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Hello again,
My integration is working: it’s going out to an sftp server and pulling in all unarchived files that start with this string:
WORKFILE.PSOURCE.HRCNFRM.*
This results in pulling in the same set of files multiple times.
The complete file string looks something like this:
BERKWORK.PSOURCE.HRCNFRM.2983249.20190108110621668
The file string has the date: 20190108
I’d like to be able to pull in a file whose date string, above, matches the current date in the form YYYYMMDD. That way I’d only be pulling in files whose ‘lookup string’ matches the current date.
Could you provide a coding example?
Thanks again for all you help.
- Vin
- tlikarish7 years agoEmployee
You can use the expression language to format a date to a string, which can be used to form the glob in the MultiFileReader. This expression should get you pretty close.
"BERKWORK.PSOURCE.HRCNFRM.*." + Date.now().toLocaleDateString({"format":"yyyyMMdd"}) + "*"
- vcocco7 years agoNew Contributor II
Thank you very much for that expression. I’ve made a lot of progress with the pipeline and the information you’ve given me.
I would like to put that entire file name 'BERKWORK.PSOURCE.HRCNFRM.*." + Date.new().toLocalDateString({“format”:“yyyMMdd”}" into a variable or some other temporary holding area. In the pipeline, I would like to (probably?) use a Boolean expression to check for the existence of the file and send out an email (via the Send Email Snap) based on the condition being true (‘1’).
Thanks again for all your help.