APL Collection Strategy

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Last updated: May 04, 2023 by Former user (Deleted)
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APL Collection Strategy configurations are used on top of pre-defined collection strategies to customize how files are collected from the local file system.  

Prerequisites

The reader of this document should be familiar with:

Configuration

To open the configuration, go to Build → New Configuration and then select APL Collection Strategy from the menu.

The APL Collection Strategy Configuration


SettingDescription

Base Collection Strategy

From the drop-down list, select a pre-defined collection strategy. The Default Collection Strategy is the standard collection strategy that is used by default by the Disk and FTP agents.

The available strategies are: 

  • Default Collection Strategy
  • Control File
  • Duplicate Filter
  • Multi Directory
  • TMO Full Collection Strategy

Note!

The Base Collection Strategy is the collection strategy that your APL Extension will be based on.

When saving your new collection strategy, make sure to use a descriptive name since it will be added to the list of available strategies in the agent's configuration.

The code that you see in the dialog is a default 'skeleton' set of function blocks that are already defined in the Base Collection Strategy. By adding APL code within these function blocks, you customize the way by which the collection is going to be handled by the workflow.

  • initialize
  • deinitialize
  • prepareBaseDirList
  • accept
  • filterFiles
  • preFileCollection
  • postFileCollection
  • begin
  • commit
  • rollback

For more information about APL functions blocks and functions, see the /wiki/spaces/MD82/pages/3781270.

The FileInfo UDR Type

The FileInfo UDR type includes the properties of the file to collect or a directory where files are stored.

The FileInfo UDR type can be viewed in the UDR Internal Format Browser. To open the browser right-click in the editing area of an APL Editor and select  UDR Assistance... . The browser opens.

UDR Internal Format Browser - FileInfo UDR Type

FileInfo UDR Fields

The following fields are included in the FileInfo UDR:

Field
Description
isDirectory(boolean)Set to True if FileInfo represents a directory.
isFile(boolean)Set to True if FileInfo represents a file.
name(string)The name of the file or directory.
size(long)The size of the file or directory.
timestamp(long)The timestamp for when the file or directory was last modified.