System components parameters

componentId

Required

string

The ID of the component1. It can be any alphanumeric string. A properly configured ComponentID follows these rules:

• Cannot contain leading or trailing space

• Cannot use the following characters:

  ></:?#[]@!

  amp;*"()\\+,;=|`{}

  Note: The componentId is added to each container message that an adapter component sends to an OMF endpoint. It is displayed as the data source information (point source) in PI Web API.

componentType

Required

string

The type of the component. There are two types of components: OmfEgress and the adapter.1