DataFlux Data Management Studio 2.5: User Guide

Distributed Area Code Node

You can add a Distributed Area Code node to a data job to offload area code data processing to a machine other than the one running the current job. This distributed approach is particularly useful when you use a DataFlux Data Management Server. It can offer performance increases by eliminating the overhead of connecting to the Phone reference database when you start a real-time service. This approach also allows many area code lookup services to be open at once where previously there was a memory limitation that prevented multiple services from being opened.

Note: To use this node you must have DataFlux Data Management Server: Basic installed and licensed. For additional information about DataFlux Data Management Server: Basic installation and configuration please refer to the DataFlux Data Management Server: Basic Reference Guide. After you have installed and configured DataFlux Data Management Server: Basic, you must add the following key and value to the app.cfg file:

DFCLIENT/CFG = <INTELLISERVER CLIENT CONFIGURATION FILE>

For example:

DFCLIENT/CFG = C:\Program Files\DataFlux\dfIntelliServer\etc\dfclient.cfg

Once you have added the Distributed Area Code node, you can double-click it to open its properties dialog. The properties dialog includes the following elements:

Name - Specifies a name for the node.

Notes - Enables you to open the Notes dialog. You use the dialog to enter optional details or any other relevant information for the input.

ZIP code input field - Enables you to select the field in your data that contains ZIP codes. The items displayed in this list are determined by your data source(s) and any steps preceding the Area Code node in your data job.

The Output fields section of the dialog includes the following elements:

Available - Displays the fields that you can make available for the next step in your data job. Items displayed in this list are dependent on your data sources and any preceding steps in your data job. The fields that you can use are Area Code; Numeric Result (0 indicates a found area code and 405 indicates a failed lookup); and Result.

Selected - Displays the fields that will be made available to the next node in your data job.

Additional Outputs - Displays the Additional Outputs dialog. This dialog enables you to specify the fields that you can make available to the next node in your data job.

Override Server - Enables you to override the default connection to the dfIntelliServer specified in the dfclient.cfg file. (See the dfIntelliServer Reference Guide for more information about configuration settings). If you want to override the default server setting and perform the area code lookup on a different dfIntelliServer instance, you can specify the server name in the Override Server field and port number on this dialog.

You can access the following advanced properties by right-clicking the Distributed Area Code node:

• FIELD_MAP
• GEO_PATH
• INPUT_FIELDS
• OUTPUTS