File Sender Issue

[Former Member]

Hello everybody,

I have a question about a file pickup from FTP folder.

Is there a solution for file pick up sequence ?

If there are two files in the directory how do i insure that they will be picked up according to the right order ?

[Former Member]

TX for all the help.

[dharamveer_gaur2]

Hi

File Transfer Protocol(FTP) files are always processed in ascending alphabetical order.

[Former Member]

I saw a forum thread that said that if you add a correct time stamp to the file it will take it according to the date, is that correct ?

[Shabarish_Nair]

there is no documented proof of such in case of FTP. But SAP mentions that NFS can help with the processing sequence as i mentioned before of by date or name. My suggestion is to have a dummy interface pick all files from the FTP folder and put it into a NFS folder and then use the NFS protocol @ the file sender adapter and get your requirement done.

[Former Member]

Not a bad idea.

TX for the help.

[Shabarish_Nair]

>

> Hello everybody,
> 
> I have a question about a file pickup from FTP folder.
> Is there a solution for file pick up sequence ?
> If there are two files in the directory how do i insure that they will be picked up according to the right order ?

In case you are using NFS you will be able to specify a sequence. It is not possible via FTP as a standard

Processing Sequence (for transport protocol File System (NFS)) ->

By Name: Files are processed alphabetically by file name.

By Date: Files are processed according to their time stamp in the file system, starting with the oldest file.

[former_member190389]

What should be the parameter for pickup?

Should it be the file name in ascending order or should it be the date/time the file was placed ?

Go to the processing tab in sender CC & specify Processing Sequence By Name or By Date

[Former Member]

It Should be by date, it is the same file name.

when using FTP sender you don't have that option!

[former_member190389]

Also if you want that the delivery of the message be in sequence use QOS as EOIO

and enter the queue name to be used in the processing sequence.

[Former Member]

SO there is no way to control this in FTP Sender ?