Question
Capgemini
IN
Last activity: 7 Jun 2017 17:38 EDT
Significance of System Name on Data Page
While creating a Data Page what is the expected value for 'System Name' on the Definition Tab ? It comes for each Data Sources.
If kept blank a warning comes as "Please enter a system name for the data transform data source (data source 1).", but the warning is displayed even if the Data Source is NOT a Data Transform.
Any insight on this will be appreciated.
Version used - 7.2
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Pegasystems Inc.
IN
Hi Saikat,
The System name field represents the name of the system that is associated with a data source. The system name is used to display the source systems for a data type on the External Data Entities landing page (The External Data Entities landing page provides a single, consolidated view of the external data entities that can be leveraged in the application).
For example, if your data source is a REST connector that connects to an external weather service such as Google Weather API, you can enter "Google Weather" as the system name.
Regards,
Evita.
Wipro
US
Hi Evita,
External Data Entities could be used for connector data source.
But what should we use if the data source a RD?
Thanks,
Shivakumar Singani.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
GB
Same question. It would make more sense to have a System identifier for records that are fetched from an external system.
So I am more interested to know, if the Data Page is associated to a PRPC System Identifier, given that data is sourced locally (say via a Report Definition), will the Data Page stop working when the rule is transitioned to another environment (having a different system identifier) ?
Or will this have no impact on the Data Page, making the 'System Name' field redundant in this context?
Cognizant Technology Solutions
GB
UPDATE: Having set a dummy value in the System name for Data Pages that do not refer external entities, I have learnt that there is no validation against the prpc system identifier, which could have corrupted the data page configuration upon transition.
Essentially it means that System Name is merely an identifier to the source-system of Data Page.