FTP Output Node
The FTP output node exports the current message payload to a designated FTP server.
General Settings
Protocol: Security protocol to use when connecting to the server
- FTP - standard security
- FTP or TLS - enhanced security protocol using TLS
Server: URL to the directory on the FTP server
User: User name required to access the server
Password: Password for the user to access the server
Destination Folder: the directory on the FTP server
Create Parent Directories: When checked, if the target path does not exist then it will be created. Otherwise an error will be thrown.
File Name: Set the name of the file when writing out the message payload
Note: At RUNTIME if PAS attempts to write out a file or create a directory it checks to make sure it does not contain any invalid characters (i.e. |?:* etc...). If it does all invalid characters will be replaced with an underscore "_"
Options
Write Mode: Determines whether a create new file or append to an existing file such as updating a .csv record.
- Create new file: Always create a new file in the directory.
- Append: If the file name already exists, add the message content to the end of the existing file. This should only be used for example when adding to simple files such as adding additional rows to a log or csv file. Complex files such as PDFs can not simply be appended in this way.
Name Collision Logic: When a prepared output file has the same name as an existing file the existing file could be overwritten. You may choose to have an unused name created by appending a numeric or alphabetic counter to the end of the file name. Be careful when using the overwrite option.
- Add unique numeric suffix: appends a unique number to the end of the file that will increment by 1 for each occurrence (i.e. _1, _2, etc...)
- Add unique alphabetic suffix: appends a unique number to the end of the file that will increment by 1 for each occurrence (i.e. _a, _b, etc...)
- Overwrite Files: Overwrites the existing file in the original storage location that contains the exact same name
- Fail: Sends the message payload to trouble handling
Advanced Settings
Timeout
Timeout in Seconds: If no data is sent or received during an operation for the specified time, the connection will be retried.
Reconnection Settings
Maximum number of retries: Sets the maximum number of retry attempts before the server gives up.
Delay between failed attempts: Time to wait between retry attempts.
When reconnection attempts fail: Determines what to do once the retry limit has been reached:
- Continue - The workflow remains active and logs the connection issue and just continues processing the flow based on watch settings.
- Stop Workflow - Trouble handling is triggered to notify user using the settings they chose then the flow is stopped to prevent further files from being processed.