Register an FT Optix Connector

On the Management Console, select the

Extractor Info

tab.

The Extractor Listing page is displayed.

Click the Add [] icon.

The

Extractor Info Detail

page is displayed.

In the

General Info

section, provide a unique name for your Extractor in the

Source Name

field. The Source Name works as the identifier for your extractor. You can search for an extractor using the Source Name. By default, DataMosaix populates a source name.

Source Name example: EXT_1406230728_createproject_v1.

Here, EXT stands for the extractor, 140623 is the date in ddmmyy format, 0728 is the timestamp in hhmm format, and createproject_v1 is the project in which you are currently working. You can use the default source name or create your own.

(Optional) Provide the location details. It can help you identify an extractor when you have many extractors for different plants/sites/locations.

From the

Associated Roles

drop-down list, select at least one role. You can refer to various roles and capabilities by clicking

Role Reference

.

You can select multiple roles from the Associated Roles drop-down list. In the search bar, you can search for any specific role from the list. If you want to apply all the roles to the application, select the

Select All

checkbox.

Next, you can select a pipeline or create a new pipeline. When you create a new pipeline, you have the option of selecting from an existing dataset or creating a new dataset.

In the

Pipeline Name

field, search for a specific pipeline by entering the first characters and select a pipeline. On selecting a pipeline, the Pipeline External ID and Dataset Name fields are generated.

To create a new pipeline, select the

+ Create Pipeline

option.

The

Create Pipeline

dialog box is displayed.

Provide the following Pipeline information to create a new pipeline:

When you create a pipeline, you can either select an existing dataset or create a new dataset. Select a Dataset from the

Dataset Name

search field, if you want to use an existing Dataset.

If you choose to create a new Dataset, the Dataset-related fields will be displayed. Provide the following dataset information:

Click

Add

. Based on the options you choose (select or create), the Pipeline and Dataset information is either populated or created and displayed on the Extractor Info Detail page.

In the

Source Info

section, select the source type of extractor as

FT OPTIX

.

Click

Save and Apply

.

The

Generated info Saved

dialog box is displayed and it contains the configuration information. You can view the configuration file details by clicking

View generated configuration file

. Alternatively, you can also copy and save the information for future use by clicking

Copy All

. Click

Download

to download the config.yml file that includes all the configuration information that you can use to run the extractor.

Click

Download

.

The

config.yml

file is downloaded in the Downloads folder of your local machine.

Click

Close

to close the pop-up window.

The new extractor is displayed under Extractor Listing.

Perform the following steps to add

Environment Variable

in the

config.yml

file: