Create Directory

creates adirectory in the local and remote Open File Transfer systems.

Overview

This Snap creates adirectory in the local and remote Open File Transfer systems. Local refers to the system where the OpenFT agent is running, and Remote can be any Open FT system accessible from the Local Open File Transfer system.


Create directory Snap Settings dialog

Prerequisites

None.

Limitations and known issues

None.

Snap views

View Description Examples of upstream and downstream Snaps
Input Optional. This Snap has at most one document.
  • Asynchronous File Transfer
  • File Reader
Output This Snap has exactly one document output view.
  • Router
  • Mapper
Error

Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter when running the pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab. The available options are:

  • Stop Pipeline Execution Stops the current pipeline execution when the Snap encounters an error.
  • Discard Error Data and Continue Ignores the error, discards that record, and continues with the remaining records.
  • Route Error Data to Error View Routes the error data to an error view without stopping the Snap execution.

Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines.

Snap settings

Note:
  • Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
  • Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
  • Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
  • Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Field / Field set Type Description
Label String Required. Specify a unique name for the Snap. Modify this to be more appropriate, especially if there are more than one of the same Snap in the pipeline.
Location Dropdown list Required. Select the location to create a directory. The options available are:
  • Remote: Creates a directory in the remote system
  • Local: Creates a directory in the local system the an agent is running.

Default value: Remote

Example: Local
Directory String/Expression/Suggestion The name of the directory to create. It should contain the complete path along with the directory name that you want to create.

Default value: N/A

Example: /opt/openft/bin/ftbin

FNC Mode Dropdown list Select the encoding mode for the file name in the long output of log records.

Default value: CHARACTER

Example: TRANSPARENT

Management Password String/Expression Specify the management password to access the file system.

Default value: N/A

Example: N/A

Snap execution Dropdown list Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes.
Available options are:
  • Validate & Execute. Performs limited execution of the Snap and generates a data preview during pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during pipeline runtime.
  • Execute only. Performs full execution of the Snap during pipeline execution without generating preview data.
  • Disabled. Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.