Parameters | Description |
Source | XML file or EMML-Mashups  URL: HTTP address for the source file.If another operator dynamically supplies the URL, the URL cannot be edited here. URL alias: Alias of a URL configuration. Only URL aliases for that you have the Usage privilege are available. Select a URL alias. See Manage URL aliases for details.Local file: loads file from a resource directory. Files must be located in a defined resource directory on the MashZone NextGen server. |
Refresh rate (  ) | Specifies the time until the source file is read in again. Default value is 12 h. |
Path prefix (alias): | Alias of the resource directory with the path to a directory on the MashZone NextGen server. Available for Local file and URL alias as source. |
Browse file alias (...) | Enables you to browse the resource directories with the alias defined. Click the Browse file alias (...) button and select the required source file. At least one resource directory must exist. See Manage resource directories for details. |
Insert parameter (  ) | Inserts user defined input parameters at cursor position. The button is only clickable if at least one user input parameter, for example, Text user input, has already been inserted in the feed definition. See URL parameter syntax for details. |
Parameter options (  ) | Enables you to set input parameter options. |
Authentication | Specifies a HTTP basic access authentication or an existing authentication defined in the MashZone NextGen administration. User name and password are required for accessing the source file. |
HTTP headers | Adds HTTP headers to the URL. |
Repeating element: Detect | Reads out the repeating element automatically. A repeating element already set by a user will not be considered. The repeating element will be displayed corresponding to the hierarchy of the xml elementsfor example <element>/<repeating element>. Depending on the repeating element, the requested columns will be displayed in the Columns box. XML element that is repeated for each row (XPath to repeat element); You can edit the repeating element manually. Specify a valid XPath expressionfor example /catalog/journal/article /data/row /catalog/book |
Advanced parsing options | EMML parsing: Parses values in the same way as they are parsed in EMML. This affects parsing of numeric and date values. It affects whether a particular value is understood as a date or numeric value, because different sets of date patterns and locales are used. If this option is deactivated, then dates without an explicit time zone are assigned to the server's default time zone, while when this option is deactivated, they are assigned GMT. |
Columns: Detect | Reads out the columns of the data source automatically. The requested columns list will be displayed, based on the specified repeating element. |
Configure columns | Configures the columns list. Unselect a column for excluding it from the result data. Entering a New name for a column will cause that to be used instead of the original column name in the result. Clicking Reset columns will reload the column list from the data source and undo all changes in the list. |