Configure File Publishing
These configuration steps are required to enable connectivity between Redwood Finance Automation and Report2Web.
Configure Report2Web Catalogs
- In Redwood Finance Automation, Navigate to Environment > R2W Catalogs.
- Choose New R2W Catalog from the context-menu.
- On the R2W Catalog tab, set the following values:
- Partition - select the appropriate Redwood Finance Automation partition for the Report2Web catalog.
- Name, set this to the name of the Report2Web catalog that you wish to connect to. Name must start with a letter, can contain only letters from the US ASCII alphabet, numbers, and underscores. Limited to
80
characters. - Note that you can identify potential catalogs by using your browser to navigate to the Report2Web server and viewing the list of catalogs on the login page.
- Description, adequately describe the catalog. Any UTF-8 character combination is allowed; limited to
255
characters. - Application, select from the list of installed applications or leave blank.
- URL, specify the url for the target Report2Web server, specifying protocol, server, port and Report2Web application, for example:
http[s]://report2Web.host:8080/r2w
.- Authentication, select a credential or provide Username and Password.
- Repeat for all relevant Report2Web catalogs.
Configure your Redwood Finance Automation for a Report2Web Catalog
- In Redwood Finance Automation, navigate to Scripting > Tables.
- Select the Application Customising table for your product, for example
FCA_ApplicationCustomizing
. - Choose Edit from the context-menu.
- On the Values tab , set the following value:
- R2W_Catalog_Target, this value should be set to one of the Report2Web catalog names configured above.
Enable File Publishing for a task list
Change / create the following parameters:
TASK_OUTPUTS=<file selection>
- This value must be set according to the rules for Addressing Files in Redwood Finance Automation.TASK_PUBLISH_OUTPUTS=X
Execution
File publishing is triggered in the post running phase of a robot. Progress and the following details can be monitored in the process' log file stdpostrunning.log
:
- Catalog Target - the Report2Web target catalog.
- Folder Path - the location, within the catalog, where the files will be published.
- Published - a list of files published to the catalog.
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