Saving a Process
To save the process, click File > Save or press Ctrl+S. The process file is saved and the * mark is not seen next to the name of the file in the process editor tab.
After creating the process, you can validate and run the process. To do this, see
Validating Processes.
Saving a Process RTC File Only
You can save multiple Runtime Configuration (RTC) files for a single process without changing existing process (.process) and RTC (.process.rtc) files. This enables you to run a process configured for different environments.
This is useful, for example, if you need to deploy to several environments that use the same process, but they don’t use the same macro values. Macro values reside in the process RTC (.process.rtc) file, so you can create a process RTC (.process.rtc) file for each environment.
For example, if you are developing a process in a development or test environment, and then want to move the process to a production environment. You can use the first RTC (.process.rtc) file to execute in the development environment, and create another RTC (.process.rtc) file for a production environment.
Process File
The process (.process) file contains process workflow details that you configure in the Step Builder Canvas. This includes steps for maps, scripts, application executables, and components. You can generate multiple process RTC (.process.rtc) for a process (.process) file.
Process RTC File
The process RTC (.process.rtc) file is the runtime configuration of a process artifact. The process RTC (.process.rtc) file contains runtime details related to the process, including macrosets. The RTC file also contains most of the settings that you configure on the Configuration tab, such as Execution Options, Global Variables, and Logging Options.
The RTC files you create from a process (.process) file all references the same process (.process) file - the process that generated them.
How They Work
The RTC (.process.rtc) file and the process (.process) file have a N to 1 relationship. When you create multiple RTC (.process.rtc) files, they all reference the same process (.process) file.
When you create a process, two files with the same name but with different extensions are automatically generated: a process (.process) file and a process RTC (.process.rtc) file. The process (.process) file opens in the Process Editor. However, you actually see both the process (.process) file and the process RTC (.process.rtc) file content.
As you edit and save the process, appropriate changes are saved to each file. Process workflow details are saved to the process (.process) file, and process configuration details are saved to the RTC (.process.rtc) file.
You can then choose File/Save Runtime Config Only... to generate a new process RTC (.process.rtc) file, and enter a new file name which is saved as a new RTC (.process.rtc) file. The new RTC (.process.rtc) file points to the same process (.process) file as the other RTC file the process (.process) file generated.
The original, auto-generated process RTC (.process.rtc) file is the default RTC file. That is, when you open, edit and save the associated process (.process) file in the Process Editor, the default RTC file is saved.
If you want to open a process using a different RTC file from the default RTC file, double-click on the desired process RTC (.process.rtc) file.
Note: When you double-click a process RTC (.process.rtc) file, the corresponding process (.process) file name is shown in the file name tab.
To create a process RTC file:
1. Open the process (.process) file.
2. From the File menu, choose Save Runtime Config Only.
The Save As dialog is displayed.
3. Specify the file name for the RTC file and click Save. For example, test_1.
The new RTC file is created within the project folder. The original RTC file that was previously open now closes, and the new RTC file, test_1.process.rtc, opens in the Process Editor.
Last modified date: 07/26/2024