Local Repository

A local repository or connection to a shared repository is required to use File-AID/EX. A local repository is automatically installed.

Note

For production environments, Compuware recommends that users set up a shared repository in an industry-standard RDMS rather than using the local repository created when File-AID/EX is installed. The local repository is not managed or backed up, and is meant only to provide a starting point for small testing scenarios, not production environments.

The local repository is a storage area for the following objects:

  • Specifications - A file that defines the connection, source and target, conditions, and options to be selected during processing. Types of specifications include ComparePro, ConverterPro, Related Extract, and Related Loader.
  • Logs - A report detailing status messages generated during a specific process (comparison, extract, load, or conversion).
  • Sets - A group of ComparePro or ConverterPro specifications.
  • Results - The differences between the baseline and test data that result from executing a comparison specification.
  • Connection Templates - Templates that define the parameters for a specific ComparePro, ConverterPro, or Related Loader connection. These parameters include the user ID, password, host/server name, and port number.
  • Application Relationships - The information needed to preserve the defined relationships between tables when records are entered or deleted.
  • Selection Criteria - The file specifying the options and conditions for selecting data records or rows for processing.
  • Data Privacy Templates - Templates that define the data privacy rules that can be used with ConverterPro, Related Extract, and Related Loader specifications.
  • Date Aging Business Rules - Business rules that can be used with the Data Privacy Manager to age dates for ConverterPro, Related Extract, and Related Loader specifications.

The local repository resides on the local machine and is accessible only by that machine. Users cannot access objects on another's local repository unless they add a reference on their local machine to that local repository. The default password for the local repository created during product installation is fileaidcs and is not modifiable.

File-AID/EX shared repositories, discussed in the Homebase online help, are storage areas that can be shared among users.




 

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