Put File Activity Overview

Context

The Put File Activity exports one or more files (attachments or array of bytes) from Cora Orchestration to an external storage system.

Add a New Connection to an External Storage System

First, you define a connection to an external storage system.

Supported Storage Systems

Azure Blob Storage
Azure File Storage
FTP
SFTP
Network Drive

Define the File Export

Details Tab

Parameter	Description
Connection to File Storage	Connection you defined to the external storage system.
Target Path	Path to the folder where you want to export the file to. It is appended to the connection you defined to the external storage system. There are a couple of ways to define the target path. You must use forward slashes (/) when you define the target path. Manually: Type a target path in the field. Expression: Define the target path from a previously returned value in the workflow. For example, a path returned from a Web Service Listener Activity. For example: https://{externalstoragesystem}/Approved_Claims
Source File(s)	The file(s) that you want to export from Cora Orchestration to an external storage system. To define the source file(s), enter an expression that returns one of the following types of data: A GUID of an attachment or a list of GUID of attachments Content of a file in form of byte array Any dynamic object that contains the following properties: FileName (string) Content (byte[])

Parameter

Description

Connection to File Storage

Connection you defined to the external storage system.

Target Path

Path to the folder where you want to export the file to. It is appended to the connection you defined to the external storage system. There are a couple of ways to define the target path. You must use forward slashes (/) when you define the target path.

Manually: Type a target path in the field.
Expression: Define the target path from a previously returned value in the workflow.
For example, a path returned from a Web Service Listener Activity.

For example: https://{externalstoragesystem}/Approved_Claims

Source File(s)

The file(s) that you want to export from Cora Orchestration to an external storage system.
To define the source file(s), enter an expression that returns one of the following types of data:

A GUID of an attachment or a list of GUID of attachments
Content of a file in form of byte array
Any dynamic object that contains the following properties:
- FileName (string)
- Content (byte[])

Advanced Options Tab

Parameter	Description
Target File Names	Names of files you want to export.
If file exists	In the case that the external storage system you selected does not support exporting multiple files, you can replace the files or skip the file export.

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