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Property Expressions Exercise 4

Exercise 4: Length​

Objective​

To use Length to change the extension of a file name.

Summary​

Utilizing the Length in combination with SubStr, modify the extension of the files that are specified. These files will be changed from .csv to .xlsx.

Instructions​

Create the Schedule​

  1. Create a Multi-Instance Schedule called Length Schedule
  2. Define the following Schedule Instance Properties:
  • FILENAME = AccountGaby.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountRaul.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountMike.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountPaulius.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountKelly.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountRyan.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountMatt.csv
  • FILENAME = AccountDavid.csv

Create the Job​

  1. Create a Null Job that will send a Notification that includes the File Name and Length when the job Finishes OK.
  • Email: smauser@congo.local
  • Example: [[SI.FILENAME]] is [[=Length([[SI.FILENAME]])]] characters in length.
  1. Create a File Copy Job that will rename the file, keeping its root name but replacing the extension with xlsx.
  • The CSV files are located in C:\Accounting
  • Source: “C:\Accounting\[[SI.FILENAME]]”
  • Destination: C:\Accounting\[[=SubStr([[SI.FILENAME]],0,Length([[SI.FILENAME]])-4)]].xlsx

Build the Schedule​

  1. Build the schedule for today's date.
note

Verify that the files were copied and have the correct extension on them.