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Quick FTP Check?

FJ_Shafeek
7 - Meteor

Hi guys, I'm pretty new to downloading/sending files to an FTP using the Alteryx Download tool. I just ran it and got these messages back - to me it seems to indicate a successful transfer/upload to the FTP but when I check the actual FTP in WinSCP I can't see the file I'm sending... Do these messages indicate a successful transfer after all?

 

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mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @FJ_Shafeek ,

 

It looks that way, but we need more information. Are you including a full file path for the destination? You need to determine where the file is going because it may have been added to a subfolder.

 

Can you show the configuration of the download tool and the calculation of the filepath if you are using a formula tool?

 

thanks,

 

M.



Bulien

FJ_Shafeek
7 - Meteor

Hi @mceleavey 

 

Thanks for responding - it's a pretty basic setup

 

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My text input:

 

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My download tool

 

FJ_Shafeek_2-1623260047123.png 

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And my connection tab is just my login info. I wasn't given a specific directory to put the files in, and when I open the ftp in WinSCP I don't see any other folders, so it may have something to do with my user's permission level.

 

mceleavey
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @FJ_Shafeek ,

 

Your destination file location needs to begin with sftp: then your file location. You're attempting to drop this to a local file location rather than the sftp site.

 

There's a good article HERE by @fadib that walks you through the process.

 

Hope this helps.

 

M.



Bulien

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