The following properties are common to all external content providers:
•Name: a mandatory, textual field that may be a maximum of 100 characters in length. Name must be unique across all external content providers.
•Description: an optional text field that can be a maximum of 1000 characters in length.
•Type: read-only.
•Connectivity test: a button (‘Test connectivity’) allows you to check that the connection to the provider has been configured correctly. The button is disabled when unsaved changes are present (in which case the button’s text is changed to ‘Save this provider to test connectivity’. Clicking the button creates a Connectivity test job and displays it in the My Jobs Dialog. Full details of the job and Dialog can be found in the My Jobs documentation.
•Manually set root folder: this checkbox, unchecked by default, allows you to manually specify the external content provider’s root folder in the accompanying Root folder property. Checking it displays Root folder.
•Root folder: this property is shown (and mandatory) when Manually set root folder is checked. It allows you to manually specify the provider’s root folder name.
•Select folders to show: this property allows you select the root folders that are to be exposed by the external content provider. Once a provider has been saved, a Load latest root folders button is displayed at the toolbar above. Clicking the button displays a list of the folders to which the supplied credentials have access. Each is represented by a folder icon and is accompanied by a checkbox. A context menu, exposing Select All and Select No options, is displayed when you right click the folders list. You can choose the folders to be exposed by the provider by checking the required list entries.
•Default export location: this checkbox is unchecked by default. It allows you to define a single external content provider to serve as the default file export location. On save, a validation error is raised if the property is checked at more than one provider. Checking the checkbox enables the File export root folder. This property is not supported at Concrete5, Drupal, Magento and Salesforce providers.
•File export root folder: this property represents a root folder which will be used to store any generated file exports (if RPI is configured to export files to an external content provider). The property is enabled when Default export location is checked and is mandatory when enabled. The maximum supported value length is 100 characters. Note that no other validation is performed in respect of the value supplied. This property is not supported at Concrete5, Drupal, Magento and Salesforce providers.
•Default smart asset location: this checkbox is unchecked by default. It allows you to specify the default external content provider to be used when publishing local images used in smart assets for use in a realtime in outbound context. For information, please see the Smart Asset Designer documentation. When checked, the Smart asset image root folder property is displayed.
•Smart asset image root folder: this text property, which is mandatory when displayed, allows you to specify a default external folder to be used to host realtime in outbound smart asset content. The value provided can be a maximum of 100 characters in length.
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