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Get File Activity Overview

Context

The Get File Activity imports a single file from an external storage system into Cora SeQuence.

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 File Import

Get File Activity parameters

Parameter
Description
Connection to File Storage
Connection you defined to the external storage system.
Source Path
Path to the folder where you want to import the file from. It is appended to the connection you defined to the external storage system.  You must use backward slashes (\) when you define the file name.
Example: Host\BasePath\SourcePath\FileName
File Name
The file that you want to import from an external storage system into Cora SeQuence. There are a couple of ways to define the file name.
If the file does not exist
If the file does not exist, select how the activity proceeds.
  • Fail activity execution: the activity fails.
  • Continue activity execution: the activity continues, without importing a file.


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