Setup a Workspace

To use Boomi Console we need a Workspace directory where all the data is stored. I recommend using the BoomiConsole directory where you have installed the binaries and create a new directory called workspace.

Create a workspace folder under BoomiConsole. %UserProfile%\Documents\BoomiConsole\bin

Right-Click workspace and Open In Terminal

By default, Windows uses a PowerShell Terminal (PS). There are a couple of reasons to not using it, and we work with a Windows Console (CMD): PS ...\BoomiConsole\workspace>cmd

In the Console Window we initialize the workspace by copying the workspace template (from the bin folder).

xcopy %BC_DIR%\Templates\Workspace\*.*  .  /e /y /q /i

Initialize the workspace

Verify everything is working by running BC from a command-line, and you should see a list of available commands.

.. Documents\BoomiConsole\workspace> bc

11 Commands available:
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Verb                Description
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ACCOUNT INFO        AtomSphere API - Account Info
....

However, before you can do anything meaningful with Boomi Console you must

Connect your Workspace

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Google Drive spoiler!

DO NOT USE Google Drive to store your Workspace!

Google Drive is not really compatible with Windows File System, and I encountered serious and strange issues. For example: I tried to create a directory and I got the message "already exists" and when I tried to navigate to there the message was "cannot find directory":

md "g:\...\bc\Out" -> A subdirectory or file g:\...\bc\Out already exists. cd "g:\...\bc\Out" -> The system cannot find the path specified.