Create a template for a pipeline step

To create a template:

1. In the Content Editor, navigate to Templates.

2. On the menu ribbon, on the Home tab, in the Insert group, click New Template to add a new template.

   

3. In the Select name dialog, enter the following values:

   Field	Value
   Name	Read Text File Pipeline Step
   Base template	Templates/Data Exchange/Framework/Pipeline Steps/Base Pipeline Steps/Base Pipeline Step

4. Click Next.

5. In the Location dialog, select Templates/Data Exchange/Providers/File System/Pipeline Steps. Click Next.

6. On the confirmation dialog, click Close.

To set an icon:

1. In the Content Editor, in the content tree, select the new template, for example, Templates/Data Exchange/Providers/File System/Pipeline Steps/Read Text File Pipeline Step.

   

2. On the Content tab, click the icon next to the title.

3. Click the icon next to the title.

   

4. In the Change Icon dialog, in the Icon field, enter Office/32x32/element.png

5. Click OK.

To add a template field:

1. In the content tree, select the pipeline step template. Add a template section, and name it Endpoints.

2. In Endpoints, add a template field, and name it EndpointFrom. Fill in the following fields:

   Field	Value
   Name	EndpointFrom
   Type	Droptree
   Source	query:./ancestor-or-self::*[@@templateid='{327A381B-59F8-4E88-B331-BEBC7BD87E4E}']//descendant-or-self::*[@@templateid='TEMPLATE-ID']
   Shared	selected

   Important

   In the Source field, you must replace TEMPLATE-ID with the Item ID for the template named File System Endpoints Root. This template represents the folder used to store endpoint items for your provider.

   This template was created automatically when you used the Data Exchange Framework SDK to create the provider. The template is located at /sitecore/templates/Data Exchange/Providers/File System/Folders/File System Endpoints Root. You can find the ID on the Content tab.

   The query in the Source field limits the droptree field type to the endpoints in the current tenant that are in the folder used to organize endpoints for this provider.

   The ID {327A381B-59F8-4E88-B331-BEBC7BD87E4E} is for the tenant template that is provided with the framework. You must not change this value.

3. Select the Shared check box. Save the item.

   Note

   When you save the item, a message tells you that the item contains broken links. This is expected behavior related to the expression set in step 2. Click OK to continue.