52.6 Setting Up a Data Service Activity

In this section, we will set up an FTP download as an example of a data service activity. We will use the data connection configuration created in section "Setting Up a Network Connection".

First add a "Network Connect" activity. Associate it with the "Test Config 1" configuration set created in section "Setting Up a Network Connection".

Then add a "Network Disconnect" activity at the bottom of the workflow. The disconnect operation will take down the network connection. This activity needs no particular configuration, so you do not need to associate it with a configuration set.

The FTP session itself is handled by the "FTP Download" activity. Insert an activity of this type between network connect and disconnect:

For the FTP Download activity, you need to create a configuration set representing the FTP server and how to access it. Again this is done in similar fashion as for previously created configurations.

After completing the definition of the FTP server configuration, reference it from the FTP Download activity in the same manner as before.