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  1. Preface
  2. Components
  3. API collections
  4. Business services
  5. File listeners
  6. Fixed-width file formats
  7. Hierarchical schemas
  8. Industry data service customizer
  9. Intelligent structure models
  10. Refining intelligent structure models
  11. Mapplets
  12. Saved queries
  13. Shared sequences
  14. User-defined functions

Components

Components

Configuring a file listener

Configuring a file listener

Before you create file listeners, verify that the following conditions exist:
  • The organization has the appropriate licenses.
  • The file listener is running on the secure agent.
Perform the following steps to configure a file listener:
  1. To create a file listener, click
    New
    Components
    File Listener
    , and then click
    Create
    .
    To edit a file listener, on the
    Explore
    page, navigate to the file listener. In the row that lists the file listener, click
    Actions
    and select
    Edit
    .
    When you edit a file listener, such as update the run-time environment, connector type, connection, or listener rule properties, the file listener requires a reset. A warning message appears. Click
    Ok
    to continue. This action clears the list of previously tracked files.
  2. Configure the following file listener details:
    Parameter
    Description
    File Listener Name
    Name of the file listener. A file listener name must be unique within the organization. File listener names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and underscores. The names must begin with an alphabetic character or underscore.
    File listener names are not case sensitive.
    Location
    Project directory in which the file listener is created.
    Description
    Optional description of the file listener. Maximum length is 1024 characters.
    Status
    Status of the file listener: Enabled or Disabled. A disabled file listener does not listen to files on the designated folder.
    Runtime Environment
    Runtime environment that contains the Secure Agent used to run the file listener.
    Source Type
    Type of source to which file listener listens. Select one of the following source types:
  3. Configure the schedule by which the file listener runs:
    Parameter
    Description
    Run
    Frequency at which the file listener runs, daily, weekly, or monthly.
    Start Date
    Date on which the file listener starts running.
    End Date
    Date until which the file listener runs.
    Repeat indefinitely
    The file listener runs without an end date.
    Start At
    Time of day when the file listener starts running.
    Check Until
    Time of day when the file listener stops running.
    Check Every
    Frequency at which the file listener checks for files in the folder to which it listens, by seconds, minutes, or hours.
    Time Zone
    Time zone according to which the file listener runs.
    Days to Run
    Days of the week when the file listener runs when you select to run the file listener weekly.
    Day of Month
    Day of the month when the file listener runs when you select to run the file listener every month.
    Day of Week
    Day of the week the file listener runs when you select to run the file listener every month
    Week
    The week the file listener runs when you select to run the file listener every month. For example, to run the file listener on the fourth Sunday of the month, select
    Day of Week
    :
    Sunday
    and
    Week
    :
    Fourth
    .
  4. Under Failure Management, you can select the following options:
    • Continue to run on failure
      . The file listener continues to retry and run in case of a failure, such as a temporary network disruption.
    • Send a notification on failure
      . Receive a notification if the file listener fails. Enter a list of email addresses to which you want to send notifications if the file listener fails.
      Use commas to separate a list of email addresses.
  5. Click
    Save
    .

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