6.8 Configuring the Subscriber and Publisher Channels

This section provides the rules needed to configure the Subscriber channel and the Publisher channel. For an overview on how the Subscriber and Publisher channels work, see Section 3.2, Subscriber Channel Functions and Section 3.3, Publisher Channel Functions.

6.8.1 Configuring the Subscriber Channel

The Subscriber channel processes only events that pertain to the work orders. The following table lists the rules and policies used in configuring the Subscriber channel.

Table 6-2 Configuring the Subscriber Channel

Rule or Policy

What it does

Subscriber Filter

Allows only events for WorkOrder Objects to be processed.

Event Transformation

Not used in the sample configuration.

Matching Rule

Not used in the sample configuration.

Create Rule

Contains rules only for WorkOrder objects.

Requires values for the following attributes on a WorkOrder object:

nwoStatus

nwoSendToPublisher

nwoDoItNow

nwoContent

If the values are not present, the work order is not sent to the Publisher channel and it is not configured by the driver.

For a description of these attributes, see Section B.0, Schema For Work Order Management.

Placement Rule

Maps work orders from the work order container you specified to the driver. This mapping is necessary so that the Subscriber channel can check the work orders to see if the DoItNow flag is set to True.

Command Transformation

Not used in the sample configuration.

Schema Mapping

Maps the eDirectory namespace to the Work Order namespace.

Output Transformation

Not used in the sample configuration.

6.8.2 Configuring the Publisher Channel

The following table lists the rules and policies used to configure the Publisher channel.

Table 6-3 Configuring the Publisher channel

Rule or Policy

What it does

Schema Mapping

Maps the Work Order driver namespace to the eDirectory namespace.

Event Transformation

Not used in the sample configuration.

Publisher Filter

Allows only events for WorkOrder objects to be processed.

Matching Rule

Not used in the sample configuration.

Placement Rule

Places WorkOrder objects in the correct container as defined in the driver’s configuration parameters.

Places WorkToDo objects in the correct container.

Command Transformation

Not used in the sample configuration.