Temporary Storage connection
Introduction
A Temporary Storage connection, created using the Temporary Storage connector, establishes access to temporary storage on the agent machine. Once a connection is configured, you can create instances of Temporary Storage activities associated with that connection to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).
Caution
If using an agent group with multiple agents, see the Important notes in Temporary Storage about using temporary storage.
Create or edit a Temporary Storage connection
A new Temporary Storage connection is created using the Temporary Storage connector from one of these locations:
- The design component palette's Project endpoints and connectors tab (see Design component palette).
- The Global Connections page (see Create a global endpoint in Global Connections).
An existing Temporary Storage connection can be edited from these locations:
- The design component palette's Project endpoints and connectors tab (see Design component palette).
- The project pane's Components tab (see Component actions menu in Project pane Components tab).
- The Global Connections page (see Edit a global endpoint in Global Connections).
Configure a Temporary Storage connection
Configuration of a Temporary Storage connection includes these fields:
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Connection name: Enter a name to use to identify the Temporary Storage connection. The name must be unique for each Temporary Storage connection and must not contain forward slashes (
/) or colons (:). This name is also used to identify the Temporary Storage endpoint, which refers to both a specific connection and its activities. -
Test: Click to verify the connection with the agent. The temporary storage path and files can be specified later during activity configuration.
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Save Changes: Click to save and close the connection configuration.
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Discard Changes: After making changes to a new or existing configuration, click to close the configuration without saving. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.
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Delete: After opening an existing connection configuration, click to permanently delete the connection from the project and close the configuration (see Component dependencies, deletion, and removal). A message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the connection.
Next steps
Menu actions for a connection and its activity types are accessible from the project pane and design component palette. For details, see Actions menus in Connector basics.
After configuring a Temporary Storage connection, you can configure one or more Temporary Storage activities associated with that connection to be used either as a source (to provide data to an operation) or as a target (to consume data in an operation).
Configure activities
These activity types are available: