This section describes policies and rules for the Subscriber and Publisher channels in the WorkOrder driver’s basic configuration. For an overview on how the Subscriber and Publisher channels work, see Section 1.1.1, Subscriber Channel Functions and Section 1.1.2, Publisher Channel Functions.
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 6-1 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: woStatus woSendToPublisher woDoItNow woContent woType If the values are not present, the work order is not sent to the Publisher channel and the work order is not updated by the driver. For a description of these attributes, see Section C.0, Schema and Policy Rules 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. |
The following table lists the rules and policies used to configure the Publisher channel:
Table 6-2 Configuring the Publisher channel