how to define input directory path in listFile processor if multiple folders exists ?

[#1]

Hi Team,

I need to read files from multiple folders. In listFile processor, i have given like below

input Directory : / homepath / [customer_*] / inbox /

This is causing invalid processor. how to use expression language to ready multiple folder paths.

or

if i give /homepath/ only input directory, it is reading all the folders along with inbox folder under customer_* directory.

local Directory path :

/homepath/customer_A/inbox/

/homepath/customer_B/inbox/

/homepath/customer_C/inbox/

/homepath/customer_D/inbox/

can anyone suggest me how to use expression language to define the input directory path in listFile processor.

Thanks,
Rangareddy Y

[#2]

This should work (no brackets):

/homepath/customer_*/inbox/

Another solution would be to create a separate folder for example: /listFiles/. Then configure your processor to hit that folder with Recurse Subdirectories TRUE. Then inside that folder create symlinks to the real folders you want:

ln -s /homepath/customer_A/inbox/ /listFiles/customer_A_inbox/
ln -s /homepath/customer_B/inbox/ /listFiles/customer_B_inbox/
ln -s /homepath/customer_C/inbox/ /listFiles/customer_C_inbox/
ln -s /homepath/customer_D/inbox/ /listFiles/customer_D_inbox/

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[#3]

@Steven Matison

/homepath/customer_*/inbox/ is giving error. processor is invalid and getting directory does not exist error.

[#4]

Yes you can do this by using regex expression Below regex expression should suffice your need

/homepath/customer_*/inbox/

If there are only specific number of customers then you can user something like

/homepath/customer_[0-9]/inbox/

/homepath/customer_[A-Z]/inbox/

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[#5]

Used the same regex expression as input directory property value. processor is invalid and getting directory does not exist error.

[#6]

Thanks for the reply...

sorry given wrong directory names..there is no name matching in folder names...in this case, how to give the path..like below

/homepath/ranga/inbox/

/homepath/krishna/inbox/

/homepath/kaja/inbox/

/homepath/jilebhi/inbox/

/homepath/laddu/inbox/

/homepath/bundhi/inbox/

like 100+ folders are there...i have used multiple listFile processor based on folder size files.

lets assume, 3 listFile processors i used in my flow and want to configure below paths.

in first listFile processor, i want to point (ranga, krishna) folder paths,
in second listFile processor, i want to point (kaja, jilebhi) folder paths,

in third listFile processor, i want to point (laddu, bundhi) folder paths,

can you please suggest me how to achieve above case...

Thanks,
Rangareddy Y

[#7]

Thanks for the reply...

sorry given wrong directory names..there is no name matching in folder names...in this case, how to give the path..like below

/homepath/ranga/inbox/

/homepath/krishna/inbox/

/homepath/kaja/inbox/

/homepath/jilebhi/inbox/

/homepath/laddu/inbox/

/homepath/bundhi/inbox/

like 100+ folders are there...i have used multiple listFile processor based on folder size files.

lets assume, 3 listFile processors i used in my flow and want to configure below paths.

in first listFile processor, i want to point (ranga, krishna) folder paths,
in second listFile processor, i want to point (kaja, jilebhi) folder paths,

in third listFile processor, i want to point (laddu, bundhi) folder paths,

can you please suggest me how to achieve above case...

Thanks,
Rangareddy Y