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| Revised | : | January 5, 2006 (mc) |
| Version | : | Client 5.3.0.0 and greater |
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HOWTO: Setting Up Electronic Delivery on Multiple Machines
January 5, 2006
SUMMARY
Electronic Delivery was originally designed for processing on the same machine as the Ariel workstation. The ArielPath would be a local directory on the electronic delivery machine where the incoming Ariel files are stored. The staff could then process those Ariel files in the ILLiad Client on the same machine and send them to the server for customers to download as pdf files.
There are, however, other scenarios that can also work for electronic delivery processing. Electronic delivery can be processed on multiple machines in the same office and even connect to different Ariel machines for incoming requests. Below are several examples for setting up electronic delivery on separate client workstations.
EXAMPLES
To allow one or multiple ILLiad client workstations to import requests from a single separate Ariel workstation, do the following steps:
- Share the Ariel received folder on the Ariel workstation as a Windows share. ILL staff will need read and write access to this share to copy and delete the files. The Ariel received directory is typically c:\Program Files\RLG\Ariel\In\ for version 3 and higher of Ariel. Share the folder as "ArielIn", for example.
- Change the ArielPath key in the Customization Manager to be the share created on the Ariel workstation. For example, the path would be set to "\\ArielMachine\ArielIn\" (don't forget the \ at the end of the path).
- Each electronic delivery processing machine would need to have a c:\illiad\elecdel folder created in order to access the electronic delivery form in ILLiad. Any of those clients could then push the Process Electronic Delivery Files to import the Ariel files to that local client machine. The files would at that point remain on the individual client machine until moved to the server or printed. Timing would be key to insure that no two electronic delivery client machines are trying to import Ariel files at the same time.
To allow multiple ILLiad client workstations to import requests from multiple Ariel workstations, do the following steps:
- On each Ariel workstation, share the Ariel received folder as a Windows share. ILL staff will need read and write access to this share to copy and delete the files. The Ariel received directory is typically c:\Program Files\RLG\Ariel\In\ for version 3 and higher of Ariel. Share the folder as "ArielIn", for example. The share can be the same name on each workstation or separate names.
- On each electronic delivery processing workstation, map a drive to its respective Ariel workstation. Each electronic delivery workstation can only import from on Ariel workstation. But in this scenario, electronic delivery machine A can import from Ariel machine A while electronic delivery machine B can import from Ariel machine B. Make sure that the mapped drive letter is the same on each machine even though they are connecting to different shares. For example, electronic delivery A would map a drive X to \\ArielMachA\ArielIn\ while electronic delivery B would map a drive X to \\ArielMachB\ArielIn\.
- Change the ArielPath key in the Customization Manager to be the mapped drive. In the previous example, the path would be set to "X:\" (don't forget the \ at the end of the path).
- Each electronic delivery processing machine would need to have a c:\illiad\elecdel folder created in order to access the electronic delivery form in ILLiad. Any of those clients could then push the Process Electronic Delivery Files to import the Ariel files to that local client machine from their own Ariel workstation. The files would at that point remain on the individual client machine until moved to the server or printed. No imports would overlap as each client would only be interacting with one other workstation and the server. Requests at the status In Electronic Delivery Processing could be physically at any of the electronic delivery processing workstations.
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