Data Transformation Engine Services Guide

Chapter 10 – Using Utility Adapters
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-IA[
alias ] card_num
-OA[
alias ] card_num
where -IA is the Input Source Override execution command and -OA is the Output Target Override
execution command, alias is the adapter alias, and card_num is the number of the map card. The
following table shows each adapter alias and its execution commands.
Adapter Alias As Input As Output
e-mail
EMAIL* -IAEMAIL card_num -OAEMAIL card_num
FTP
FTP -IAFTP
card_num -OAFTP card_num
HTTP
HTTP -IAHTTP card_num -OAHTTP card_num
XML
XMLDATA -IAXMLDATA card_num -OAXMLDATA card_num
*The EMAIL alias also requires the protocol adapter command -PROTO specifying an e-mail protocol.
For example, to override the adapter commands defined in output card 1, the command string for the
FTP adapters might be:
-IAFTP1 ‘-TS -URL FTP://sales@host/c:/forms/myfile.txt’
For information about the options that you can use with the execution commands for adapters or how to
create a command file, see the Execution Commands Reference Guide.
In a Map or Component Rule
Specify adapter commands by using the GET, PUT, and RUN functions with the adapter alias in a map or
component rule. For example, to use the PUT function with the FTP adapter:
PUT ( “FTP” , “-TS -URL FTP://sales@host/c:/forms/myfile.txt” )
For more information, see the Functions & Expressions Reference Guide.