You define a file listener that listens to a specific folder and the file pattern. You can define the file events that trigger a notification to the following assets:

Taskflows
File ingestion and replication
tasks
B2B Gateway partners

For example, you can define whether

file ingestion and replication

tasks are notified when new files arrive or files in the monitored location are updated or deleted. You then assign the file listener to a

file ingestion and replication

task. The file listener listens to source folder, and notifies the

file ingestion and replication

task when a file arrived, file updated, or file deleted event occurs. You can configure the source as a server event or a connector. The

file ingestion and replication

task then runs and picks up files from the source folder.

A file listener sends notifications to the user who created it when it starts listening to the folder, when it stops listening to the folder, and if errors occur while it listens to the folder.

The file listener creates a job when the file listener starts and lists the job instance in the file transfer logs page of Monitor. The file listener updates the job when file events occur. The file listener job details appear in the file listener job properties.

A file listener that is not used by a taskflow,

file ingestion and replication

task, or B2B Gateway partner is not active and does not listen to the defined folder.