Help Manual - Premium File Watcher Task

Documentation on SSIS Premium File Watcher Task component

Using the Premium File Watcher Task

The Premium File Watcher Task is a control flow component that can be used to monitor a folder based on a condition if required, and based on a trigger, write to output if a change has occurred.

General Page

The General page includes the general properties for the component.

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Folder To Watch

Specify the folder location that needs to be watched.

Filter

Specify a filter to only watch files and folders based on a condition. * and ? characters may be included in the filter to perform wildcard searches (example *.xlsx will check any number or characters followed by .xlsx). If the filter is left blank, all files and folders will be monitored.

Items To Watch
Recursion Mode

Choose one from the drop-down

  • Recursive All
  • Immediate Children Only
  • Recursive With Max Depth
Recursion Max Depth (Available when Recursive With Max Depth Recursion Mode is chosen)

Adjust the number to specify the recursion max depth.

Basic Filtering
Files

Check the option to filter on files

Directories

Check the option to filter on Directories.

Hidden Items

Check the option to filter on hidden items.

This consists of two columns

  • Property: Choose which property to read and map to the variable.
  • Output Variable: Choose the variable that the property is to be mapped to.
Expression fx Icon

Click the blue fx icon to launch SSIS Expression Editor to enable dynamic updates of the property at run time.