How to add xslt templates to the tool deployed in SAP BTP
Migration from PI/PO systems to CPI systems is one of the most important features of the Figaf tool.
Here you can find more details about it: https://help.figaf.com/portal/en/kb/configuration/pi-to-cpi
It requires XSLT templates placed on a server. Here you can read how to configure these templates. https://help.figaf.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-create-xslt-to-map-pi-to-cpi-channels.
The problem we faced with deployment in SAP BTP is that you don't have stable transparent access to the file system of the container. More specifically, it's possible to connect to the server and work with files there but the file system got automatically renewed after each restart. So unlike standard on-premise installation, it's impossible just to put XSLT templates to the corresponding folder manually.
That's why we found another approach to support this feature.
You need to take our repository https://github.com/figaf/PItoCPIMigrationTemplates.git with a couple of default files. If you expect to add/modify the templates, you need to fork/copy this repository. If it's okay for you to use a public repository with your custom files, you can just fork it via GitHub UI. If you want to make this repository private (which is more likely), please follow the procedure below (unfortunately, Github doesn't allow making a forked repository private).
- Create your own repository on Github or somewhere else.
- Execute the following commands:
git clone --bare https://github.com/figaf/PItoCPIMigrationTemplates.git
cd PItoCPIMigrationTemplates.git
git push --mirror <your new private or public repository> - If necessary, change a default branch to "master":
Then open the vars.yml file in your BTP deployment directory and specify the property "GIT_REPOSITORY_LINK". If it's a private repository it should contain a token/password in the URL.
On Github, it can be configured here: https://github.com/settings/tokens.
So the value of 'GIT_REPOSITORY_LINK' can be something like: https://<your token>@github.com/<your repository>
If you want to add/update some XSLT files, you need to push them from your computer to the repository and then restart the SAP BTP applications.
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