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darshthakkar
Valued Contributor
4 years ago
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Write Files to Local Drive

@jskrable: I’m fairly new to snapLogic and wanting to export the files directly to my local system (i.e. C drive), how can I accomplish this?
Sharing some snaps below for everyone’s reference:

Am I doing something wrong?
CC: @bojanvelevski @dmiller @vineesha

  • darshthakkar's avatar
    darshthakkar
    4 years ago

    Writing files to local can be achieved via SFTP if it has been setup in an organization. I was able to write files through the same. Learnt about the importance of account under file writer snap.
    Whereas, writing files to local without sftp is not possible as groundplex needs to be installed in your local as stated by @Supratim

    Thank you everyone on this thread for your help and support. Signing off on this thread!

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  • dmiller's avatar
    dmiller
    Former Employee
    4 years ago

    Writing files to a local drive requires a Groundplex.

    I’ll have to check with Dev on that error message.

    • darshthakkar's avatar
      darshthakkar
      Valued Contributor
      4 years ago

      I was running the pipeline on groundplex itself. Thank you for forwarding the error message to Dev, would wait for their insights.

    • darshthakkar's avatar
      darshthakkar
      Valued Contributor
      4 years ago

      Hi @dmiller,

      Wanted to politely follow up on this one. Did you get a chance to communicate with dev team on the error message? No rush on this one though but putting a comment for you so that we don’t forget it.
      Thanking you in advance for your help and support.

      Regards,
      DT

  • robin's avatar
    robin
    Former Employee
    4 years ago

    @darshthakkar how big is the file you are reading? That error suggests the XLSX object wasn’t created successfully

    • darshthakkar's avatar
      darshthakkar
      Valued Contributor
      4 years ago

      The file is a simple excel file of 11.3kb

      • Supratim's avatar
        Supratim
        Contributor III
        4 years ago

        @darshthakkar If you wish to use your “C” drive then groudplex has to be installed in your local. You can try SLDB as a work around.

  • darshthakkar's avatar
    darshthakkar
    Valued Contributor
    4 years ago

    Writing files to local can be achieved via SFTP if it has been setup in an organization. I was able to write files through the same. Learnt about the importance of account under file writer snap.
    Whereas, writing files to local without sftp is not possible as groundplex needs to be installed in your local as stated by @Supratim

    Thank you everyone on this thread for your help and support. Signing off on this thread!