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File Processor Connector

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Informatica Cloud File Processor Connector Guide
Spring 2017
June 2018
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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Cloud Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Cloud Communities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Informatica Cloud Marketplace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Cloud Connector Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Knowledge Base. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Cloud Trust Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Informatica Global Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 1: Introduction to File Processor Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

File Processor Connector Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
File Processor Connector Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2: File Processor Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

File Processor Connections Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Creating a File Processor Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Selection of Specific Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Date Pattern Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Configuring the Proxy Settings on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3: File Processor Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

File Processor Operations Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transferring Files between a Local File System and an FTP or SFTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transferring Files between a Local System and an SFTP Server Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Downloading Files from an IBM AS/400 or an IBM z/OS FTP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Transferring Files within a Local File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Transferring Files within a Local File System Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Deleting Files from an FTP or SFTP Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Deleting Files from an FTP Server Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Public and Private Key Based Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using Public and Private Key Based Authentication for an SFTP Server Example. . . . . . . . . . 23
Compressing or Decompressing Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Compressing or Decompressing Files Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Encrypting or Decrypting Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Encrypting or Decrypting Files Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Archiving or Unarchiving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Archiving or Unarchiving Files Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Renaming files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Renaming Files Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4 Table of Contents
Preface
The Informatica Cloud File Processor Connector Guide contains information about how to set up and use File
Processor Connector. The guide explains how organization administrators and business users can use File
Processor Connector to transfer files.
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6 Preface
Chapter 1
Introduction to File Processor

Connector
This chapter includes the following topics:
• File Processor Connector Overview, 7

• File Processor Connector Implementation, 7
File Processor Connector Overview

You can use File Processor Connector to securely transfer files from one location to another. Use File
Processor connector to transfer files regardless of size and location.
Use File Processor Connector to perform the following operations:
• Transfer files between local system and FTP or SFTP server

• Move files within a local file system
• Copy files within a local file system
• Compress and decompress files within a local file system
• Encrypt and decrypt files within a local file system
• Archive and unarchive files within a local file system
• Rename the local files
For example, you are a system administrator and need to perform file transfer between a local and remote
server. Create a connection to connect to the FTP or SFTP server where the files reside. Configure a Data
Synchronization task to download files from FTP or SFTP server to a local file system.
File Processor Connector Implementation

To transfer files by using File Processor Connector, select a File Processor source object and create a File
Processor target object in a Data Synchronization task or Mapping Configuration task.
The following are the File Processor source objects that you can use to perform file operations:
• SFTP_PUT
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• SFTP_GET
• FTP_GET
• FTP_PUT
• FTP_DELETE
• SFTP_DELETE
• FileMove
• FileCopy
• FileArchive
• FileUnarchive
• FileCompress
• FileDecompress
• FileEncrypt
• FileDecrypt
The following are the File Processor target objects that you can use to perform file operations:
• FileRename
• FlatFile
Flat file contains the status information. You can view the status to get information on the number of files
that are successfully transferred and files failed to transfer.
You can specify proxy server details for FTP or SFTP to connect to File Processor.
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Chapter 2
File Processor Connections

• File Processor Connections Overview, 9

• Creating a File Processor Connection, 9
• Configuring the Proxy Settings on Windows, 14
File Processor Connections Overview

You must create a File Processor connection to create tasks to process files. Use the File Processor
connection when you perform file processing operations, such as transferring, archiving, unarchiving,
encrypting, decrypting, compressing, decompressing, moving or copying files.
Creating a File Processor Connection

To use File Processor Connector in a Data Synchronization task, you must first create a connection in
Informatica Cloud. When you create a File Processor connection to connect to an IBM AS/400 or an IBM z/OS
FTP server, specify the source file directory as QGPL. QGPL is the library of the IBM AS/400 or IBM z/OS FTP
servers.
You can configure a connection on the Connections page or when you configure a Data Synchronization task.
1. In the Informatica Cloud home page, click Configure > Connections.

