Does Sitecore 9 Marketing Automation Operations Service (ma-ops) require “xdb.processing.pools” connection string?
Someone reported to me about the error System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: A connection string with the name 'xdb.processing.pools' is not configured. from their ma-ops server. When I first noticed that error, I immediately thought of configuring that connection string, however, Sitecore documentation on ma-ops ( https://doc.sitecore.com/developers/90/platform-administration-and-architecture/en/configure-a-marketing-automation-operations-service.html ) does not mention the need of having the connection string for “xdb.processing.pools”. While I was working on another seemingly unrelated task (installing Sitecore Commerce 903 in Azure), I found a serendipity where the installation guide of that SXC 903 ( http://commercesdn.sitecore.net/SitecoreXC_9.0/Installation-Guide/9.0.3/Sitecore_Experience_Commerce_Installation_Guide_for_Azure_9.0.3.pdf ) actually mentions this in the step 3 of the section “ 5.4. Enable Marketing Automation ”, as s