Content Comparison

Account Name

Specify the Azure Blob Storage account name

Authentication

Choose the appropriate authentication type – SAS Token or Account Key.

SAS Token/ Account Key Input Field

Here the SAS Token or Account Key needs to be placed. 

Container

name

This field designates the path to the target container.

Folder

This is an optional parameter designating the target path of the desired folder from where the data can be acquired. 

File

selection options

This toggle selects if All files are to be collected from the designated path, or only a specific file. If the second option is chosen, an additional field will be displayed called File Name where it can be typed. Additionally, a checkbox called Use Regex can be toggled to enable regular expressions. 

File

format

This dropdown menu selects the file format of the target data, the following ones are supported: CSV, Excel, JSON, and XML. Additional options are available for some of the formats: 

• If CSV is selected an optional checkbox is shown called Include Table Header that enables the table header check.

• If Excel is selected an optional checkbox is shown called Include Table Header that enables the table header check. Additionally, this file format will reveal the Sheet selection options that specify the target sheets from where data will be collected – this can be either All sheets in file or Specific sheet(s). If the second option is selected, an additional input field will be shown called Select sheet(s) where the desired names can be entered.

Delimiter

This dropdown menu selects the used delimiter. The following options are supported: Comma, Tab, Semicolon, Space, and Other. If Other is selected, then the Custom Delimiter input box will be displayed in which the character can be entered.

Remove

Removes the source file after the operation of the collector is completed.

Move to

Moves the source file to a destination folder. When this option is selected, you have to specify the folder path in the Folder field. The destination folder must be in the same container selected in Container name under the File information section.

You can also check the Overwrite if file already exists check box, if you want to overwrite the file with the same name found in the folder.

Account Name

Specify the Azure Blob Storage account name

Authentication

Choose the appropriate authentication type – SAS Token or Account Key.

SAS Token/ Account Key Input Field

Here the SAS Token or Account Key needs to be placed. 

Container Name

This field designates the path to the target container.

Folder

This is an optional parameter designating the target path of the desired folder from where the data can be acquired. 

Filename Options

This selection chooses the target filename to which the data will be forwarded. This can be either the Collector filename from where the data was initially acquired or a Custom filename.

If

Collector filename is selected and the collector input file does not have a filename, the function generates a name based on the collector function, for example, Counter.

The function appends the file format extension to the filename based on the file format selected below, if the selected extension is not in the filename.

If Custom filename is selected, an additional field will be displayed called Filename where it can be typed.

The function appends the file format extension to the filename based on the file format selected below, so you do not need to add any extensions to the filename.

Append Timestamp

This checkbox toggles the time and date recording of the action. 

File Format

This dropdown menu selects the file format of the target data, the following ones are supported: CSV, Excel, JSON, and Buffer. Additional options are available for some of the formats: 

• If CSV is selected an optional checkbox is shown called Include Table Header that enables the table header check. A drop-down menu allows for the Delimeter to be chosen, supported ones are Comma, Tab, Semicolon, Space, and Other. If Other is selected, enter the desired character in the Custom delimeter input box. 

• If Excel is selected the Sheet name field will be shown, in which the desired sheet name can be entered.

• If JSON is selected the users can select the desired Action on records execution, the following options are available: All in one array, All in one array with key, and One file per record. An optional Output file in pretty pink can be toggled on. 

Compress file

This enables or disables compression. If enabled, the users can choose the format – Zip or GZip.