Defining an Error Action
You can have ActiveTransfer execute an error action if any of the configured actions for a post-processing or scheduled event fail. You can use any of the event actions that ActiveTransfer offers as the defined error action. For example, if a file copy action fails, you can use the Send Email action to notify an administrator of the failure.
The error action is subject to the following conditions:
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You can create only one error action per event.
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You must configure an event action to execute the error action by selecting the
Execute error action check box for the action.
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You must configure the error action just as you would configure any other post-processing or scheduled event action.
To define an error action
1. In My webMethods: Administration > Integration > Managed File Transfer > Event Management.
3. Click the tab containing the event for which you are creating the file operation action (Post-Processing Events or Scheduled Events).
4. Select the event from the event list.
5. In the Actions section, click the Select Error Action list, highlighted in pink.
8. Click Save.
9. If you are finished defining event and error actions for this event, activate the event. See Activating an Event.