The File System Category focuses on jobs related to file and data management.
These jobs will perform file and folder tasks and also send data to other systems using HTTP Request.
Each job will send an email notification detailing the success of the task.
The jobs available in this category are:
This job allows a file to be copied and saved to a new location.
Use this task to create backups of files.
Uses the Mail Server settings applied in DriveWorks Autopilot to send job notifications.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Email Sender | A valid email address for the sender of the email. | DriveAppScheduler@MyCompany.com |
| Email Recipient | A valid email address for the recipient of the email. | admin@MyCompany.com |
| Email CC | A valid email address for additional recipients of the email. | admin2@MyCompany.com
Multiple recipients can be included by separating each address with a pipebar: admin2@MyCompany.com|admin3@MyCompany.com |
| Autopilot Tag | The name of the Autopilot Tag that targets the DriveWorks Autopilot machine to process the Job from.
See DriveWorks Autopilot - Edit Tags for more information. | TagName |
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| File Source Path | The path to the source file. | [Machine Name]\Content\ & DWVariableOldFileName & .txt |
| File Destination Path | The path to the destination file. | "[Machine Name]\Generated\" & DWVariableNewFileName & ".txt" |
| Move File | TRUE to move the file, FALSE to copy it. | TRUE (checked) |
| Overwrite Existing | TRUE to overwrite the destination file if it already exists, FALSE to leave it alone. | FALSE (unchecked) |
This job allows a folder to be copied and saved to a new location.
Use this task to create backups of folders.
Uses the Mail Server settings applied in DriveWorks Autopilot to send job notifications.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Email Sender | A valid email address for the sender of the email. | DriveAppScheduler@MyCompany.com |
| Email Recipient | A valid email address for the recipient of the email. | admin@MyCompany.com |
| Email CC | A valid email address for additional recipients of the email. | admin2@MyCompany.com
Multiple recipients can be included by separating each address with a pipebar: admin2@MyCompany.com|admin3@MyCompany.com |
| Autopilot Tag | The name of the Autopilot Tag that targets the DriveWorks Autopilot machine to process the Job from.
See DriveWorks Autopilot - Edit Tags for more information. | TagName |
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Folder Source Path | The path to the source folder. | "[Machine Name]\Content\" & DWVariableOldFolderName & ".txt" |
| Folder Destination Path | The path to the destination file. | "[Machine Name]\Generated\" & DWVariableNewFolderName &".txt" |
| Move Folder | TRUE to move the folder, FALSE to copy it. | TRUE (checked) |
| Overwrite Existing | TRUE to overwrite the destination folder if it already exists, FALSE to leave it alone. | FALSE (unchecked) |
This job allows a file to be deleted.
Uses the Mail Server settings applied in DriveWorks Autopilot to send job notifications.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Email Sender | A valid email address for the sender of the email. | DriveAppScheduler@MyCompany.com |
| Email Recipient | A valid email address for the recipient of the email. | admin@MyCompany.com |
| Email CC | A valid email address for additional recipients of the email. | admin2@MyCompany.com
Multiple recipients can be included by separating each address with a pipebar: admin2@MyCompany.com|admin3@MyCompany.com |
| Autopilot Tag | The name of the Autopilot Tag that targets the DriveWorks Autopilot machine to process the Job from.
See DriveWorks Autopilot - Edit Tags for more information. | TagName |
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| File Source Path | The path to the file to be deleted. | "C:\MyFiles\" & DWVariableFileToDelete |
This job allows a folder to be deleted.
Uses the Mail Server settings applied in DriveWorks Autopilot to send job notifications.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Email Sender | A valid email address for the sender of the email. | DriveAppScheduler@MyCompany.com |
| Email Recipient | A valid email address for the recipient of the email. | admin@MyCompany.com |
| Email CC | A valid email address for additional recipients of the email. | admin2@MyCompany.com
Multiple recipients can be included by separating each address with a pipebar: admin2@MyCompany.com|admin3@MyCompany.com |
| Autopilot Tag | The name of the Autopilot Tag that targets the DriveWorks Autopilot machine to process the Job from.
See DriveWorks Autopilot - Edit Tags for more information. | TagName |
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Folder Source Path | The path to the folder to be deleted. | "C:\MyFiles\" & DWVariableFolderToDelete |
This task will send an HTTP Rest request to a web service.
This allows data to be sent to other company systems.
Uses the Mail Server settings applied in DriveWorks Autopilot to send job notifications.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Email Sender | A valid email address for the sender of the email. | DriveAppScheduler@MyCompany.com |
| Email Recipient | A valid email address for the recipient of the email. | admin@MyCompany.com |
| Email CC | A valid email address for additional recipients of the email. | admin2@MyCompany.com
Multiple recipients can be included by separating each address with a pipebar: admin2@MyCompany.com|admin3@MyCompany.com |
| Autopilot Tag | The name of the Autopilot Tag that targets the DriveWorks Autopilot machine to process the Job from.
See DriveWorks Autopilot - Edit Tags for more information. | TagName |
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| URL |
The URL where the web request should be sent.
| http://www.driveworks.co.uk/ |
| Verb |
The resource action to perform. The task will accept any valid
request verb; the most common being:
| Post |
| Headers |
A pipe-delimited list of headers to be sent with the request. Each
key-value pair should be separated with the pipe symbol ( | ) and
each pair must separate the key and value with a colon character (
: )
| DWVariableOAuthReqHeader |
| Body | The HTTP request body. Request Body cannot be set with a GET or HEAD request; therefore anything entered in this field when these Verbs are set will be omitted from the request. | DWVariableOAuthReqBody |
This task creates a Zip File of the specified folder file path.
This task allows you to choose if you would like to overwrite an existing file if it already exists or not. This task is useful for making backups and sending large amounts of data from one location to another.
Uses the Mail Server settings applied in DriveWorks Autopilot to send job notifications.
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Email Sender | A valid email address for the sender of the email. | DriveAppScheduler@MyCompany.com |
| Email Recipient | A valid email address for the recipient of the email. | admin@MyCompany.com |
| Email CC | A valid email address for additional recipients of the email. | admin2@MyCompany.com
Multiple recipients can be included by separating each address with a pipebar: admin2@MyCompany.com|admin3@MyCompany.com |
| Autopilot Tag | The name of the Autopilot Tag that targets the DriveWorks Autopilot machine to process the Job from.
See DriveWorks Autopilot - Edit Tags for more information. | TagName |
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Folder to Zip | The full file path of the folder that will be zipped. | "C:\MyDocuments\Specifications\ZIPFolder\Documents" &DWSpecificationId&".zip" |
| Folder Destination Path | The path to the destination file. | "[Machine Name]\Generated\" & DWVariableNewFolderName & ".txt" |
| Destination File Path | The full file path of the destination file location. | "C:\MyDocuments\BackUps\DWSpecificationId” |
| Overwrite Existing | TRUE to overwrite an existing Zip, FALSE to keep the existing file. | FALSE (unchecked) |
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