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Folder Attendant User Interface
Basic Folder Attendant Workflow
Folder Attendant Overview
Revised: October 10, 2008, OL-16995-01This section includes the following topics:
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Basic Folder Attendant Workflow
Folder Attendant Components
Folder Attendant is one component of the Cisco Media Experience Engine 3000 (Cisco MXE 3000). This document describes Folder Attendant and how to use it.
Folder Attendant is made up of following two components:
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Folder Attendant Program
The Folder Attendant program allows job submissions to be completely automated by monitoring watched directories on the network for the arrival of new and updated media XML files.
Folder Attendant uses a configurable resource called a watch. Each directory can be assigned one or more watches. Each watch is configured to look for a list of file types by extension and is assigned a job profile, related job parameters, and system settings.
When a file that is copied into the watched directory matches the file type specified in the watch, it is matched with the configured profile and is automatically submitted to the configured platform for processing.
Folder Attendant User Interface
Folder Attendant includes a web-based user interface (supporting Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 6 or later) that allows you to set up directories, define watches, and monitor the jobs that are automatically processed by Folder Attendant. It also includes administration functions, such as creating users and roles to give various users different levels of access to the program.
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Basic Folder Attendant Workflow
This section includes the following topics:
First-Time Setup
The first time you use Folder Attendant, you must set up the system. The following setup tasks are performed once. After initial setup, these tasks are performed on an as-needed basis and are not part of the typical daily workflow.
Start the Folder Attendant Service
Set up Folder Attendant to Start Automatically
Setting Up Folder Attendant to Start Automatically, page 12-3
Establish the watch folders on the appropriate hosts
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Use the Client User Interface (CLUI) to set up Job Profiles
Define Roles in Folder Attendant
Define Users in Folder Attendant
Define Directories in Folder Attendant
Define Watches in Folder Attendant
Typical Daily Workflow
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Open Folder Attendant.
All components of Folder Attendant launch automatically upon startup.
Open Folder Attendant Administration, and verify that the required directories and watches have been defined.
Update the directories and watches as required.
Open the Job Status Monitor to monitor the jobs currently being processed.
As jobs are automatically submitted from the watched directories, they appear on the Job Status Monitor. When jobs are complete, they are reaped (removed) from the monitor based on the Auto Reap interval. For more information on setting the Auto Reap interval, see the Depoyment and Administration Guide for Cisco Media Experience Engine 3000 on Cisco.com.
Monitor the status (shown in the last column) of each job being processed.
If any jobs are not complete, double-click the job, and select the Tasks tab to view the status of the tasks for each job being processed. If any jobs fail, select the Errors tab to view a summary of errors that have occurred. (To obtain additional details on why jobs failed, contact your Cisco MXE 3000 administrator.) Take the necessary actions to correct any jobs that have failed. Make appropriate corrections and resubmit or reschedule the job.
From the Job Status Monitor, you can view the XML code for the selected job to see more detail on how it is being processed.
You can also reschedule, stop, or delete a job, or reset a job's priority.
When jobs are running, open the System Status Monitor to view the tasks being processed on each host.
Opening Folder Attendant
Before You Begin
If you are logging in to Folder Attendant for the first time, use the following default user name and password:
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Procedure
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To access Folder Attendant from Cisco MXE 3000, enter http://localhost/MxeUI in the Windows Explorer address bar.
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To access Folder Attendant from another computer, enter http://IP_Address/MXEUI in the address bar of a web browser.
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If you entered your user name and password correctly, the Folder Attendant main page displays.
Logging Off Folder Attendant
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From the File menu, select Logout.
When you are logged out, the login pop-up displays.
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