The Connections page appears.
2. Click New to create a connection.
The New Connection page appears.
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The following image shows the New Connection page details:
3. Configure the following connection properties on the New Connection page:
Connection Description
Property
Runtime The name of the runtime environment where you want to run the tasks.
Environment
Source File The location that contains files you want to transfer.
Directory
Target File The location where you want to place the transferred files.
Directory
Select File The files that you want to transfer. You can select files based on the fields.
File Pattern The pattern of the files that you want to transfer. For Example, if you want to select file
based on a date pattern, you can specify the date format as DD/MM/YYYY in the file pattern
field.
Note: File Pattern field is not applicable when you select all from Select File connection
property.
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Connection Description
Property
Days Calculation Use days calculation to select files that are created or modified before the specified date or
after the specified date. Select files based on Contains Date Pattern, specify the days
calculation value so that you can select files that are modified before or after the specified
date. Specify the value in terms of days. You cannot specify the value in terms of month and
year.
For example, if you select file based on Contains Date Pattern, use the data filters to specify
LastModDate as 02/02/2016 in DD/MM/YYYY format, and specify days calculation as -1.
Files that are modified till 01/02/2016 are selected.
PassKey The credentials to connect to FTP or SFTP server. For example, you can specify the
password and passphrase of the FTP or SFTP server as passkey1 and passkey2 values.
4. Click OK to save the connection.

Note: You should test the connection before you save the connection details. You can click Test to verify
if the connection is successful.
Selection of Specific Files

When you perform a File Processor operation, you can select a single file or multiple files. The files are
selected based on the fields that you configure from the Select File connection property. The following table
describes the Select File fields to select a specific file or set of specific files.
Fields Description
All Selects all the files from the source directory.
Equals Selects the files that are equal to the specified name in the file pattern property. For
Example, if you specify sample.docx, the sample.docx file is selected.
Notequals Selects all the files other than the file pattern that you specify. For example, if you specify,
the file pattern as sample.txt, the sample.txt file is not selected.
Startswith Selects files that start with the pattern that you specify. For example, if you specify the
StartsWith value as sample, all the files that start with name sample are selected.
Endswith Selects files that end with the pattern that you specify. For example, if you specify EndsWith
pattern as .txt, all the files that end with .txt are selected.
FileExtension Selects the files that contain the specified file name extension. For example, if you specify
the values as .txt in the file pattern, all the .txt files are selected.
Contains Selects files that contains the specified pattern. For example, if you specify the contains
pattern as sample, all the files that contain sample in the file name are selected.
FileSizeGreaterThan Selects files greater than the size specified in the file pattern. Specify the file size in KB. For
example, if you specify the file size as 30KB, all the files greater than 30KB size are
selected.
FileSizeLessThan Selects files that are less than the specified size. Specify the file size in KB.
For example, if you specify file size as 30KB, all the files less than 30KB size are selected.
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Fields Description
FileSizeEqualsto Selects files equal to the specified size. Specify the file size in KB.
For example, if you specify file size as 30KB, all the files with 30KB size are selected.
FileSizeNotEqualsto Selects files not equal to the specified size. Specify the file size in KB.
For example, if you specify file size as 30KB, all the files with size that is not equal to 30KB
size are selected.
Starts with DatePattern Selects files that start with the specified date pattern. For Example, if you specify the file
pattern as DD/MM/YYYY, all the files that start with DD/MM/YYYY date pattern are selected.
EndsWithDatePattern Selects file that end with specified date pattern. If you specify the file pattern as DD/MM/
YYYY, all the files that end with DD/MM/YYYY date pattern are selected.
Contains Date Pattern Selects files that contain the specified date pattern. For example, if you specify the file
pattern as DD/MM/YYYY, all the files that contain DD/MM/YYYY date pattern are selected.
Date Pattern Format

When you specify a date pattern to select files, you can specify the values in different formats.
The following table displays formats that you can use to specify Date Pattern:
Date or Time Value Date Pattern Terminology

Component Representation
ERA Designator Text G

For example, If you want to specify the era as 20 AD, you can specify
the value in GG:AD format, such as 20:AD.
Year Number y
For example, if you want to mention year as 2001, you can specify the
value in yyyy:2001 or yy:01 format.
Month in year Number M

For example, if you want to mention year as June, you can specify the
value in MMMM:JUNE or MM:06 or MMM:JUN format.
Week in year Number w

For example, if you want to specify the value as 45, you can specify the
value in ww:45 format.
Week in month Number W

value in W:2 format.
Day in year Number D

For example, if you want to specify the value as 227, you can specify
the value in DDD:227 format.
Day in a month Number d

value in dd:09 format.

