Enable Sort Order

Determines if the service will be used or not. If enabled, the sort order that you select also applies to subfolders if you have selected the Include Subfolders checkbox for the FTP, SFTP, and Disk collection agents. For further information, see the section for the relevant agent in Appendix 2 - Batch and Real-Time Workflow Agents.

Modification Time

Select to enable file collection order according to the modification time stamp. If Sort Direction is set to Ascending, the oldest files are collected first. The time resolution depends on the server and protocol.

Value Pattern

The method used to locate the item (part of the file name) to be the target for the sorting. This could be either Position that indicates that the item is located at a fixed position in the file name or Regular Expression indicating that the item should be fetched using a regular expression.

Position

If Position is enabled, the files are sorted based on the part of the filename indicated by Position plus Length. The The Start Position value states the offset in the file name where the sorting item starts. The first character has offset 0 (zero).

The Length value states the length of the sorting item (part of the file name) if it has a static length. To sort items with a dynamic length, use the value zero (0).

Regular Expression

If enabled, the sorting item is extracted from the file name using the regular expression. If the file name does not end with a digit, this is the correct option.
 

 FILEA_1354.log
 FILEB_23.log
 FILEC_1254.log,

FILEC_1254.log
FILEA_1354.log
FILEB_23.log

Sort Type

Type of sorting. Could be either Alphanumeric or Numeric.

Ignore Case

If enabled, the sorting is not case sensitive.

Sort Direction

Indicates if the sort order should be Ascending or Descending.

MIM Defined

Determines if the Value will be selected from a MIM resource.

The MIM resource of type FNTUDR is represented in the template table in the same way as other MIMs, however it has an other another appearance when the filename or filepath is presented. A MIM FNTUDR value can represent a sub-path with delimiters, a part of a filename, or a directory.

For further information about how to use the FNTUDR in filename templates, see the section below, Defining a MIM Resource of FNTUDR Type.

User Defined

Determines if the Value will be a user defined constant entered in the text field.

Directory Delimiter

Determines if the Value will be a directory delimiter indicating that the file sub-path will have a directory delimiter at that specified position. You cannot have two directory delimiters directly after each other, or a delimiter in the beginning or end of a filename template.

The MIM resource of the special UDR type FNTUDR can include, begin or/and end with directory delimiters this must be noted when adding delimiters in the template.

For further information about using the FNTUDR in filename templates, see the section below, Defining a MIM Resource of FNTUDR Type.

Size

Number of allocated characters in the file name for the selected MIM resource (or user defined constant). If the actual value is smaller than this number, the remaining space will be padded with the chosen padding character. If left empty, the number of characters allocated in the file name will be equal to the MIM value or the constant.

Padding

Character to pad remaining space with if Size is set. If Size is not set, this value is ignored.

Alignment

Left or right alignment within the allocated size. If Size is not set, this value is ignored.

Separator

Separating character to add to the file name after the MIM value or constant.

Date Format

Adds a timestamp to the file name in the selected way. For further information about the format, see Date and Time Format Codes in Administration and Management in Legacy Desktop .