The Receiver Service is the central control service that handles all incoming trail files.

You can use the Receiver Service home page to view the path details by clicking the Action, Details option.

The Receiver Service works with the Distribution Service to receive incoming trail file information. From the Receiver Service home page, you can see the status of the distribution path with one end depicting Extract and the other end, Replicat.

Paths can also be created from the Receiver Service. In cases where there are network security policies that prevent the Distribution Service to open a network connection in the target endpoint to the Receiver Service, the path is initiated from the Receiver Service to the Distribution Service. These types of paths are called target-initiated paths, which are suitable in environments such as Demilitarized Zone Paths (DMZ) or Cloud to on-premise networks.