found. Each mailbox has five subdirectories (IN, OUT, GOOD, BAD, and OTHER). The default directory is <drive>:\ECEDIGS\PF_PostOffice. You cannot edit this field. |
The Setting tab allows you to configure one computer controlling execution on either itself or on another machine. You should know the source and destination IP addresses as well as the port numbers for the process-running machines.
Field |
Definition |
|---|---|
Connection String |
The connection string for the database. |
Source IP Address |
Internet protocol address of the source computer. This computer has the files that are going to be archived. |
Source Port Number |
Port number on the source computer. |
Destination IP Address |
Internet protocol address of the destination computer. This computer will receive the files for archiving. |
Destination Port Number |
Port number on the destination computer. |
The ODBC tab allows you to define the trading partner and system log databases, both of which can be stored in any ODBC-compliant format.
From the ODBC tab, you can define the data elements in Table 2-3:
Field |
Description |
|---|---|
Trading Partner Data Source Name |
The data source name for the trading partner database. To create a new database and/or data source name, use the ODBC Configure button. |
Trading Partner Connection String |
The connection string for the trading partner database. |
System Log Data Source Name |
The data source name for the system log database. |
System Log Connection String |
The connection string for the system log database. |
A connection string is a string version of the initialization properties needed to connect to a data source and enables you to easily store connection information within your application or pass it between applications. Without a connection string, you would have to store or pass a complex array of structures to access data.
The basic format of a connection string is based on the ODBC connection string. The string contains a series of keyword/value pairs separated by semicolons. The equal sign (=) separates each keyword and its value.
