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DataConnectorDependencies
Data Connector Dependencies
In order to use attributes from other connectors or attribute definitions you need to make sure those dependencies are resolved before this connector is called.
If your connector depends on another connector create a child element, of main connector element, called DataConnectorDependency and give it an attribute of requires whose value is the id of the connector this connector depends on.
If your connector depends on an attribute definition create a child element, of the main connector element, called AttributeDependency and give it an attribute of requires whose value is the id of the definition this connector depends on.
Failover Dependency
A connector can specify a special type of dependency, called a failover dependency. If the data connector is unable to fetch any attributes the connector specified in the failover dependency will be invoked.
To specifiy a failover dependency create a child element, of main connector element, called FailoverDependency and give it an attribute of requires whose value is the id of the connector this connector depends on.