The Event Hub Publisher activity node
This topic describes how to configure the Event Hub Publisher node which can be used to send events to the Event Hub through a process.
General tab properties
On the General tab, you can configure the event string. You can also specify or update the connection information as needed.
| Property | Description |
| Configuration name | Select the configuration that contains the Event Hub connection that you want to use for this activity node. |
The following properties are passed in a string that has the format: publisher:document:event
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| Publisher |
Displays the name of the current publisher in the format: LPA-<dataarea> where <dataarea> is the name of the data that LPA is using. Publisher example: LPA-M3PROD Note:
This information is supplied by the Infor Process Automation data area and cannot be changed. |
| Document | Select the source for the information to be used as input. This could be a program, a table or another source of data. |
| Event |
The operation on the document that gets sent to the Event Hub. Valid operations are: C = CREATE U = UPDATE D = DELETE S = START X = EXIT Q = REQUEST R = RESPONSE |
Input Elements tab
As part of the event you can also send data. You can use Input Elements tab to define the data. For data element you can define name, value and optionally old value.
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Name: The name of the entity to be updated. For example, this could be the name of a field, such as, OrderStatus.
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Value: The new value of the entity.
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Old Value: The existing value that will be replaced through this event.
Example:
The following event specifies input values for updating OrderStatus when a change is made.
LPA-MyDataArea:MyOrders:U:Order123,complete,inprocess
In this example, an update event occurred on the MyOrders document. Order123 was updated ("U") from "inprocess" to "complete."