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Editing an Adapter
Follow the instructions in this section to edit local and remote Subversion adapters at the site and organization levels.
1. From Site > Utilities or Organizations > Utilities select Adapters Administration in the System Administration section of the page to open the Adapter Administration window.
2. From the Adapter Definition table, select the adapter you want to modify and click Edit. The Adapter Definition window opens displaying the predefined Adapter Type, Adapter Name, and Set Adapter Attributes.
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The adapter type and adapter name cannot be modified.
3. Update any of the following Set Adapter Attributes as shown in the table.
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No field can be left "blank” except for the Display Name field.
Field
Description
Display Name
The descriptive and unique name to identify the adapter that is easily understood by users. The adapter display name can have special characters and spaces. This field is optional
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When creating multiple adapters, do not use identical display names for adapters. This results in not being able to differentiate between multiple display names in the system.
Adapter View Host
The host name of the computer where the remote adapter is installed.
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Do not use mixed case letters when creating the adapter view host name.
Adapter Port Number
The port number of the remote adapter. The port number has to be an integer in the 1024_65535 range.
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Do not use port numbers that are reserved from other applications.
Repository URL
The URL location of the Subversion server. The repository must exist in your directory relative to your naming service search base. Typically this value is your fully qualified host name.
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Use the Repository URL field to connect the Subversion adapter with the Subversion server.
When entering values such as URIs and URLs into the Property Administrator, Info*Engine identifies filepaths using the forward slash (/) as the separator in LDAP entries. The back slash (\) character is used as an escape character.
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The forward slash (/) is the directory separator used on Windows systems.
User Name
The server authenticates the given username using the corresponding supplied password.
The user name is mandatory only if the Subversion system requires authentication for accessing the files.
If the password is necessary, enter the user’s existing user name from the Subversion system web server.
Password
The server authenticates the given password using the corresponding supplied user name.
The password is mandatory only if the Subversion system requires authentication for accessing the files.
If the password is necessary, enter the user’s existing password from the Subversion system web server.
Compressed File Format
The type of file (.ZIP or .JAR) that is created when an adapter primary source or attachment content is uploaded.
Adapter Temporary Files Directory
The predefined directory in the given host machine for temporary adapter files. The type of file (.ZIP or .JAR) that is created when an adapter primary source or attachment content is uploaded.
4. When finished, select one of the following options:
Action
Description
OK
After clicking OK, the Site > System Administration window displays while the system is saving and loading the modified adapter in the Adapter Definition table.
Cancel
Click Cancel to revoke changes made to the adapter.
A system generated message box states the following. “Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page? Aborting the process of modifying the Adapter results in loss of unsaved data. Press OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page.”
Perform the appropriate action:
• To save modifications to the adapter, click Cancel, and then click OK in the Adapter Definition window. When updates are completed, the system returns you to the Adapter Administration window.
Or,
• To revoke modifications to the adapter, click OK. The system returns you to the Adapter Administration window.
5. If you updated any of the adapter attributes, restart the Windchill server.
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You must restart the Windchill server after updating any of the adapter attributes.