Disabling Data ETL Service (App Connect)
Stopping a data transformer service like App Connect will prevent data from being transformed and loaded.
1. Navigate to Admin → Data Flow Automation
2. The system will navigate to the landing page of Data Flow Automation, which is the Data Services page.
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3. On Data Services page:
3.1. Select a IBM App Connect data service to be disabled.
3.2. Right-click on the selected data service, and choose Disable Service from the actions menu. This will open a confirmation screen.
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3.3. On Disable Service confirmation screen:
3.4. Choose Confirm button to continue disabling the service.
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3.5. Otherwise, choose Cancel button to cancel the disabling of the service.
3.6. Once a data service has been disabled, by default it would be hidden on the list of data services.
Listing Disabled Data Transformer Service
1. To see all disabled data services:
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1.1. Select Show All Services button on the right-top of the data service list.
1.2. All data services will be listed on the Data Services page, with the Status column showing which services are Disabled.
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Enabling Data ETL Service
The following instructions will start the App Connect Data ETL service and resume its use in connected data pipelines.
1. To enable a Data ETL service:
1.1. Select a data transformer service to be enabled.
1.2. Right-click on the selected data transformer service, and choose Enable Service from the actions menu. This will open a confirmation screen.
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1.3. Choose Confirm button to continue enabling the service.
1.4. Otherwise, choose Cancel button to cancel the enabling of the service.
The platform will not allow enabling a Data ETL services that will increase the total number of enabled data services to be more than the allowed maximum instances per client.