Connector startup

A connector must be explicitly started using a startup script which can be invoked from the command line or from a Windows shortcut.

Each connector has a local repository, which holds the connector's configuration file and a separate XML schema document for each business object definition. The repository is a directory in the local file system where the application-specific component is installed.

During startup, the connector does the following:

  1. Loads the supported business object definitions and configuration properties from its local repository.
  2. Connects to the application.

Note:
An integration broker need not be running when you start a connector. However, no data can be transferred until the integration broker is active.

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