User defined variable - A variable that you can define in a Project with a unique name and default value. A user-defined variable can be used to supply a value to a task attribute and can be used in comparison operations.

System variable - A pre-defined variable that is supplied in

Managed File Transfer

, such as the current date. System variables are similar to user-defined variables, in that they can be used to supply a value to a task attribute and can be used in comparison operations.

Folder variable - Folder level variables can be defined at each folder level. These variables can be used by any Projects contained within that folder. User defined Project level variables override any Folder level variables.

File List - A variable that contains a list of file names. A File List is generated by tasks that retrieve or process files. A file list can be used as the input for tasks that can process multiple files (such as a ZIP Task).

Local File - These variables represent local files on the host system (where

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is running). These files could be the files on the local hard drive or files on the network which are accessible to

Managed File Transfer

's Subsystem/Service. 

RowSet - A variable that contains a list of records (rows). A RowSet is generated by tasks that read the contents of a file or database (for example, SQL Task, Read CSV, Read Fixed-width, Read Excel, Read XML and Read Flat File). RowSets can be used as the input for tasks that write out to databases or files .

Email List - A variable that contains a list of Email Messages. An Email List is generated by the Retrieve Email task which can be used in a For Each Loop to process email attachments and message content.

Denying Auto Notifications - A variable that stops the notification that consumer receives automatically as soon as the file is downloaded or extracted. This variable can be used in a Managed File Transfer project followed by a task that creates a custom notification message when the file is ready for consumers to use.

AS2 Task Output - A variable that contains a list of attributes with information pertaining to the execution of an AS2 Task. These can be used to further process files or tasks within a

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project.

MQ Message List - A variable that contains a list of MQ Messages. An MQ Message List is generated by the MQ Retrieve Message Task which can be used in a For Each Loop to process message content.