Date or Time Value Date Pattern Terminology
Component Representation
Day of week in Number F

month For example, if you want to specify the value as 3, you can specify the
value in F:3 format.
Day in week Text E

For example, if you want to specify the value as wednesday, you can
specify the value in E:Wednesday format.
AM/PM marker Text a

For example, you can specify the value in aa:AM/PM format.
Hour in day (0-23) Number H

value in HH:15 format.
Hour in day (1-24) Number k

value in kk:24 format.
Hour in am/pm Number K

(0-11) For example, if you want to specify the value as 8, you can specify the
value in K:8 format.
Hour in am/pm Number h

(1-12) For example, if you want to specify the value as 12, you can specify the
value in hh:12 format.
Minute in hour Number m

value in mm:45 format.
Second in Minute Number s

value in ss:58 format.
Millisecond Number S
the value in sss:450 format.
Time Zone General Time Zone z

the value in sss:450 format.
Time Zone RFC 822 Time Z

the value in zzz:800 format.
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Configuring the Proxy Settings on Windows
If your organization uses an outgoing proxy server to connect to the internet, the Secure Agent connects to
Informatica Cloud through the proxy server. You can use a proxy server for FTP or SFTP. You must enable the
proxy server through the ProxySettings.ini file and the Secure Agent Manager.
Perform the following steps to enable proxy server through the Secure Agent Manager:
1. Click Start > All Programs > Informatica Cloud Secure Agent > Informatica Cloud Secure Agent to
launch the Secure Agent Manager.
You can also click the Informatica Cloud icon in the Windows taskbar notification area to open the
Secure Agent Manager.
The Secure Agent Manager displays the Secure Agent status.
2. Click Proxy in the Secure Agent Manager page.
3. Click Use a Proxy Server to enter proxy server settings.
4. Configure the following proxy server details:
Field Description
Proxy Host Required. Host name of the outgoing proxy server that the Secure Agent uses.
Proxy Port Required. Port number of the outgoing proxy server.
User Name User name to connect to the outgoing proxy server.
Password Password to connect to the outgoing proxy server.
5. Click OK.
The Secure Agent Manager restarts the Secure Agent to apply the settings.
6. Perform the following steps to enable the proxy server flag in the ProxySettings.ini file:
Note: The Secure Agent creates the ProxySettings.ini file when you test the connection.
a. Copy the ProxySettings.ini file from the following directory:
<Secure Agent installation directory>\downloads\<latest connector package>\package
\plugins\FileProcessor\
b. Paste the ProxySettings.ini file to the following directory:
<Secure Agent installation directory>\apps\Data_Integration_Server\ext\deploy_to_main
\bin\rdtm-extra\FileProcessor\
Note: If the deploy_to_main\bin\rdtm-extra\FileProcessor\ directory does not already exist,
create the directory. The folder name is case sensitive on Linux.
c. Restart the Secure Agent.

d. Set the value of the setProxy field to true to enable the proxy. By default, the value is false.
The following image shows an example of ProxySettings.ini file:
Configuring the Proxy Settings on Windows 15

Chapter 3
File Processor Operations

• File Processor Operations Overview, 16

• Transferring Files between a Local File System and an FTP or SFTP Server , 16
• Transferring Files within a Local File System, 20
• Deleting Files from an FTP or SFTP Server, 21
• Public and Private Key Based Authentication, 23
• Compressing or Decompressing Files, 25
• Encrypting or Decrypting Files, 27
• Archiving or Unarchiving Files, 28
• Renaming files, 29
File Processor Operations Overview

You can use File Processor Connector to perform different operations, such as uploading files to an FTP or
SFTP server or downloading files from an FTP or SFTP server to a local file system. You can copy and move
files within a local file system. Also, you can use File Processor Connector to encrypt, decrypt, compress,
decompress, archive, un-archive, and rename files in a local file system.
To perform a File Processor Connector operation, you can perform the following steps:
1. Create a File Processor Connection.

