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Recent File Transfer Activity widget is not populated with the file transfers from Sterling B2B Integrator

Troubleshooting


Problem

Recent File Transfer Activity widget in IBM Control Center Dashboard is not populated with the number of file transfers from Sterling B2B Integrator.

Symptom

- No error messages on both sides.

- At the Sterling B2B Integrator side, with cccinterop.log in verbose mode, we can see messages as below , showing that the visibility fetched records is always 0 rows:
[2017-05-24 15:32:46.054] DEBUG cccinterop.History- leaving handleRequest(). Rows fetched : 0

- At IBM Control Center side, with trace enabled for the Sterling B2B Integrator server, you can see messages as below in Engine_<timestamp>.log, showing that the number of visibility records retrieved is always 0:
25 May 2017 10:06:07,386 1524185 [AftDataTaskTimer] DEBUG <SI_ServerName> - com.sterlingcommerce.scc.agent.services.node.gis.AftHistoryHandler.getHistory() getResults returned this many records - 0

Cause

Sterling B2B Integrator is not storing visibility data. It has one of the following properties:

- in customer_overrides.properties:
dmivisibility.visibility_coverage=None

OR

- in visibility.properties:
visibility_coverage=None

Resolving The Problem

Is up to Sterling B2B Integrator Administrator to decide if they will enable the storage of visibility data. Having visibility_coverage=None is the best for Sterling B2B Integrator performance but decreases the visibility. The key is the balance between “Performance vs. Visibility”:
- High visibility comes at a cost to performance
- High performance comes at a cost to visibility

visibility_coverage=CommBase is the lowest level of visibility_coverage that will allow IBM Control Center to populate Recent File Transfer Activity widget.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 December 2019

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swg22004019