Ripley Connection¶

Introduction¶

A Ripley connection, created using the Ripley connector, establishes access to Ripley. Once a connection is configured, you can create instances of Ripley activities associated with that connection to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).

Create or Edit a Ripley Connection¶

A new Ripley connection is created using the Ripley connector from one of these locations:

The design component palette's Connections tab (see Design Component Palette).
The Global Connections page (see Create a Global Connection in Global Connections).

An existing Ripley connection can be edited from these locations:

The design component palette's Connections tab (see Design Component Palette).
The project pane's Components tab (see Component Actions Menu in Project Pane Components Tab).
The Global Connections page (see Edit a Global Connection in Global Connections).

Configure a Ripley Connection¶

Each user interface element of the Ripley connection configuration screen is described below.

Ripley connection configuration

Tip

Fields with a variable icon support using global variables, project variables, and Jitterbit variables. Begin either by typing an open square bracket [ into the field or by clicking the variable icon to display a list of the existing variables to choose from.

Connection Name: Enter a name to use to identify the connection. The name must be unique for each Ripley connection and must not contain forward slashes / or colons :. This name is also used to identify the Ripley endpoint, which refers to both a specific connection and its activities.
API Key: Enter the API key.
Environment: Select the environment, either Production or Sandbox.
Use Proxy Settings (Private Agent Only): When using a Private Agent, this setting can be selected to use Private Agent proxy settings.
Test: Click to verify the connection using the provided configuration. When the connection is tested, the latest version of the connector is downloaded by the agent(s) in the agent group associated with the current environment. This connector supports suspending the download of the latest connector version by using the Disable Auto Connector Update organization policy.
Save Changes: Click to save and close the connection configuration.
Discard Changes: After making changes to a new or existing configuration, click to close the configuration without saving. A message asks you to confirm that you want to discard changes.
Delete: After opening an existing connection configuration, click to permanently delete the connection from the project and close the configuration (see Component Dependencies, Deletion, and Removal). A message asks you to confirm that you want to delete the connection.

Next Steps¶

After a Ripley connection has been created, you place an activity type on the design canvas to create activity instances to be used either as sources (to provide data in an operation) or as targets (to consume data in an operation).

Menu actions for a connection and its activity types are accessible from the project pane and design component palette. For details, see Actions Menus in Connector Basics.

These activity types are available:

Read: Retrieves object data from Ripley and is intended to be used as a source in an operation.
Create: Creates object data in Ripley and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.
Update: Updates object data in Ripley and is intended to be used as a target in an operation.