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"alterTransform"

JSON transform "alterTransform" action modifies a transform in FairCom MQ and FairCom Edge

The "alterTransform" action alters an existing transform in FairCom Edge and FairCom MQ. A transform is a process that transforms incoming data before it is inserted as a record in an integration table. Before you can change a transform, you must first create it using "createTransform".

Request examples

Minimal request

{
    "api": "transform",
    "apiVersion": "1.0",
    "requestId": "00000022",
    "authToken": "anAuthorizationTokenFromTheServer ",
    "action": "alterTransform",
    "params": {
        "transformName": "opc_transform2",
        "newTransformName": "opc_transform8",
        "transformActions": []
    }
}
{
    "api": "transform",
    "apiVersion": "1.0",
    "requestId": "00000016",
    "authToken": "anAuthorizationTokenFromTheServer ",
    "action": "alterTransform",
    "params": {
        "transformName": "transform_opc2",
        "newTransformName": "transform_opc5",
        "transformActions": [
        {
                "inputFields": [
                    "source_payload"
                ],
                "transformActionName": "jsonToTableFields",
                "transformParams": {
                    "targetDatabaseName": "ctreeSQL",
                    "targetTableName": "opc_sensor2",
                    "mapOfPropertiesToFields": [
                        {
                            "propertyPath": "temperature",
                            "name": "temperature",
                            "type": "REAL"
                        },
                        {
                            "propertyPath": "humidity",
                            "name": "humidity",
                            "type": "REAL"
                        },
                        {
                            "propertyPath": "pressure",
                            "name": "pressure",
                            "type": "REAL"
                        },
                        {
                            "propertyPath": "quality",
                            "name": "quality",
                            "type": "REAL"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}
{
    "result": {},
    "requestId": "00000022",
    "errorCode": 0,
    "errorMessage": ""
}
{
    "result": {},
    "requestId": "00000016",
    "errorCode": 0,
    "errorMessage": ""
}

Use the alterTransform JSON API action to alter a transform in FairCom Edge and MQ

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The "params" property is an object that contains an action's parameters. Each action defines its own required and optional properties.

Properties summary

Table 1. "params" properties summary

Property

Description

Default

Type

Limits (inclusive)

metadata

exists primarily for the user interface to find integration information

{}

object

May contain any number and type of user-defined properties

newTransformName

specifies the name of a transform. The name cannot be one of the FairCom-provided transform names

""

string

0 to 256 bytes

transformActions

specifies "transformAction" objects

[]

array of objects

transformActions
.inputFields

specifies one or more of the fields in the integration table where the value of each of these fields is sent to the transform action as its primary input

Required - No default value

array

transformActions
.outputFields

specifies one element which is the name of the field that will receive the JSON generated by the transform

Required - No default value

array

transformActions
.transformActionName

specifies the name of the transform action. For example -- "siemensUdtPayloadToJSON", "jsonToTableFields", "tableFieldsToJson", "jsonToDifferentTableFields"

Required - No default value

string

1 to 64 bytes

transformActions
.transformParams

specifies a unique set of parameters that configure its transformation process. It may be an empty object or contain one or more properties needed by the "transformAction"

Required - No default value

object

0 to 65,500 bytes

transformActions
.transformParams
.mapOfPropertiesToFields

contains "mapOfPropertyToField" objects

[]

array

transformActions
.transformParams
.mapOfPropertiesToFields
.name

specifies the name of a field

Required - No default value

string

1 to 64 bytes

 

transformActions
.transformParams
.mapOfPropertiesToFields
.propertyPath

specifies the path in the JSON document where the property is located

""

string

0 to 256 bytes

 

transformActions
.transformParams
.mapOfPropertiesToFields
.type

specifies the JSON type of the property

Required - No default value

string

see Data types

transformActions
.transformParams
.rootTypeName

specifies the name of data type that is the schema root

Required - No default value

string

transformActions
.transformParams
.schema

adds new fields to the table and specifies their properties

Required - No default value

array of objects

transformActions
.transformParams
.targetDatabaseName

specifies the name of the database where the table will be created

"ctreeSQL"

string

transformActions
.transformParams
.targetTableName

specifies the name of the table where the c-tree will store the data that it extracts for incoming data messages

Defaults to the topic name with underscores removed

string

transformActions
.transformParams
.udtDebugTracing

checks for any inconsistencies when true. If some are found while extracting the information, a new object named "errorList" is added to the ta4get payload with a list of inconsistency errors that were found

false

Boolean

true
false
transformActions
.transformService

specifies the service that contains the transform

""

string

Any previously defined name of a transform service

transformName

specifies the name of a transform process. The name cannot be one of the FairCom-provided transform names

""

string

1 to 64 bytes



The "metadata" property is an optional JSON object. It exists primarily for the user interface to find integration information. By default, it is an empty JSON object.

  • It contains a flexible set of properties.

  • It typically contains tags and description properties.

Example

{
  "description": "",
  "tags": [""],
  "yourOwnProperties": "usage, purpose, notes, location, etc.",
}

The "transformActions" property is an optional array of "transformAction" objects. It defaults to an empty array.

The "transformName" property is an optional string that contains the unique name of a transform process, which consists of one or more transform steps.

  • A transform is a process that works like a pipeline where the output of one transformation can become the input for another transformation.

  • The following actions use the "transformName" property to assign a transform to an integration table:

    • "configureTopic"

    • "createInput"

    • "alterInput"

    • "alterIntegrationTable"