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Creating a File Processor Connection

To use File Processor Connector in a

synchronization

task, you must first create a connection in

Data Integration

. When you create a File Processor connection to connect to an IBM AS/400 FTP server, an IBM z/OS FTP server, an IBM AS/400 SFTP server, or an IBM z/OS SFTP server, specify the source file directory as QGPL. QGPL is the library of the IBM AS/400 FTP, the IBM z/OS FTP, the IBM AS/400 SFTP, and the IBM z/OS SFTP servers.

You can configure a connection on the Connections page or in a wizard as you configure a task.

On the

Connections

page, click

New Connection

to create a connection.

The

New Connection

page appears.

The following image shows the New Connection page details:

Configure the following connection properties on the New Connection page:

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, if you want to select file based on a date pattern, you can specify the date format as DD/MM/YYYY in the file pattern field. Note: File Pattern field is not applicable when you select all from Select File connection property.
Days Calculation	Use days calculation to select files that are created or modified before the specified date or after the specified date. Select files based on Contains Date Pattern, 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. For example, if you select file based on Contains Date Pattern, use the data filters to specify LastModDate as 02/02/2016 in DD/MM/YYYY format, 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.