Field | Description |
Task name | Type a unique name for the task. |
File filter | Type the name of the file if you want to filter files with specific names. By default, ActiveTransfer Server considers all files. If you want to use regular expression, specify a valid regular expression in File filter and select Use regular expression option. Note: You can use wildcard characters to filter the file names. For example, type *.zip to trigger the action only when ZIP files are uploaded or downloaded. To trigger an action based on a name string in the ZIP files, use the name string in the File filter box, preceded and followed by wildcard characters. For example, type *invoice*.zip to trigger the action based on the file URLs, when ZIP files containing the character string invoice in their file names are uploaded or downloaded. If you define a File filter for a task, the task acts only on files that are filtered out. Few examples for regular expressions are:  ^(?!.*purchaseorder).*$: Excludes files with the file URL containing purchaseorder.*/out/.*: Include files with the file URL containing the folder out.^abc(.*)123$: Includes anything that starts with abc and ends with 123. Matches abc123, abcxyz123, but not abcxyz123def.NEW-((*.doc)|(*_backup_*)): Includes anything starting with NEW- that either ends in .doc, or is followed by the string _backup_. |
Destination location | Select one of the following options to configure the location where the file will be zipped: Local file path, if the destination location is on your local machine, type or browse to the location. To specify a file URL for a shared location, use the FILE:////host/SharedFolder/ syntax. Make sure that the OS user running the ActiveTransfer Server instance has full access to the shared location.Remote path, if the destination location is on a remote server, select a protocol (transport mechanism) from the list, and type or browse to the file path location. For example, protocol://<host>:<port>/DestinationFolder/.Type the User name and Password for the remote system.Select Use proxy if you want to route file transfers to remote servers through a proxy server, and select one of the following options:Global proxy settings, if you want ActiveTransfer to use the default proxy server alias set up in Integration Server or ActiveTransfer.Select proxy alias, if you want to use a specific proxy server alias for the folder, then select the appropriate proxy server alias to use from the available list.Select if you want ActiveTransfer Server to recover from a download that was not completed.Click Test Connection to check the connection to the remote server with or without a proxy server.Tip: If you want to connect to a remote server using a secure protocol (FTPES, FTPS, HTTPS or SFTP) and want to configure authentication using secure key exchange, create a folder for the remote server and configure the certificate alias parameters. You can then use the folder that you configured in the Virtual folder option of the Source location in the task. Virtual folder: To specify a virtual folder, type or browse to the location of the folder. If you want to point to a subfolder within the folder, append the URL in the box with the details of the subfolder.Note: The virtual folder that you select should be configured on the same ActiveTransfer Server instance on which the action is configured. |
Create directory | Select this option to enable ActiveTransfer to create the destination folder if the folder specified in Destination location is not present. |
ZIP file name | Type a name for the ZIP file. Alternatively, you can provide a variable name such as {stem}.zip as the ZIP file name. {stem}.zip is the default file name. |
Assign partner | Select this option if you want to assign a partner for the action and do one of the following: Select the partner to assign from the list of configured partners in ActiveTransfer.Type a parameterized value for the partner in the following format: [partner_name], where [partner_name] is a server variable or an action parameter that contains the actual partner name during the execution of an action.Note: For virtual folders, use this option only if you want to override the partners configured for the folders. |
Execute error task | Select this option to execute an error task if the file operation fails. For more information about error task configuration, see
Error Task Configuration. |