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Project Files and Datawatch Automator
Datawatch AutomatorTM (Automator) is a data conversion solution built for Monarch that uses existing ASCII or ANSI reports, PDF files, XPS files, ISAM files, Open XML spreadsheets, HTML files, and OLE DB/ODBC sources as sources of data. You can import report files into Automator and then export their data to a variety of formats or an OLE DB or ODBC destination. Automator also allows you to export files to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, FTP site, email destination, or distribution list. In short, Automator lets you extract, transform, move, and load data faster and more easily than previously possible.
Automator offers far more than just an easy way to automate Monarch. It is an information delivery system, capable of distributing files over the network and to SharePoint locations. It can email users the files they need, or alert them that new files are available and where to get them, either over the network or via the Internet. RSS feeds can be created, integrating with newsreaders or corporate information portals. Thus, users are kept up-to-date on the latest information and can click to download or view the information via a browser.
Automator makes use of project files to create processes. The project file referred to here is the same project file you create in Monarch when you save your work, including references all reports used, model(s), export(s), filter and sort definitions, and the like, to a file with the extension .dprj.
Note also that only portable report files (PRFs) created from Datawatch Automator and Datawatch Server are supported in Monarch 13.
For more information on Datawatch Automator, click on the link http://www.datawatch.com/products/datawatch-server/datawatch-automator/.