Practice: File Arrival

Objective

Use File Arrival to detect the arrival of a file.

Instructions

Create a Blank File

1. In the Windows directory, create a new folder named C:\Windows File Arrival.
2. Within the new folder, create a blank text file named WindowsFile1.txt.

Create the Schedule

3. Open Solution Manager.
4. In Library > Administration, select on Master Schedule.
5. Click the Add button.
6. On the Master Schedule Definition screen:

• In the Name field, provide a Name for the Schedule.
• Add Documentation
• Select working days.
• Configure Auto Build and Auto Delete.
• Click Save

7. Click Back

Create the File Arrival Job

8. Select the Windows File Arrival schedule in Schedule List and click the View button.
9. Select Add Job in the side menu
10. On the Master Schedule Definition screen:

• In the Name field, enter the desired Job Name.
• In the Job Type drop-down, select Windows
• In the Machine Selectiondrop-down, select the desired Machine.
• In the User ID drop-down, select the desired USER ID.
• In the Job Action drop-down, select File Arrival
• In the File Name field, enter "C:\Windows File Arrival\WindowsFile1.txt"
• In the Start Time drop-down, enter 0 day at 08:00 AM
• In the End Time drop-down, enter 0 day at 06:00 PM
• In the File Size Stable Duration (in secs) drop-down, enter 5

11. Add Documentation to the Job.
12. Give the Job a Frequency of Mon-Fri-N
13. click Back

Build the Schedule

14. Build the Schedule Released for today.
15. In Processes, view the Schedule and verify that the Windows File Arrival Job is running.
16. Once the Job runs, verify that the Job was created and that the file was found by inspecting the Job Output.

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