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File Processor connection properties

When you set up a File Processor connection, you must configure the connection properties.
The following table describes the File Processor connection properties:
Connection property
Description
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run the tasks.
Source File Directory
The location that contains files you want to transfer.
Target File Directory
The location where you want to place the transferred files.
Select File
The files that you want to transfer. You can select files based on the fields.
File Pattern
The pattern of the files that you want to transfer.
For example, to select a file based on a date pattern, you can specify the date format as DD/MM/YYYY, MM-dd-yyyy, yyyy-MM-dd, or yyyy-MM-d in the file pattern field.
Note: The File Pattern field is not applicable when you select all in the Select File connection property.
Days Calculation
Selects files that are created or modified before the specified date or after the specified date. Select files based on Contains Date Pattern and specify the days calculation value so that you can select files that are modified before or after the specified date. Specify the value in terms of days. You cannot specify the value in terms of month and year.
You can specify the following date formats: DD/MM/YYYY, MM-dd-yyyy or yyyy-MM-d format.
For example, to select a file based on Contains Date Pattern and use the data filters to specify the LastModDate as 02/02/2016, and specify days calculation as -1. Files that are modified till 01/02/2016 are selected.
PassKey
The credentials to connect to FTP or SFTP server. For example, you can specify the password and passphrase of the FTP or SFTP server as passkey1 and passkey2 values.