3Sixty Connections
Overview
Connectors are the 1st step in the integration process. They represent how 3Sixty connects to other systems. 3Sixty now offers the ability to create your own custom connector. See the Remote Agent SDK for more detail
Connections are instances of connectors which the user configures. There are 5 types of connections. Authentication, Discovery, Integration, Content Service, and Content Search.
Note: The 3Sixty Wizards will help you quickly create all the connections needed for your data integration.
Available Wizards: Quick Build, Integration, Federation
Note: Click here to view a list of all the connectors in 3Sixty.
Connection Types
Authentication
These are used to authenticate to outside systems and need certain authentication fields like passwords, access tokens or refresh tokens. Authentication is needed for sources such as Google Docs, Office 365, and Salesforce.
Authentication Connections Overview
Discovery
Discovers schemas on the remote system are tables, columns, object types, aspects, categories, content types, index fields, etc... Basically the types and metadata associated for any given system. 3Sixty unifies all of this into a Schema for easier mapping. Discovery makes mapping to and from your sources easier for data migration and ensures the data gets connected to the right fields.
Discovery Connections Overview
Integration
These connections retrieve data from the source system. Their job is to query or crawl remote systems for files, folders, metadata, versions, and renditions. They also add utilise specific configurations in an integration job through the Specification Tabs during the job creation process. Integrate your Alfresco or FileNet servers for examples of better document management.
Integration Connections Overview
Content Service
These connections provide a full ECM API for interacting with files, folders, metadata, versions, and renditions. This includes functionality like check- in/out, upload new files, modify metadata, upload new versions, create folders, redact documents etc...
Content Service Connections Overview
Content Search
Provide a search interface to the Content Services API. These connections implement the 3Sixty search API and query language, both of which mimic Apache Solr.
Content Search Connections Overview
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