FTP Adapter - Dynamic JCA properties.

Hi All,
I have a requirement to dynamically assign few jca properties in FTP Adapter as listed below,
FileName
JNDI name
PhysicalDirectory
AchiveDirectory
DeleteFile
UseRemoteArchive
Out of these, i am able to dynamically set the values for Source/Target fileName, JNDIName and Source/Target directory.
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.FileName" variable="SOURCE_FILENAME"/>
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.jndi" variable="SOURCE_JNDI"/>
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.Directory" variable="SOURCE_DIRECTORY"/>
Can anyone let me know what values can be used for other properties as well? I tried using the below values, but the values are not changed dynamically.
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.FileArchiveDirectory" variable="SOURCE_ARCHIVE_DIRECTORY"/>
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.DeleteFile" variable="DELETE_SOURCE_FILE"/> and <bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.DeleteFile" variable="DELETE_SOURCE_FILE"/>
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.UseRemoteArchive" variable="ARCHIVE_REQD"/>
Thanks,
Mukesh

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Ajay

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Thanks,
Naveen Kumar T.

Hi,
The document with the properties is this... It doesn't mention any properties for permissions though...
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E25178_01/integration.1111/e10231/adptr_propertys.htm#CHDJBDHC
Cheers,
Vlad

RENAME/COPY/DELETE a file using FTP Adapter in 11g using dynamic values

Hi All
We have a requirement to do the above for a client. I was able to find a post\blog that tells you to add the below properties in FTP adapter JCA file and it works but,
<interaction-spec className="oracle.tip.adapter.ftp.outbound.FTPIoInteractionSpec">
<property name="SourcePhysicalDirectory" value="foo1"/>
<property name="SourceFileName" value="bar1"/>
<property name="TargetIsRemote" value="false"/>
<property name="TargetPhysicalDirectory" value="foo2"/>
<property name="TargetFileName" value="bar2"/>
<property name="Type" value="COPY"/>
</interaction-spec>
The problem is that how to assign these values dynamically (from xpath or bpel variables etc). Can somebody provide me with some pointers? Its very urgent!

Use the below approach to set the directory and file names dynamically.
In BPEL source mode, specify the bpelx:inputProperty. Set the values for these variables in bpel. These can also be accessed as bpel preference values.
<invoke>
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.SourceFileName" variable="SourceFileNameVar"/>
<bpelx:inputProperty name="jca.ftp.TargetFileName" variable="TargetFileNameVar"/>
</invoke>

Passing payload values to FTP adapter properties

Hi
We are on XI 3.0 SP 13 and we have a requirement as follows :
We want to use XI purely as a dynamic ftp service.It has 3-4 static locations from which it picks up files from. The target details onto which it ftps the files are dynamic i.e the hostname, uname,type of transfer etc are to be looked up from a db table - in other words, these ftp destination details are to be looked up during mapping using a mapping lookup API and then the ftp adapter properties are to be set dynamically .
Question is : can we set these ftp adapter properties like hostname, uname etc dynamically from mapping ? If not, what alternatives do we have to achieve this ? Or is this doable in SP14 onwards ?
I have seen a lot of threads on setting this ftp adapter properties dynamically - including suggestions for writing a JAVA module, proxies etc -
WE are on SP13 - what is the package - class and API details that are to be accessed - if we want to achieve this using a JAVA module ? ( if at all we have to go that route )
Any quick suggestions, pointers is appreciated as we are in a time crunch to do a POC. Thank you for your time.

Hi,
I doubt if we could set the file parameters dynamically.
In case the number of target locations are small, say, 4 or 5... we could achieve this through conditional receiver detemination. In order to do this, we would need to know the receivers in advance.
Regards,
Smitha.

FTP adapter for Oracle Service Bus - retrieve file by dynamic file name.

Hi
I am newbie in OSB. I try to use FTP transport in Workshop, it must fill in "Prefix" and "Suffix" for destination file name.
But for us, the file name is sent by external systems.
The workflow is:
1. External system call our proxy services.
2. Proxy service get file name from SOAP message.
3. Proxy Service get the file from FTP server.
4. The file send to Business services.
Any suggestions to implement about workflows?

Let me first put here what I understand about the flow:
External Sytem -->(filename)--> OSB HTTP PS --> (1) --> OSB FTP BS --> Read file based on filename
|--> (2) --> send file ontent to another system or return to the original system
If that is the flow, then I beileve ther is no straight forward way to implement it in OSB.
OSB FTP BS will only write a file to FTP Location.
If you create a JCA FTP Adapter for reading the file, then you can use it only to create a Proxy Service, and that proxy will not pick up the file when called from another service but only when a file is put on the source FTP location.
So, to implement the solution you will need to use Java Callout to a class which has code written to accept the file name as input, read the file from an FTP location and return the file content.
This is my understanding of how it is, may be there is another way to implement this or in fact may be the latest version of OSB 11.1.1.4 or 11.1.1.5 JCA adapter does support read operation within a flow instead of just at the start of the flow.

How to give a dynamic File Name for Receiver File/FTP Adapter.

Hi Experts,
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where as my requirement is only to to add Time & not the Date. (NThhmmss.out)
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Regards,
Umesh

Hi Umesh,
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And refer the below weblogs for Variable Subtiutuion File Name Scheme
/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/20/dynamic-file-name-using-xi-30-sp12-part--i - Dynamic File Name Part 1
/people/jayakrishnan.nair/blog/2005/06/28/dynamic-file-namexslt-mapping-with-java-enhancement-using-xi-30-sp12-part-ii - Dynamic File Name Part 2
Hope this way would be solve u r problem.
Cheers
Veera
>>>Reward points, if it is needful

Dynamic file name creation using FTP adapter wired from a mediator

Hi All,
My Requirement is as follows....
Mediator is wired to Three FTP adapters to create three files.
File names are dynamic.
In the mediator those three routings, mappings and assignment for the directory and file name are being created.
But out of 3 files, 2 files are being created with the names mentioned during the FTP adapter configuration and the last one is being created
with the dynamic value.
Any help in this regard is highly thankful.
Thank you.
Srivatsasa.

Create a UDF in mapping taking counter from IDoc as input parameter
DynamicConfiguration conf = (DynamicConfiguration) container.getTransformationParameters().get(StreamTransformationConstants.DYNAMIC_CONFIGURATION);
DynamicConfigurationKey key = DynamicConfigurationKey.create("http://sap.com/xi/XI/System/File","FileName");
String totalFilename = "AAAA_" + counter;
conf.put(key,totalFilename);
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Map output of this UDF to Top node at target.
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