2. Create a Data Synchronization task.
• Configure data filters.
• Map the fields.
3. Save and run the Data Synchronization task.
Transferring Files between a Local File System and

an FTP or SFTP Server
Use File Processor Connector to transfer files from a local system to an FTP or SFTP server or from an FTP
or SFTP server to a local file system. You can use the FTP_PUT and SFTP_PUT objects to upload files from a
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local system to an FTP or SFTP server. Use the FTP_GET and SFTP_GET objects to download files from an
FTP or SFTP location to a local file system.
Transferring Files between a Local System and an SFTP Server

Example
You are a website administrator and want to upload files from a local file system to an SFTP server. In this
example, you can specify the hostname, password, and UserID as data filters.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to upload files from a local file system to
an SFTP server:
1. Click Task Wizards > Data Synchronization.

The Data Synchronization Task Wizard appears.
2. Click New to create a Data Synchronization task.
The Definition tab appears.
3. Configure the following fields on the Definition tab:
Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: File_Process_SFTP_PUT
Description Description of the Data Synchronization task. Maximum length is 255 characters.
Task Operation Select Insert.
4. Click Next.
The Source tab appears.
5. Configure the following fields on the Source tab:
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_SFTP_PUT
Source Type Select Single.
Source Object Select SFTP_PUT.
6. Click Next.
The Target tab appears.
7. Configure the following fields on the Target tab:
Field Description
Connection Select the flat file connection.
Target Object Click Create Target.
Note: The target file display the status of the files that are transferred.
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8. Click Next.
The Data Filters tab appears.
9. Select the filter object, filter field, and filter operator to create a data filter on the Data Filters page.
The following image shows the Data Filters page:
Note: When you perform an SFTP_GET, SFTP_PUT, FTP_GET, and FTP_PUT operation, you must specify
values to the hostname, password, and userID filter fields to connect to the FTP or SFTP server.
10. Click Next.
The Field Mapping tab appears.
11. Click Automatch on the Field Mapping tab to map source fields to target fields accordingly.
12. Click Validate Mapping to validate the mapping.
13. Click Save and Run the task if you do not want to schedule the task.
After you run the task, the Monitor Log page appears where you can monitor the status of Data
Synchronization tasks.
Downloading Files from an IBM AS/400 or an IBM z/OS FTP Server

You can use the FTP_GET object to download files from an IBM AS/400 or an IBM z/OS FTP server to a local
file system.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to download files from an IBM AS/400 or
an IBM z/OS FTP server to a local file system:
1. Click Task Wizard > Data Synchronization.

Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task.
4. Click Next.
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Field Description
Connection Select the File Processor connection you created.
Source Object Select FTP_GET.
Display source fields in When selected, displays source fields in alphabetic order. By default, fields
alphabetical order appear in the order returned by the source system.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
Display technical names instead of Displays technical names instead of business names.
labels
Display target fields in alphabetical order Displays source fields in alphabetical order instead of the order
returned by the source system.
8. Click Next.
9. Click New. Select the source object, filter field, and define a filter expression on the Data Filters page.
Note: To connect to an IBM AS/400 or an IBM z/OS FTP server, you must specify the value of the
Is_IBM_AS400 field as 1.
10. Click Automatch on the Field Mapping tab to map source fields to target fields automatically.
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Transferring Files within a Local File System

You can use File Processor Connector to transfer files within a local file system. Before you use File
Processor Connector to transfer files within a local file system, you must create a connection in Informatica
Cloud. You can use the FileCopy object to copy files and the FileMove object to move files within a local file
system.
Transferring Files within a Local File System Example

You are a system administrator and want to move files within the local file system.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to move files within a local file system:

Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: Flat_File_Process_124_move_local
4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_move_local
Source Object Select FileMove.
6. Click Next.

Field Description
8. Click Next.
10. Click Next.

