View Type

View Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input 

Document

• Min: 1

• Max: 1

• Mapper Snap

• Copy Snap

• JSON Parser

Each input document contains data that must be updated and written into the Exact Online Update on-premise instance for the selected entity.

Output

Document

• Min: 0

• Max: 1

• Mapper Snap

• Copy Snap

• JSON Formatter

Each document contains the response of the update operation.

Error

Document

• Min: 1

• Max: 1

N/A

The error view contains error, reason, resolution and stack trace. For more information, see Handling Errors with an Error Pipeline.

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Label*

String

Specify the name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline.

Default Value: N/A
Example: Exact Online Update

Version*

String

Specify the version of the Exact Online API.

Default Value: v1
Example: v1

Division*

String/Expression/Suggestion

Specify an unique ID of the Exact Online Division. The Exact Online REST API resource URIs require a Division parameter. This parameter identifies the division that is accessed. The specific division can be found by calling /api/v1/current/Me. For example: /api/v1/current/Me?$select=CurrentDivision

Default Value: N/A
Example: 1234567

API object*

String/Expression/Suggestion

Select the API that you want to access in the Exact Online instance. This drop-down list contains supported services available for the Exact Online instance.

Default Value: N/A
Example: CRM

Endpoint*

String/Expression/Suggestion

Select an Exact Online Endpoints to be specified and connected for each of the API objects.

Default Value: N/A
Example: Accounts

ID

String/Expression/Suggestion

Specify a unique Exact Online identifier (GUID) of the record to be updated.

Default Value: N/A
Example: a8ecb3d6-6632-11eb-ae93-0242ac130002

Connection details

Use this section of Snap Settings to specify the connectivity parameters: timeout, retry count and retry interval.  This field set comprises the following fields:

• Connection timeout

• Maximum request attempts

• Retry Interval

Connection timeout*

Integer

Enter, in seconds, the duration for which Snap must try to establish a connection with the Exact Online instance. If the connection cannot be established within this duration, the Snap times out writes the event to the log and waits until the specified Retry Interval before attempting to reconnect.

Default Value: 300
Example: 120

Maximum request attempts*

Integer

Specify the maximum number of reconnection attempts that the Snap must perform, in case of connection failure or timeout.

Default Value: 0
Example: 5

Retry Interval*

Integer

Specify the duration for which the Snap must wait between two reconnection attempts until the number of retries is reached.

Default Value: 0
Example:10

Snap Execution

Dropdown list

Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:

• Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap, and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime.

• Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data.

• Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.

Default Value: Execute only
Example: Validate & Execute 

Error

Reason

Resolution

API object is not existing.

The entered API object is not found for the Exact Online API.

Search and select an API object from the dropdown list.

The endpoint is not existing.

The entered Endpoint is not found for the selected API object in the server.

Search and select the Endpoint from the dropdown list.

Parameter Name

Data Type

Description

Default Value

Example 

Payload

Object

Specify the input data parameters for the selected entities.

N/A

N/A