Use this activity to define parameter sets for an external file type. The parameter sets are referred to when using a standard external interface, e.g. the External Supplier Invoices Interface, or when using the general External File Assistant in the External Files toolkit.
The purpose with the parameter sets is to be able to link one or more of
the available file type parameters to the sets and thus making it possible to
handle different parameters in different situations. One case is when the parameters
to be supplied for input file processing are not the same as when processing
an output file, leading to definition of one parameter set for input file processing
and one other for output file processing.
One other possibility is to define
different default values for the parameters by defining different parameter
sets. When referring to a specific parameter set in the
External File Assistant
then the parameters will get the default values according to the definition
for that set.
Users can define the parameter sets in the Parameter Sets section in the External File Type Parameter Definition page.
An external file type must be available.
It is not possible to add or
modify parameters for system defined file types.
When both available parameters and parameter sets have been defined for a file type then it is possible to perform the step where available parameters are associated with the parameter sets.