Creating LAN File Target Activity

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Last updated: Jul 22, 2015Version comment
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LAN File Target provides the ability to specify a target file location that is accessible on the network.
This feature is available in:

Enterprise

Premier

Professional

Express

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

File Name

Employee_PersonalDetails.xls

File Path

\\FileServer\HR_Files\Employee

Transfer Type

Secure

File System

Windows

User Id

MyUserName

Password

Mypassword


Steps to create a LAN File Target Activity

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

  2. Go to Services > Target and then click LAN File. The Manage LAN File Target screen is displayed (see Figure 297).

    Figure 297: Manage LAN File Target

  3. Click the Create New link. The Create LAN File Target screen is displayed.
  4. Enter the name and description for the new LAN File Target in the textboxes Name and Description fields respectively.
  5. Enter the network path of the folder where you want the target file to be created in the textbox File Path field in the following format:

    \\hostname\folder name
    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 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 lists 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.
  9. Select the target file system, whether Windows or Unix from the dropdown list File System.
  10. When Adeptia Suite is installed on Windows Operating System, LAN File Target uses windows service to connect to remote machine. It just connects once and uses the same connection with the same User ID and Password (which is stored in the cache) every time. If you want to enforce the validation of User ID and Password every time while accessing the remote machine, select the Use VFS checkbox.
  11. If username and password is required to access the target location, select the Secure checkbox.
  12. Enter the username and password in the textboxes User ID and Password fields respectively. Then re-enter the password in the textbox Confirm Password (see Figure 298).


    Figure 298: Create LAN 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.

  13. 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.


    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 (see Figure 299).



    Figure 299: Lan File Target Advance Properties

     

    If the option value selected from the drop-down list New Folder is None. In this case, None indicates that the folder will be created depending only on the value of the property abpm.target.createFolder.
     
    If abpm.target.createFolder is set to Yes then the folder will be created and if abpm is set to No then the folder will not be created irrespective of the option value selected from the drop-down list New Folder.

  14. Click the Save button.

    If the option value selected from the drop-down list New Folder is None. In this case, None indicates that the folder will be created depending only on the value of the property abpm.target.createFolder.
     
    If abpm.target.createFolder is set to Yes then the folder will be created and if abpm is set to No then the folder will not be created irrespective of the option value selected from the drop-down list New Folder.