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 Creating File Transfers

file transfers transfer one or several files.

Procedure

  1. Click the button  in the toolbar and a window listing all the available object types opens. Select type FileTransfer (JOBF).
  2. Assign an appropriate name and open the FileTransfer objectAutomation Engine controlled activities and processes are structured in the form of objects. See also: Task. Then click the FileTransfer tab.
  3. In the upper area, all information required about the computer on which the file to be transferred is stored can be indicated. The use of wildcards facilitates that several files can be sent with one FileTransfer object.
  4. The lower area can be used to specify all information about the computer to which the file(s) should be sent.
  5. Use the optional settings of the Runtime tab if the execution of the file transferTransfers files from one computer to another. A particular Automation Engine object type (FileTransfer object). requires monitoring.
  6. AE Script elements can be stored in the Process tab.
  7. The time of scriptA particular Automation Engine object type. generation can be specified with the option Generate at runtimeThe duration of a task's execution. It refers to the period between a task's start and end. It does not include its activation period (see also: activation and start). (Attributes tab). If this option is activated, the script will not be executed at object activation but rather when it is started. These can be two different points in time (e.g. when the object is executed by a workflowAn object of the Automation Engine that can include several executable objects and which runs them in a specified order. [Formerly called "ProcessFlow" and "JobPlan."]).
  8. File transfers are executable objects.

 

Various other settings are possible in the FileTransfer object. Details are found in the documentation about the individual tabs.

 


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