Jeff,
That would be next suggestion. :-)
Cheers
On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 1:04 AM, Jeff Zemerick <jzemer...@apache.org> wrote:
> It is possible. I will take a look to see if the hostname is sufficient
> for the device ID.
>
> I just learned about the Variable Registry. It seems if I use the Variable
> Registry to store the device ID it would be available to the
> UpdateAttribute processor. Is that correct?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Andre <andre-li...@fucs.org> wrote:
>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> Would if be feasible for you use UpdateAttribute (which I believe is part
>> of MiNiFi core processors) and use the ${hostname(true)} Expression
>> language function?
>>
>> More about it can be found here:
>>
>> https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-langu
>> age-guide.html#hostname
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Jeff Zemerick <jzemer...@apache.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> When processing data in NiFi that was received via MiNiFi edge devices I
>>> need to be able to identify the source of the data. All of the data on the
>>> edge devices will be pulled from a database and will not contain any data
>>> that self-identifies the source. My attempt to solve this was to write a
>>> processor that reads a configuration file on the edge device to get its
>>> device ID and put that ID as an attribute in the flowfile. This appears to
>>> work, but, I was wondering if there is a more recommended approach?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>
>>
>
