Adding the Secure File Transfer Task to a schedule

  1. Select Maintenance > System Administration > Job Scheduler.
  2. Click Add Schedule.
  3. Specify the name of the Secure File Transfer Task in the Task Description field.
  4. Select Secure File Transfer Task from the Task Type drop-down list.
  5. Click Submit.
  6. Click OK.
  7. In the Task Schedule list, click Parameters next to the Secure File Transfer Task you created.
  8. Click Add File Transfer Parameters and specify this information:
    SFTP Endpoint
    Select the SFTP Endpoint that you have already configured in Configuring a file transfer endpoint.
    Destination Folder
    Specify the name of the destination folder/directory.
    Source Archive Option
    Specify one of these options:
    • None: Once source files are copied to the destination file location, do nothing to the source files.
    • Archive: Once source files are copied successfully to the destination file location, move the source files to the Archive Folder.
    • Purge: Once source files are copied successfully to the destination file location, delete the source files.
    Archive Folder
    Specify a folder/directory for archiving files. This option is only used if Archive is selected from the Source Archive Option above.
    Note: The Source Folder and Archive Folder you specify should be on the same server and it is the user's responsibility to maintain the folder as per their business requirements.
  9. Click OK.
  10. Specify this information:
    Log Folder
    Must be set to the directory where the logs are written. The directory path must not include the client and server names. The client and server names are inserted automatically at runtime.
    Log Level
    Set to None, error, warn, info, or debug as required.
  11. To create another secure file transfer, click Add File Transfer Parameters and add the information for the new file(s).
  12. Once you are finished adding all files that you want to transfer, click Submit.

You can also click Edit to modify an existing file transfer or Remove to remove a file transfer.

Note: The home directory of the user specified in this task determines the perceived root of the remote server. When file transfer occurs, the home directory of the user is prepended to any folder/directory path specified in this task.