Custom Metadata Columns

Column	Description
Column Name	The name of the actual database column. This name will also be shown in the metadata table when viewing the message browser for the channel.
Type	The type of column to create. STRING: A textual string value. NUMBER: A numeric value. This may be an integer or floating point value. BOOLEAN: A true/false value. TIMESTAMP: A date/time value.
Variable Mapping	The key used to look up values in all available variable maps for each connector. As explained in the Variable Maps section, the following maps (if available) will be checked in this order: Response Connector Channel Source Global Channel Global Configuration

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Message Metadata

Metadata typically refers to important information about the message, but not the actual message content. Message Metadata includes: Message ID: Every message for any given channel has a unique integer ID, the Message ID. The Message ID is used to organize data in the message browser and join connector messages together. Connector Metadata ID: Each connector has its own ID, referred to as the connector metadata ID. The source connector always has a metadata ID of zero (0). Destination connector metadata IDs start at one (1) and increment for each new destination you add to the channel. Status: Each connector message has a status, which tells the channel the current processing state. For example, the status could be RECEIVED, which means the raw data has been committed to the database, but the message is in the middle of being processed. It could be QUEUED, which may mean it is sitting in a queue waiting to be processed, or one or more attempts have been made to process the message, but

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View Mappings

Select a connector message in the Metadata Table. Select the Mappings tab (located below the Metadata Table). Double-click entries in the table to view the values in a separate dialog. Parent topic: Mappings Tab

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Channel Settings

Item Name Description G Clear global map on redeploy Select Yes to clear the global map when redeploying all channels. Yes is the default for this field. Select No to keep global map information when redeploying all channels. H Default Queue Buffer Size The default source/destination queue buffer size to use for new channels. The default is 1000 (messages). I Default Metadata Columns Determines which custom metadata columns is added by default when a user creates a new channel. Options include: Source Type Version The user can also remove these column on the channel's Summary tab. For additional information, see Custom Metadata Columns. Parent topic: Server Settings Tab

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General Channel Properties

General Channel properties are configured on the Summary Tab within the Edit Channel View and include: Unique ID, name, and description. Links to Code Template Libraries: These let the channel know which custom functions are available in specific JavaScript contexts. Links to Library Resources: These let the channel know which custom Java classes are available in specific connectors and/or JavaScript contexts. Deploy/Start Dependencies: These determine which channels are dependent on this one, and also which channels are dependencies for this one. This way you can have some channels deploy and start before others. Attachment Handler: This allows you to extract pieces of any incoming message and store them separately. As a message processes through a channel, multiple copies of it will be held in memory at once (for the raw / transformed / encoded versions of a message). Attachments are stored only once, so by using them you can greatly reduce your channels' memory footprint. Message St

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Message Storage Settings

Message storage settings enable you to determine how much message data your channel will store, whether to encrypt content, and whether to automatically delete content after messages are finished processing. This section of the Summary Tab enables you to determine how much message data your channel will store, whether to encrypt content, and whether to automatically delete content after messages are finished processing. Changing these settings may affect the availability of certain features, like queuing. Image of the Message Storage section of the Summary tab. Item Name Description A Storage Slider Use this slider bar to change how much data to store as messages process through the channel. The options are: Development: All data will be stored. Production: Everything except Processed Raw, Transformed, Response Transformed, and Processed Response content will be stored. Raw: Only Raw / Source Map content and attachments will be stored. Destination queuing is not supported in this mode,

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Message Pruning Settings

These settings allow you to decide when to prune and archive message data (if at all). Note that pruning does not happen automatically unless you enable the scheduler in the Data Pruner Settings Tab. For more information about message data in general, see About Message Data. Item Name Description A Store indefinitely When selected, message metadata are never pruned. B Prune metadata When selected, this field determines how long to retain message metadata before it is pruned. C Prune when metadata is removed When selected, message content follows the same pruning options set in the Prune metadata field. D Prune content When selected, the field here determines how long to retain message content before it is pruned. E Allow message archiving When checked and the data pruner and archiver are enabled, messages in this channel are archived first before they are pruned. F Prune Errored Messages When checked and the data pruner is enabled, errored messages in this channel are pruned. Parent to

Custom Metadata Columns

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Message Metadata

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Custom Metadata Columns

Message Metadata

View Mappings

Channel Settings

General Channel Properties

Message Storage Settings

Message Pruning Settings