Poller
A Poller is a configuration record which defines the frequency of polling and which logic to use.
A Poller is a configuration record which defines the frequency of polling and which logic to use (the logic itself is defined in the Poll Processor). Each time it is run, it creates a corresponding Poll Request record.
New Poller
Click the 'Pollers' icon & then New.
The fields to be configured for the New Poller modal are as follows:
Field | Description | Value |
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Name* | The name of your Poller. | <Your Name> |
Poll processor* | The Poll Processor to use when running this Poller. | <Your Poll Processor> |
Run | The frequency at which the Poller should run. | 'Periodically' |
Run as | Poller will run with credentials of specified user. | <Your Inbound user> (from Connection) |
Active* | Set to true to use this Poller record for processing. | <true> |
*These fields are mandatory, or automatically defaulted to true.
Your New Poller modal should look like this:
![](https://docs.sharelogic.com/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.gitbook.com%2Fcontent%2F2EJsRh73QF1TvP9eLF8k%2Fblobs%2FVS1iwOnGKnLFlzAnb4nR%2Ficpg-poller-1.png&width=768&dpr=4&quality=100&sign=12fddff9&sv=1)
Submit and view to further configure the Poller.
Details
The fields to be configured for the Details form are as follows:
Field | Description | Value |
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Description | A description of what this Poller is for and/or how it works. | <Your description> |
Your Details form should look like this:
![](https://docs.sharelogic.com/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.gitbook.com%2Fcontent%2F2EJsRh73QF1TvP9eLF8k%2Fblobs%2Fofo3fewEcMHIdAlda7vi%2Ficpg-poller-2.png&width=768&dpr=4&quality=100&sign=ecefeebf&sv=1)
Navigate to Scheduling.
Scheduling
The fields to be configured for the Scheduling form are as follows:
Field | Description | Value |
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Repeat interval* | The interval at which the Poller should repeat. | '15' (Minutes) |
Starting | The date/time the Poller should start. | <Your Start date/time> |
*This field is mandatory.
Your Scheduling form should look like this:
![](https://docs.sharelogic.com/~gitbook/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.gitbook.com%2Fcontent%2F2EJsRh73QF1TvP9eLF8k%2Fblobs%2FDSdxjL8f43RRyxG2VGvk%2Ficpg-poller-3.png&width=768&dpr=4&quality=100&sign=adffa90f&sv=1)
Save the Poller.
In order to process and respond to the inbound Requests, we next need to configure our Messages.