Discovery Schema Instances

Overview

Discovery connectors are responsible for discovering the schema, or the metadata about the repository. This will include content types and their associated properties.

A discovery schema can then be used to aid in creating Job Mappings or to simply find out what's in the repository. Running a discovery instance will create a new version of the schema. Whatever version you select will be used when creating mappings.

Schema Instances

Viewing the schema instances will show you a table of all available Discovery Instances, this table can be sorted by Name, Type, and Available Versions.

Here you can view the most recently created schema instances as well as created new ones.

Name: Unique Name for the Discovery Connection to identify it in the UI.
Type: The Discovery Type refers to the type of the repository (i.e. CMIS, SharePoint, Documentum etc.).
Version: Each Discovery Schema can have multiple versions. Selecting this version will set which is used in Job Mappings as well as which schema will be shown when examining a schema.

New Discovery Connection Instance

To create a new Discovery Connection, click the Create New Discovery Instance button at the bottom of the Schema Instances Page. Fill in the following fields.

Name: Unique Name for the Discovery Connection to identify it in the UI.
Discovery Type: The Discovery Type refers to the type of the repository
Authentication Connection: A predefined connection for authentication. More Info...
Ignore Types: Comma delimited list of types to ignore.
Additional Fields: Some connections require additional information to search for types. Click on a link in the table below for more details on setting up the Discovery Connection for a particular software.

Discovery Schema View

Once Discovery finishes running 3Sixty will store the information. Discovery only needs to be run once, unless the schema of the source repository is changed.

To view the report, click the document icon to the left of the instance. You can click into each attribute section by category.