Exercise 1.1 – My First Route

Create a Route

1. 1. From the eiConsole File Management screen, select the Add Route button.
   2. In the dialog that appears, enter the name My First Route and select OK.
   3. The Route should now appear in the table on the screen. Double-click it to open it.

Document the Source System

1. 1. Select the Source System stage in the Route Editing Grid. The configuration panel will appear at the bottom.
   2. Change the System Name to XML File.
   3. Select the Choose Source Icon button, and scroll down to select one of the XML icons.

Configure the Listener

1. 1. Select the Listener stage in the Route Editing Grid. The configuration panel will appear at the bottom.
   2. Select Directory/File from the Listener Type selection box. Optionally, click the … button to open the Module Search Dialog, which provides a faster way to find the module you’re looking for.
   3. Assign a polling directory using the … button to open the file selector. The polling directory should NOT be the directory with all the sample files since files will be moved/deleted by the listening process.
   4. Go to the Post-Process tab and select Delete from Postprocess Operation:

Configure the Transport

1. 1. Select the Transport stage in the Route Editing Grid. The configuration panel will appear at the bottom.
   2. Select Directory/File from the Transport Type selection box. Optionally, click the … button to open the Module Search Dialog, which provides a faster way to find the module.
   3. Select the Target Directory, using the … button to open the file selection.
   4. Set output as the Target File Name.
   5. Set xml as the Target File Extension.

Document the Target System

1. 1. Select the Target System stage in the Route Editing Grid. The configuration panel will appear at the bottom.
   2. Change the System Name to XML File.
   3. Select the Choose Target Icon button and scroll down to select one of the XML icons.

Prepare to Test the Route

1. 1. In the menu bar at the top, select Route -> Testing Mode. Make sure the changes to the Route are saved.
   2. Copy the file called people.xml from the Samples directory provided into the directory chosen as the polling directory.

Test the Route

1. 1. At the top of the Testing Mode screen, select the Execute Test button.
   2. If the Route was configured successfully, all the Stages should light up with green checkmarks.
   3. In the OS File Explorer, open the directory selected as the Target Directory. The file output.xml should contain contents identical to the people.xml input file.

Output Files

1. 1. Compare the results from the exercise with the following example output files to see if they are correct.
      1. output.xml