The File Connector provides connectivity between Application Integration and file systems so you can monitor file systems for new files, move files, read and write content from files, and select options to handle processed files. You might use the File Connector, for example, to write log files needed as part of a larger integration, or to monitor a file system for new .csv files, read the delimited content from the files, and use the generated XML in a set of process objects.
When you create event sources and event targets with the File Connector, the Process Designer also generates a set of process objects you can access to obtain file information, such as the number of records or file size.
The File Connector runs on an Informatica Secure Agent.
This guide assumes you are familiar with Process Designer, process objects, and the options available for any file systems you want to work with.
File Connector Capabilities
The File Connector allow you to read and write file content, including text, delimited file content, XML and JSON. Using one of the configurable event sources or event targets, you can:
•Monitor a file folder and process files when they are added to a folder.
•Perform file operations like move or delete.
•Parse the contents of delimited files to create process objects and make the contents available for use in Process Designer.
•Create event services (event targets) that can be called from Process Designer.
•Serialize a set of process objects in a delimited format and save to a file.
•Serialize process objects to XML/JSON format.
•Write and read text content to a file.
•Write and read binary content to and from files using a binary or attachment format.
•Parse JSON and XML files and convert them to a set of process objects.
For more information about setting up a delimited file reader and file writer in Application Integration, see the following community article: