Creating File Target Activity

The File Target activity provides the ability to specify the name and path of the target file that you want to create.
This feature is available in:

This section describes how to create a File Target activity using the following details as an example:

Steps to create a File Target Activity

1. On the Adeptia Suite homepage, click the Develop tab.

2. Go to Services > Target and then click File. The Manage File Target screen is displayed (see Figure 285).

   

   Figure 285: Manage File Target

3. Click the Create New link. The Create File Target screen is displayed.
4. Enter the name and description of the new File Target in the textboxes Name and Description respectively.

5. To specify the target location, enter the full path of the target file in the textbox File Path. However, if the respective drive does not contain the folder mentioned in the path then the creation of the new folder will depend on the value of the system property abpm.target.createFolder and on the option value selected from the new drop-down list Auto folder Creation added in the Advanced Properties section.

   To check or change the value of the application property abpm.target.createFolder, refer to the Updating System Properties section in Administrator Guide. The Target Property is present under the Services category. By default, the value of this property is set to None.

6. Enter the name of the target file in the textbox File Name.
7. If you want to append date and time stamp in the target file name, then select the date and time stamp from the dropdown list Time Stamp.

8. If you want that each target file created by this activity should have unique name, then select the Create Unique File checkbox. When this option is enabled, a 30 digit random number is appended in the file name (see Figure 286). 

   
   Figure 286: Create File Target

   To learn about Advanced Properties refer to Changing Advanced Properties section. To learn about appending property refer to Appending Data to an Existing Target File section.

9. Click Advanced Properties to expand the hierarchy. All items in Advance Properties are displayed.
   A new drop-down list Auto Folder Creation has been added. This drop-down list has the following three options:
   • • None
     • Yes
     • No

    

   By default, the option None is selected.

   When the value of the system property abpm.target.createFolder is set to Yes and if the option value selected from the drop-down list New Folder is:

    

   • • • • Yes, then the new folder will be created.
         • No, then the new folder will not be created and an error message will be displayed.
         • None: Then the new folder will be created.

   
   When the value of the system property abpm.target.createFolder is set to No and if the option value selected from the drop-down list New Folder is:

   • • • • Yes, then the new folder will be created.
         • No, then the new folder will not be created and an error message will be displayed.
         • None: Then the folder will not be created.

   
   
   Figure 287: File Target advance Properties

10. Click the Save button.

    You can verify the File Target activity at design time. For this, click Test. This verifies the values given in the File Path field.