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Dynamic static file pick up

we have a requirement to pick up a static excel file from a network folder and deliver it email recipients. but the files are named with dynamic dates we would like to create a new burst that pick up the files based on the dynamic date on the file.

the file is delivered to the network folder separate from infoburst. 


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Hey Kirc.


"Specifically, extending this same ability into the Trigger File Location as well, to notice when the file appears, on a incremental period, running the Burst/Schedule that would grab the corresponding file and disposition it."


You describe a different idea. I encourage you to log the idea in a new forum. 

Hey Geleta. Your idea may already be achievable. Let's say the static file you describe has a generic name (example: my-excel.xlsx). You can add that file to InfoBurst, add it to a Burst, and configure a Delivery. In the Delivery, you can define a custom file name using macros.


Example:


[$DOCNAME]-[TODAY,MM-DD-YY]


These macros will resolve the following file name:


my-excel-06-20-23.xlsx


If the static file is written to the folder with generic name, then InfoBurst can pick it up at Burst runtime and create a custom file name using the date macro.


Would this meet your requirement?

I think it would be helpful to edit/define the file name block with a macro-enabled editable field. 

Specifically, extending this same ability into the Trigger File Location as well, to notice when the file appears, on a incremental period, running the Burst/Schedule that would grab the corresponding file and disposition it. 

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