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Move Task Configuration
You can configure the following properties for the Move file operation task:
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 copied to:
*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/.
Note:
If you want to find and move files from remote, third-party HTTP(S) servers, ensure that the you provide appropriate file path here.
*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 Keystore, Keystore password, and Key password 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.
Execute error task
Select this option to execute an error task if the file operation fails. For more details, see Error Task Configuration.
Advanced
Create directory
Select this option to enable ActiveTransfer to create the destination folder if the folder specified in Destination location is not present. If Destination location path does not include a folder, ActiveTransfer copies the file directly to the specified directory path.
Rename file to
Select this option to rename the file to the specified name in the box.
Use temporary file name
Select this option and type a temporary name for the file to use while moving the file. The file is renamed to its original name after the move file operation is complete.
Note:
Temporary file name will not be used for a file being moved within an operating system or server.
Preserve file modification date
Select this option to retain the time stamp indicating when the file was last modified.
Check for stability
If you want the file operation to check its progress at regular intervals, specify the time in seconds in the following format: Every [ ] seconds up to [ ] seconds, where, [ ] is the text box to type the value in seconds.
Retry [ ] times at an interval of [ ] seconds
Select this option to retry a failed move operation for the specified number of times at the interval specified in seconds.
Resume transfer from the point of interruption
Select this option to resume an interrupted or failed move operation from the point of interruption.
Command before upload
If you want to execute a SITE command before move task, then choose this option. For example, while working with Mainframe servers, value for record size and block size can be sent to the server before upload by setting the following value to this new configuration field: SITE LRECL=<record_size> BLKSIZE=<block_size>.
Simple mode
Select this option to change the file transfer mode to simple mode and if you are transferring files to AS/400 systems. This mode is applicable for FTP, FTPS, or FTPES protocols.
ASCII mode
Select this option to change the file transfer mode to ASCII mode and choose one of the following Convert line endings options for ActiveTransfer Server to change the line endings of the file:
*CRLF - Windows
*CR - MAC OS Classic
*LF - Unix
*No change
This mode is applicable for FTP, FTPS, or FTPES protocols.
By default, ActiveTransfer Server uses the Binary file transfer mode for the Move operation.
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.
A move task moves all the files passed on from the previous task to the location specified in Destination location. The files are removed from the source folder. The list of files in the destination location is passed on to the subsequent task.
For example, an action configured with the following tasks:
1. Find task: Find files in Source loaction = <source folder>
2. Encrypt task: Encrypt the files.
3. Move task: Moves the files to the Destination location = <destination folder>
The action results in the following:
1. Find task lists all the files in the <source folder>.
2. Encrypt task encrypts all the files listed by the find task.
3. Move task moves the files that are encrypted by the encrypt task to the <destination folder>.