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Create the required local folders
Before you create inbound or outbound modules, create folders on the local file system for events and output. You can optionally create folders for staging and archiving.
Before you create inbound or outbound modules, you must specify the event directory and the output directory on the Service Configuration Properties screen of the external service wizard.
You can also create a staging directory and an archive directory, but these directories are not required.
- The event directory stores events for inbound processing. The adapter polls this folder at regular intervals and sends any found events, in the form of business objects, to the server.
- The output directory is used by the adapter to write the final output files for Create, Append, and Overwrite operations during outbound processing.
- The staging directory is a temporary directory where the adapter writes the initial output files during Create and Overwrite operations, to avoid write conflicts. The output files are then renamed and copied to the output directory.
- The archive directory is a directory where the adapter stores processed event files.
Instead of specifying the names of these directories when you run the external service wizard, you can use WebSphere Application Server environment variables.
Configure the module for deployment
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