Deleting Files from an FTP or SFTP Server

Use File Processor Connector to delete files from an FTP or SFTP server. You can use the FTP_DELETE and
SFTP_DELETE objects to delete files from an FTP or SFTP server.
Deleting Files from an FTP Server Example

You are a system administrator and want to delete files from an FTP server. You can use the File_Path or
LastModDate filter field to delete files from an FTP server.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to delete files from the FTP server:

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Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example, FTP_DELETE_01.
4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example, FP_FTP_DELETE.
Source Object Select FTP_DELETE.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
8. Click Next.
9. Create a new filter and filter by the LastModDate or File_Path field on the Data Filters page.
Note: If you do not filter by the LastModDate or File_Path field, the Secure Agent deletes all the files in
the source file directory.

• If you filter by LastModDate, specify the FTP_Hostname, FTP_User_ID, FTP_Password, and
LastModDate fields as shown in the following image:
• If you filter by File_Path, specify the FTP_Hostname, FTP_User_ID, FTP_Password, and File_Path
fields as shown in the following image:
Note: You must specify the Source File Directory, and the FTP_Password value as the PassKey1 in the
connection.
10. Click Next.
Public and Private Key Based Authentication

File Processor Connector supports public and private key based authentication for an SFTP server.
File Processor Connector supports public and private key based authentication for an FTP server (FTP over
SSH). File Processor Connector supports FTP over SSL. Set the IS_SSL_Enabled filter field to 1 to enable FTP
over SSL.
Using Public and Private Key Based Authentication for an SFTP

Server Example
File Processor Connector supports public and private key based authentication for an SFTP server.
When you transfer or upload files from a local system to an SFTP server, or download files from an SFTP
server to a local file system, you can use private or public key based authentication. In this example, you
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download files from an SFTP server to a local file system and you want to use private key based
authentication. You can specify the SFTP_User_ID, SFTP_Hostname, FileName, and SFTP_SSH2_KeyFile as
data filters.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task:

Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: File_Process_SFTP_GET.
4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_SFTP_GET.
Source Object Select SFTP_GET.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select a flat file connection.
8. Click Next.
9. Create a new filter and filter by the SFTP_User_ID, SFTP_Hostname, FileName, and SFTP_SSH2_KeyFile
fields on the Data Filters page.

The following image shows the Data Filters page
You must enter the complete private key file path as the data filter in the SFTP_SSH2_KeyFile field. In
this example, the private key file path is C:\a_IOD\Files\FileProcessor\ICS-9902\test_private.ppk.
Note: If you use a pass phrase during the key generation, you must enter it as the data filter in the
SFTP_PassPhrase field. Before you enter the pass phrase as a data filter in a Data Synchronization task,
specify the pass phrase value as one of the passkey fields in the SFTP connection properties.
10. Click Next.
Compressing or Decompressing Files

Use File Processor Connector to compress and decompress the local files.
You can use the FileCompress object to compress and the FileDecompress object to decompress local files.
File Processor Connector supports the zip, gzip, and 7zip file formats to compress and decompress the local
files.
Compressing or Decompressing Files Examples

You are a system administrator and want to compress files present in the local file system.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to compress files present in the local file
system:

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Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: File_Process_Compression
4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_Compression_Conn
Source Object Select FileCompress.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
8. Click Next.
9. Create a new filter, and filter by based on the FileName, CompressionType, lastModDate, or
CompressAllFiles filter fields on the Data Filters page. You can use the CompressAllFiles filter field to
zip files to a single zip or .7z file.
10. Click Next.

Encrypting or Decrypting Files
You can use File Processor Connector to encrypt and decrypt the local files. Use the FileEncrypt object to
encrypt and the FileDecrypt object to decrypt the local files. File Processor Connector supports the .pgp, .gpg,
and .pbe formats for encrypting and decrypting the local files.
Encrypting or Decrypting Files Example

You are a system administrator and want to encrypt files present in the local file system.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to encrypt files present in local file system:

Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: File_Process_Encryption
4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_Encryption_GPG_perf
Source Object Select FileEncrypt.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
8. Click Next.
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10. Click Next.

