Data Source form

Operations Unit Units Units view Unit Inspector Data Sources tab Data Source form

The Data Source form enables you to edit the data source or the user ID of the selected property group. You use the data source and property groups to define the EDI posting rules. See also Data Quality Indicators (on page 1).

To edit a data source:

  1. From the Data Source drop-down list, select the appropriate data source, such as Web User or XPS.

  1. In the User Id field, update the user ID, if necessary.

  2. Click Save.

 

Data Quality Indicators

At the code level, a data source (on page 1) in N4 may be associated with a data quality indicator to determine the quality of the incoming data. A data source may be assigned a data quality indicator from 0 through 8 where 0 indicates a low quality data whereas 8 indicates the highest quality most reliable data.

For example, when you create an equipment using SNX, N4 sets the data source for the record as SNX Message (Data Quality Indicator=5). When you receive the same container at the facility via the gate (Data Quality Indicator=8) and the user tries to update any equipment attributes, N4 updates the attribute using the incoming information because the data quality of the incoming information is higher than that of the existing information.

N4 uses these data quality indicators when you use the UI, an API, or Groovy to update existing data.

The following table displays the data source and the data quality indicator assigned to the source.

Data Source

Description

Data Quality Indicator

Data Source (Internal Code)

Automatically Generated

Data generated by the system on the fly

0

DataSourceEnum.AUTO_GEN

Testing

Data that is generated by test suites

0

DataSourceEnum.TESTING

Unknown

Source of Data is Unknown

0

DataSourceEnum.UNKNOWN

Built-in

Data that is built into the system (should never be deleted)

1

DataSourceEnum.BUILT_IN

REFCON

Data received direct from REFCON interface

1

DataSourceEnum.REFCON

SPARCS Import

Data that originated from a SPARCS Import

1

DataSourceEnum.SPARCS_IMPORT

Bookings EDI

Data received in Bookings EDI

2

DataSourceEnum.EDI_BKG

Consist EDI

Data received in Consist EDI

2

DataSourceEnum.EDI_CNST

Hazards EDI

Data received in Hazards EDI

2

DataSourceEnum.EDI_HAZRD

Manifest EDI

Data received in Manifest EDI

2

DataSourceEnum.EDI_MNFST

Release EDI

Data received in Release EDI

2

DataSourceEnum.EDI_RELS

Transport EDI

Data received in Transport EDI

2

DataSourceEnum.EDI_TRNPT

Load List EDI

Data received in Load List EDI

3

DataSourceEnum.EDI_LDLT

Discharge List EDI

Data received in Discharge List EDI

3

DataSourceEnum.EDI_DCLT

Stow Plan EDI

Data received in Stow Plan EDI

3

DataSourceEnum.EDI_STOW

Web User

Data entered by a web user

4

DataSourceEnum.USER_WEB

Serial Range

Equipment Serial Range Table

5

DataSourceEnum.EQ_SERIAL_RANGE

SNX Message

Data that originated from an SNX message

5

DataSourceEnum.SNX

SNX EDI

Data received in SNX EDI

5

DataSourceEnum.EDI_SNX

Inventory EDI

Data received in Inventory EDI

7

DataSourceEnum.EDI_INVT

In Gate

Data was created at the In Gate

8

DataSourceEnum.IN_GATE

System DBA

Data entered by a System DBA

8

DataSourceEnum.USER_DBA

Local User

Data entered by a local user

8

DataSourceEnum.USER_LCL

Line LoadList Tab

Data posted from Load List Tab

8

DataSourceEnum.UI_LOADLIST

Line DischargeList Tab

Data posted from Discharge List Tab

8

DataSourceEnum.UI_DISCHARGELIST

 

There are other data sources that do not have a data quality indicator assigned at the code level. N4 treats these data sources as having the lowest precedence (i.e., data quality indicator=0 for these data sources).

The following table displays the data sources that do not have a data quality indicator assigned.

Data Source

Description

Data Source (Internal Code)

Data Import

Data that originated from a external system imported through the Data Importer

DataSourceEnum.DATA_IMPORT

Acknowledgement EDI

Data received in Acknowledgement EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_ACK

Activity EDI

Data received in Incoming Activity EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_ACTIVITY

Gate Appointment EDI

Data received in Gate Appointment EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_APPOINTMENT

 

Preadvise EDI

Data received in Preadvise EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_PREADVISE

Rail Order EDI

Data received in Rail Order EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_RLORD

Rail Way Bill EDI

Data received in Rail Way Bill EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_RLWAYBILL

Saudi Load Permit

Data received Saudi Load Permit EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_SAUDILDP

Saudi manifest EDI

Data received in Saudi Manifest EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_SAUDIMANIFEST

Apex Purge Background Job

Purge old data in database

DataSourceEnum.PURGE_JOB

XPS

Updates received from XPS

DataSourceEnum.XPS

Vermas EDI

Data received from Vermas EDI

DataSourceEnum.EDI_VERMAS