The JS7 - File Watching is used to automatically start the workflow when the file arrived in the source directory. The agents continuously watch the directory for the incoming files and add an order for a particular file.
Workflow
In the workflow jdFileWatchingFork, File Order Source is applied. To automatically execute the jdFileWatchingFork workflow please add the order in the JS7 - Online Demo - Workflow - jdFileWatchingForkTouch.
To execute the workflow from the folder 08_FileWatching follow the below steps:
- Click the folder 08_FileWatching and expand the jdFileWatchingFork workflow. By adding an order in the jdFileWatchingForkTouch workflow the orders are automatically added to the jdFileWatchingFork workflow. You can review it from the below screenshot.
- To check the status of the order click the name of the workflow to make the Order History panel appear.
- From the Order History panel, you can verify the 5 Orders are added to the workflow each order represents the 1 file transfer from the view you can verify the Orders are successful and finished. Click the Order ID to see the log output created by jobs executed for this order.
- A log window will open and the order log will be displayed. The order log contains the output of all jobs executed by the order.
- You can download the log file by clicking the Download button from the upper right corner of the log view window. Also, you can expand and collapse the individual job output using the chevron icons from the left upper corner of the log view window.
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