Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Guide - Manual (Page 60)

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FactoryTalk Transaction Manager User Guide
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Understanding FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
External Files
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager generates several types of external files
while creating and running a configuration; you can set the location of these
files from the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager user interface. The easiest
way to determine where the configuration files are stored is to view the
Configuration Properties dialog box. Select Configuration > Properties or
select a configuration name in the Configuration tree, right-click and select
Configuration Properties from the menu.
 Configuration files (*.dat) - FactoryTalk Transaction Manager stores
all information associated with a single configuration in a set of *.dat
files. The configuration files have fixed file names, so each
configuration generates a set of identically named files. For this reason,
configuration files must be stored in a unique directory.
 Cached Transaction files (*.rsl) - FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
transactions can update their target database directly from cached
transaction files. These files contain completed transactions that are
applied to the database as a group. The use of cached transaction files is
set individually for each transaction, but the files are associated with an
enterprise connector. To edit cached transaction file properties, open
the Configuration Properties dialog box, select the Cache tab and
double-click a connector to open the Enterprise Connector Options
dialog box.
 Log files (*.log) - Each of the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
services generates log files when the configuration is running. The level
of error messages contained in these files is set at the configuration
level. You can specify error log file parameters from the FactoryTalk
Transaction Manager user interface by selecting Define > Error
Logging. All log files can be viewed by selecting View > Error Log
Files.