Link to shared data tables in an ACL robot

You can link from a consumer ACL robot to data tables in a source ACL robot if the data tables have been made available for sharing. The method of table sharing in the source robot controls whether a particular data table is available to a consumer robot. For more information, see Table sharing methods.

After you link to a shared table, tasks in the consumer robot can use the linked table as if it exists in the consumer robot.

You link to shared tables selectively. From a single consumer robot, you can link to one or more shared tables in one or more source robots.

Any new data tables added to a source robot are not automatically linked to a consumer robot and must be explicitly linked.

Link to a shared data table

Link from a consumer robot to a shared data table in a source robot. Once linked, the data table functions as if it exists in the consumer robot.

During the linking process, you can link to multiple shared data tables, and shared tables in multiple source robots, if required.

1. From the Launchpad home page (www.highbond.com), select the Robots app to open it.

   If you are already in Diligent One, you can use the left-hand navigation menu to switch to the Robots app.

2. From the dashboard in Robots, select ACL Robots.

3. Navigate to the robot that you want to link from (the consumer robot), and select the robot to open it.

4. In the upper-right corner of the robot, select Production or Development to select the mode to use.

   Note

   Table sharing and linking is segregated by mode. You can only link to tables that are shared within the same mode.

   For more information, see Development mode and production mode in Robots.

5. On the Input/Output tab, in the Linked tables section, do one of the following:

   • Link to a table for the first time select but you can start here

   • Link to additional tables select Manage tables

6. In the Manage linked tables panel, do the following to link to one or more shared tables:

   1. Under Robots, select a robot name to display the available shared tables in the robot.

   2. Under Tables, select one or more tables to link to.

      The tables that you select are added to the Selected tables section in the panel. The name of the source robot appears below the name of each table. Select the trash can to deselect a table.

   If a source robot that you are expecting to see is not available in the Robots list, either of the following reasons could be the cause:

   • The source robot has not yet shared any data tables.

   • The consumer robot you are in is not included in the source robot's manual table sharing arrangement.

   If no tables are available in the Tables list, the selected robot has table auto-sharing turned on, but currently contains no data tables. If a data table was just added to the selected robot, try reloading the consumer robot page in the browser to refresh the display in the Manage linked tables panel.

   For more information, see Table sharing methods.

7. When you have finished selecting tables to link to, select Link <n> tables, or Save changes.

   The table or tables that you linked to appear in the Linked tables section, along with the source robot name.

Remove a link to a shared data table

1. From the Launchpad home page (www.highbond.com), select the Robots app to open it.

   If you are already in Diligent One, you can use the left-hand navigation menu to switch to the Robots app.

2. From the dashboard in Robots, select ACL Robots.

3. Select the robot with the link that you want to remove (the consumer robot).

4. In the upper-right corner of the robot, select Production or Development to select the mode to use.

   Note

   Table sharing and linking is segregated by mode. You can only link to tables that are shared within the same mode.

   For more information, see Development mode and production mode in Robots.

5. On the Input/Output tab, in the Linked tables section, select Manage tables.

6. In the Manage linked tables panel, in the Selected tables section, select the trash can to deselect one or more linked tables.

7. When you have finished deselecting linked tables, select Save changes.

   The table or tables that you unlinked are removed from the Linked tables section. You are removing only the link to the shared table. The master copy of the table in the source robot is unaffected.