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General Step

The General step contains general information about the adapter, the way it is interfaced with CA Business Service Insight and the way it is processed and monitored.

Most of the settings in the General step do not change much between one adapter to another and can be saved as defaults. This is accomplished by clicking . For more information, see Setting Adapter Defaults.

Additional data sources can be added to each adapter. This is accomplished by clicking . A new data source interface (includes the Mapping step) is added and is shown in the step-tree pane. After clicking this button, follow the steps outlined in Data Source Interface Step. Once the additional data source has been added, the icon is added enabling the user to delete the data source.

In the General step:

1. In Name, enter the name of the adapter.
2. In Adapter address, select the adapter's host or IP address where the adapter is deployed or going to be deployed and ran.

   If no adapter address is available or none of the available ones is desired, click Add adapter address. The Adapter Addresses window opens.

   1. Click Add New. The following row of fields display.
   2. In the Address column, type the adapter's host or IP address where the adapter is deployed or going to be deployed and ran.
   3. In the Name column, type a name for this adapter address. This name appears in the drop-down and can be used from now on.
   4. Click to cancel the operation and return to the Adapter Addresses window.
   5. Click to update. The Adapter Addresses window opens showing the added address.
   6. Click Save. The adapter address is saved and you return to the General step.
3. In Time format, select the time format that the adapter uses from the drop-down list. This is the default time format used for time fields in the adapter.

   If no time format is available or none of the available ones is desired, click Add new time format. The Time Format window opens.

   1. Enter the required information.
   2. Click Save. For more information, see Adding Time Formats.
4. In Time zone, select the data source time zone from the drop-down list. The time zone describes the time zone of the time fields gathered from the data source.

   The system displays a list of time zones defined in the CA Business Service Insight system and allows the user to select from the list. For more information, see Time Zones.

   Select the Use Resource Time Zone check box to have the adapter listener use the time zone set in the resource, if it is set, instead of the adapter time zone.

5. In Description, enter a description for the adapter.
6. If you are an advanced user, click Advanced to configure advanced parameters related to the General step. The General Advanced Settings window opens.
   1. In the General tab, configure more details about the adapter. For more information, see General Tab.
   2. In the Connectivity tab, configure information about how CA Business Service Insight communicates with the adapter. For more information, see Connectivity Tab.
   3. In the Monitoring tab, configure information about how the adapter is monitored, information such as: on what level log messages are created, whether statistics are created and whether historical information is saved. For more information, see Monitoring Tab.
   4. In the Processing tab, configure information about general settings of the adapter process such as: the method of run, the way illegal records are handled and regular expression behaviors setting. For more information, see Processing Tab.
   5. In the Misc tab, configure information about file and directory names required for the processing of the adapter. For more information, see Misc Tab.
   6. In the Notes tab, type any desired comments. For more information, see Notes Tab.
7. Click Next. The Adapter Wizard page Data Source Interface step opens.