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Jump Task Configuration
You can define a Jump task that causes ActiveTransfer Server to skip one or more tasks and execute a designated task in the action. A Jump task is unconditional by default. You can also define a jump condition based on which Jump task is executed. ActiveTransfer Server executes the tasks defined in an action sequentially until it encounters a Jump task. The Jump task is triggered if any one file in the list satisfies the Jump condition.
You can configure the following properties for the Jump task:
Field
Description
Task name
Type a different name for the task or retain the name that is automatically assigned by ActiveTransfer Server.
Note:
Each task in an action must have a unique name. ActiveTransfer Server assigns a default name for a task which is the task type itself. For example, Jump for a Jump task. When you add a task that already exists in the action with its default name, ActiveTransfer Server appends the default name with a numeral starting at 1. For example, Jump1.
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_.
Jump condition
Select a condition you want ActiveTransfer Server to execute for a jump task from the list, select the Qualifier from the list, and type a Value of the server variable. For example, {ext} Equals xml triggers a jump task for all XML files.
Jump to task
Select a task to jump to from the list.
Execute error task
Select this option to execute an error task if the file operation fails. For more details, see Error Task Configuration.
The Jump task changes the sequence in which the tasks are executed. The task specified in the “Jump” task is executed instead of the next task in the sequence. The “Jump” task however does not modify the list of files that are passed on from the task prior to the Jump task to the task that is triggered by the Jump task.