Getting started with ADE

The AMI Data Export (ADE) is installed with a default full configuration.

Note: You must have the necessary security role permissions to enable AMI Data Export and AMI Data Export Trend from the AMI workbench. For more information, see User role permissions: Descriptions.

ADE uses the task system and service management to distribute load across the Application servers while avoiding overloading the task system with many small-grained task records.

ADE makes use of the IEE Import Dispatcher Service to accept request files for export. Request files can be manually entered into the data export import directory, or can be sent via web services. You can also create export requests using the ADE user interface.

Using a dedicated AMI Export Dispatcher Service to drive the creation of export tasks allows the system to batch similar exports into large-grained tasks. The AMI Export Dispatcher Service creates the export tasks based on the task template parameters you have specified. Default task templates are provided with IEE so you can create your own data export task templates.

IEE offers a AMI data export trend report where you can view summary information about the export.

Your ADE installation includes AMI data export code tables that are already populated with values; these values can be modified if necessary.

Starting AMI Data Export

• Create the Import Directory for the export requests.

  Defines the folder that IEE monitors for incoming files. IEE automatically schedules files that arrive in this directory for import. You define the paths to default import directories in the IEE System Administration workbench. When configuring the import directory parameter in an import task template, enter the file path to the directory that IEE monitors for import files specific to this task. This parameter supports standard IEE macros. Reference as ($ImportDirectory) when configuring a task.

• Create your own task template using the template files provided with ADE:

  • AMI data export

  • AMI data export file request

  • AMI data export recurring request

• Configure a Task Runner Type that will be associated with one of the ADE tasks specified above. Define a separate Task Runner Type from the Task Runner Type code table for each type of ADE task. For more information, see Task runner type.

• (Optional) Create a recurring schedule and associate it to an AMI Data Export Recurring Request task. For more information, see Recurring schedules overview.

• In the IEE Service Management Console, add the following services for ADE:

  • AMI Data Export Dispatcher Service

  • The IEE Import Dispatcher Service

  • The Task service for ADE.

  For more information, see Adding or editing a service.

• Add an export request, using one of the following methods:

  • Manually drop an export request file into the import directory.

  • Manually Adding a new request using the ADE user interface.

  • Send a request file via web services.

For information about creating the export request file, see the IEE AMI Data Export XML API Guide.