ExternalFileReaderUnit

Group

Integration Units

Function

This Integration Unit reads a file from the file system.

Description


Introduction: Integration Units. Set the Content in the Content settings of a Response Route in phase 6 to Output of IU.


The ExternalFileReaderUnit reads a file from the file system and returns the data as the output of the Integration Unit.

The encoding of the Response Route must be set to ISO-8859-1. The encoding of the read-in file is used.

Parameter Description


Parameter name

Allowed values

Default value

Description

Delete orig. file

true, false

false

Deletes the original file, if true.

file



Path to the file. Note: If the path matches the pattern Job_<jobnr> or ARC_<jobnr>, the backup file, respectively, the archive file with the corresponding job number is selected from the profile's backup directory. The use of the string @VAR_SYS_BACKUP@ is also allowed since this system variable always contains the name of the backup file.