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The Travelport Booking Feed Adapter

After the Travelport Booking Feed installation is compete, the Travelport Booking Feed Application Properties dialog box automatically displays.

This dialog box can also be accessed from the Travelport Booking Feed 4.0 Configuration shortcut or from the Windows Start menu in:
All ProgramsTravelport Travelport Booking Feed 4.0 Configuration.

Confirm or modify the following configuration options.

Option / Description
Queue Name / The customer-specific Travelport Booking Feed queue for receiving data. The queue name is provided to customers before installation.
Database Reconnect Wait Time / The wait time, in seconds, that the Client Adapter waits to retry the database connection if a failure occurs.
The default wait time is 120 seconds.
MQ Reconnect Wait Time / The wait time, in seconds, that the adapter Client Adapter waits to retry the MQ Series connection if a failure occurs. The MQ Series connection is what connects the customer’s site to their data queue.
The default wait time is 120 seconds.
Message Retry Wait Time / This is the wait time, in number of seconds, which the Client Adapter waits to retry a failed message. A retry can occur when a non-fatal error is received from the database.
The default wait time is 30 seconds.
ODBC Database Name / The database connection that is defined in the ODBC parameters of the Windows control panel. This connection is used by Travelport Booking Feed to access and update the customer’s database.
The default name is GIDS.
MQ Channel Name / A communication channel name used by MQ Series to set up the proper protocols for the MQ Series queue connection. This field is provided for possible future client configuration changes.
The default value for this field is GIDSCHANNEL and should not be changed.
MQ Host Name / The name of the server that hosts the MQ Series queues. This field allows Support to redirect the Client Adapter to the Copy or Development MQ servers if required.
The production server DNS name is varies depending on connectivity:
For SSL connections, set to 127.0.01.
For direct/unmanaged VPN connections, set to GIDSMQ.GALILEO.COM.
Host XML Message Logging / When selected, writes all incoming messages to XML log files.
By default, log files are located in \Program Files\Travelport\Travelport Booking Feed\logs.The naming convention for these files is Msg1.xml, where T is the Transaction ID.
Note:This log should be turned on only if directed by Support for problem resolution.
JDBC Message Logging / When selected, writes all JDBC errors to the JDBC.txt file.
By default, JDBC.txt is located in \Program Files\Travelport\Travelport Booking Feed\ logs.
Note:This log should be turned on only if directed by Support for problem resolution.
Unique Booking/Fare Records / When selected, makes booking and fare event transactions unique in the database by removing any prior version of the PNR/BF.
Disable Data Base Updates / When selected, the database is not updated, which allows data to be stored exclusively through XML logging.

July 2013