I am not able to reset/clear the state of ListSFTP 2.5.0 processor

Question

Hi everyone,I'm a very new user and am currently using Nifi to design a system that will automatically download files from an SFTP server. I will be utilizing "Tracking Entities" as the listing strategy.However, sometimes I might need to re-download files from the server, so I need a method to clear/reset the state of the ListSFTP processor. All of the replies I looked at said to right-click, select "View State" and click on the "Clear State" link.But there's no such link, at least for 2.5.0 on my machine: I have the "filter" text box, a list where I can sort things by "key" or "value" and the "close" button. I'm at a loss as to how to do this.Another post suggested that I delete the directories storing the data used by ListSFTP, but a) I feel that that is not a very elegant solution, and b) can someone point out to me which directories are these?All help would be greatly appreciated.

MattWho · Accepted Answer

@Amry

The "clear state" option only appears if ListSFTP is configured to use "tracking timestamps" and there is state available to be cleared.

Since you are using "tracking entities", entities are being tracked in a NiFi MapCacheServer.

If your MapCacheServer has been configured with a "persistence Directory", you'll need to stop the cache server, delete the contents of the persistence directory and then restart the cache server to clear the data.
If your MapCacheServer has NOT been configured with a "persistence Directory", you'll need to stop the cache server and then restart the cache server to clear the data.

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Thank you,
Matt

VidyaSargur · Answer

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