Archiving or Unarchiving Files

You can use File Processor Connector to archive and un-archive local files. Use the FileArchive object to
archive and the FileUnarchive object to un-archive the local files. File Processor Connector supports tar
format to archive and un-archive local files.
Archiving or Unarchiving Files Example

You are a system administrator and want to archive files present in the local file system.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to archive files present in local file system:

Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: File_Process_TAR_Archive_LRT

4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_TAR_Archive_all
Source Object Select FileArchive.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
8. Click Next.
10. Click Next.

Renaming files
You can use File Processor Connector to rename the local files. Use the FileRename object to rename the
local files.
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Renaming Files Example
You are a system administrator and want to rename files present in the local file system.
Perform the following steps to create a Data Synchronization task to rename files present in local file system:

Field Description
Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task. For example: FileProcessor_Rename
4. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the flat file connection you created. For example: Conn_filerename_src
Source Object Select the file that contains the details of file to be renamed. The source file should contain
actual file name column and new file name column. In both the columns specify the file name
with the directory. For Example, E:\a_IOD\Files\File Processor\Source\Rename
\sample_ren2.txt.
6. Click Next.
Field Description
Connection Select the File Processor connection.
Target Object Select FileRename.
8. Click Next.

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Index
C M
Cloud Application Integration community maintenance outages 6
URL 5
Cloud Developer community
URL 5
Connection
P
Creating a Connection 9 proxy settings
Connection Properties 9 configuring on Windows 14
connections
File Processor 9
S
D Select Files
Files to Transfer 11, 12
Data Integration community Source Object 7
URL 5 status
data synchronization tasks Informatica cloud services 6
File Processor Objects 7 system status 6
F T
File Processor Targets
Sources in data synchronization tasks 16 File Processor Target in data synchronization tasks 16
File Processor Connector Transfer Files 7
overview 7, 9 trust site
File Processor Operations 16, 20 description 6
FTP or SFTP Transfer 16
U
I upgrades 6
Informatica Cloud web site
URL 5
Informatica Global Customer Support
contact information 6
W
Windows
configuring proxy settings 14
L
Local File Transfer 20
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Informatica Cloud Web Site

Informatica Cloud Communities

Access the Informatica Cloud Community at:

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You can also download individual connector guides: https://network.informatica.com/docs/DOC-15333.

Informatica Knowledge Base

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Introduction to File Processor

• File Processor Connector Overview, 7

File Processor Connector Overview

Use File Processor Connector to perform the following operations:

• Transfer files between local system and FTP or SFTP server

File Processor Connector Implementation

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File Processor Connections

• File Processor Connections Overview, 9

File Processor Connections Overview

Creating a File Processor Connection

1. In the Informatica Cloud home page, click Configure > Connections.

3. Configure the following connection properties on the New Connection page:

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4. Click OK to save the connection.

Selection of Specific Files

All Selects all the files from the source directory.

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Date Pattern Format

Date or Time Value Date Pattern Terminology

ERA Designator Text G

Month in year Number M

Week in year Number w

Week in month Number W

Day in year Number D

Day in a month Number d

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Day of week in Number F

Day in week Text E

AM/PM marker Text a

Hour in day (0-23) Number H

Hour in day (1-24) Number k

Hour in am/pm Number K

Hour in am/pm Number h

Minute in hour Number m

Second in Minute Number s

Time Zone General Time Zone z

Time Zone RFC 822 Time Z

Creating a File Processor Connection 13

Proxy Port Required. Port number of the outgoing proxy server.

User Name User name to connect to the outgoing proxy server.

Password Password to connect to the outgoing proxy server.

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Configuring the Proxy Settings on Windows 15

File Processor Operations

• File Processor Operations Overview, 16

File Processor Operations Overview

1. Create a File Processor Connection.

Transferring Files between a Local File System and

Transferring Files between a Local System and an SFTP Server

1. Click Task Wizards > Data Synchronization.

Task Operation Select Insert.

Connection Select the connection you created. For example: File_Process_SFTP_PUT

Source Type Select Single.

Source Object Select SFTP_PUT.

Connection Select the flat file connection.

Target Object Click Create Target.

Downloading Files from an IBM AS/400 or an IBM z/OS FTP Server

1. Click Task Wizard > Data Synchronization.

Task Name Name of the Data Synchronization task.

Task Operation Select Insert.