Batch-Based Real-Time Agents

Collection and forwarding agents that are based on batch agents can be included in real-time workflows. This allows you to use various file-oriented protocols, and to access your batch data directly from a real-time workflow.

The collection and forwarding agents that are available are:

• Disk

• FTP

• SCP

• SFTP

When you have selected to create a real-time workflow, you can select these agents from the lists of collection and forwarding agents in the agent pane.

A real-time workflow with a batch-based agent:

• Can process several UDRs simultaneously, but the order of UDR processing is not guaranteed.

• The Begin and End Batch are signaled to the workflow.

• Decoder, error management, and scheduling are defined as part of the collection agent configuration.

• If the agent encounters an error that would cause a batch workflow to abort, instead behavior depends on how the agent is configured in the Execution tab.