exportTransfer

The purpose of this operation is to simplify getting MFT artifacts into an SCM, and typically this operation will be used in a utility workflow specifically built to populate SCM, rather than in the build workflow.

Exports a list of transfers and the associated source and target artifacts and the config plan from the MFT Design time to the FD_TEMP_DIR/export . You can copy these files from the /temp/export/ folder to wherever your mft source is checked out from the SCM using the file plugin.

When an artifact exports from MFT the name looks like:  so_916dffd7-19fc-406e-9fac-12b46fe79d0f.xml, this makes it hard to determine which files to pick then deploying a transfer and its associated files, so the ExportTransfer operation will automatically rename the files to the name of the source, target, or transfer that it contains. This name will then be the one that is checked into SCM if you add additional steps to the workflow. The name will be converted back to the Source, Target, or Transfer ID at deployment time automatically.

The plugin defaults to exporting Common Attributes like the UI would:

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You can export with All Attributes using the input "All ConfigPlan Attributes."

Target Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

MFT Server Host

FDMFT_SERVER_HOST

Yes

The host name for MFT (e.g. mftdev.company.com)

MFT Server Port

FDMFT_SERVER_PORT

Yes

The managed server port number for MFT.(e.g. 8001).

The Server port will be used when creating the t3 or t3s connection to the server host. This property works in conjunction with the Use SSL flag.

MFT Use SSL

FDMFT_USE_SSL

No

If checked, t3s will be used to connect to the MFT server. Otherwise, a t3 connection will be used instead.

The Server port will be used either way, so if you check use SSL, specify the SSL port there.

Weblogic Admin Password

FDWLS_ADMIN_PASSWORD

Yes

Weblogic Admin Password

Weblogic Admin User

FDWLS_ADMIN_USER

Yes

The username for the WLS admin server.

Oracle Middleware Home (MW_HOME)

FD_ORACLE_MW_HOME

Yes

The oracle middleware home (which has subfolders such as oracle_common, wlserver, coherence*, etc.) (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw)

Project Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Rename After Export

FDMFT_RENAME_AFTER_EXPORT

No

If checked, the artifacts will be renamed to the name of the artifact after exporting. See the paragraphs above for more information on how and when the artifacts are renamed.

Inputs

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

Input Name

Input Code

Required

Description

Transfers To Export

TRANSFERS_TO_EXPORT

No

Comma separated list of transfers to export. If left empty, all transfers will be exported.

All ConfigPlan Attributes

FDMFT_INP_EXPORT_ALL_CONFIG_PLAN

No

If checked, all attributes will be added to the config plan. Otherwise only Common attributes will be added.

See the image above for information about where the setting is present in the UI.

This input was added in version 5.0.1.8. Prior to that it defaulted to false, exporting only the key (common) options in the config plan.

Artifacts

This operation doesn’t consume or produce any artifacts.

Endpoint Selection

This operation delegates the selection of endpoints to the workflow developer.

Endpoint Execution

This operation delegates the selection of any or all of the endpoints to be executed on to the workflow developer.

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