ION Data Flow to transfer Data Conversion files from a local workstation filesystem to the /reports

jporcello

We are looking to build an ION Data Flow to transfer Data Conversion files from a local workstation filesystem to the /reports folder on CSD.

I’ve built a POC using the following ION components:

ION Data Flow:

• Inbound Connection Point watches and pulls *.txt files using Enterprise Connector (IEC) from local workstation
• Mapper concatenates FileName + “.” + FileExtension (I think I can do this without the mapper now that I understand it)
• Outbound Connection Point maps filename & base64contents to Infor Distribution SX.e SX/rest/serviceinterface/proxy/FileTransfer API

 

This works perfectly for small files.

My fear is what happens when I test with a 1GB file?  I’m hoping ION doesn’t keep the contents of large files.  I have not tested this yet and wanted to get an opinion first.  Maybe an alternative way to do this has already been discovered?

We are currently transferring single files leveraging "SAAFT - File Transfer Administrator" within SX.e (CSD).  This is a very cumbersome process. 

Would appreciate any thoughts for this.

Kind regards,

John

prabodhaa

ION is not ideal for transferring large files. As per the Infor best practices guide, we would need to try to maintain the max message size less than 5 MB for better performance. Moreover, with your current Infor OS tire, there is a processing limit for ION.

350 MB for daily essentials.