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TranslationTableCollection Section

The section contains mapping tables from the data source values in to CA Business Service Insight's event fields.

XML Structure:

	<TranslationTableCollection
		LoadingMode="remote"
		TranslationTablesFileName="Translations.xml">
		<TranslationTable
			Name="ResourcesTranslateTable"
			DestinationType="resource">
			<TranslationField>nodeName</TranslationField>
		</TranslationTable>
		<TranslationTable
			Name="EventTypesTranslateTable"
			DestinationType="event_type">
			<TranslationField>eventType</TranslationField>
		</TranslationTable>
		<TranslationTable
			Name="valueUpDownTranslateTable"
			DestinationType="value"
			ValueType="string">
			<TranslationField>eventType</TranslationField>
		</TranslationTable>
	</TranslationTableCollection>

• TranslationTablesFileName: (optional) Specify the file name in which the tables are stored locally , if not specified , default value is taken ("Translation.XML").
• LoadingMode: (optional) [standalone, remote].

  Note: The default for online interface is remote and for offline interface is standalone. The specified loading method of the translation tables as following:

• standalone: The Adapter loads the Translation tables locally. No connection with CA Business Service Insight server regarding to the Translation. Changes in the translation tables will be stored only in the local file.
• remote: The Adapter sends a request to load all the tables from the CA Business Service Insight server. Changes made in the Translation tables will be stored also locally.
• LoadTimeout: (optional) When the loading mode is remote you can specify here a timeout in seconds.
  • TranslationTable: Links the event value to the mapping table.
  • Name: A name that will be used and referred by the translator. Legal name starts with letter or underscore and contains letters, digits and underscores."
  • DestinationType: [resource, event_type, contract_party, service, time_zone, value].
  • ValueType: (optional) [integer, real, string] The type of the returned value from the table. The string and real values are legal only for table with DestinationType="value"
  • TranslationField: The field name to translate from, the name of the field is taken from the input format fields. You can have up to 5 fields.