Key Capabilities
- Automatic encoding detection and conversion between multiple character sets
- Support for UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, and Asian character sets
- Fallback handling for undetectable encodings with configurable error handling
Connector Configuration
This section contains all of the configurable connector properties.Settings Tab
Configuration
Settings related to establishing the connection.| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Connector Id | The static, unique identifier for the connector. |
| Connector Type | Displays the connector name and a description of what it does. |
| Connector Description | An optional field to provide a free-form description of the connector and its role in the flow. |
| Input Encoding | The encoding of the input file (the default is Auto-Detect). The available encodings are UTF-8, UTF-16, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, GB2312, Shift-JIS, GBK, Big5, EUC-JP, and TIS-620. |
| Auto Detect Fallback | The encoding to use if Auto-Detect fails to detect an encoding (the default is Use Fallback Encoding). The other options are Keep Original and Failure. |
| Fallback Encoding | The encoding the connector falls back to if Auto-Detect fails to identify the encoding and Auto Detect Fallback is set to Use Fallback Encoding (the default is UTF-8). The other options are UTF-16, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, GB2312, Shift-JIS, GBK, Big5, EUC-JP, and TIS-620. |
| Output Encoding | The encoding to apply to the output file (the default is UTF-8). The other options are UTF-16, ISO-8859-1, Windows-1252, GB2312, Shift-JIS, GBK, Big5, EUC-JP, and TIS-620. |
| Local File Scheme | A scheme for assigning filenames to messages that are output by the connector. You can use macros in your filenames dynamically to include information such as identifiers and timestamps. For more information, see Macros. |
Advanced Tab
Logging
Other Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Processing Delay | The amount of time (in seconds) by which the processing of files placed in the Transactions tab is delayed. This is a legacy setting. Best practice is to use a File connector to manage local file systems instead of this setting. |
Miscellaneous
Automation Tab
Automation Settings
Settings related to the automatic processing of files by the connector.| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Send | Whether messages arriving at the connector are automatically processed. |