Network Steps

Updated on 07 Nov 2023
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Step Details
Introduced in Version	7.12.0
Last Modified in Version	8.16
Location	File Management > Network

Decisions allow users to integrate with a shared network drive via Flow steps. These steps allow users to manage files using a local or Universal Naming Convention (UNC) file path.

Prerequisites

Shared Network/Folder Access
Appropriate permissions on service account for the local computer and shared network drive
The IP address of the shared drive

Network Steps might not function in Containers

All steps listed under the "Network" section are only functional in v8.16 and above in Containers.

Feature Modifications
Modified in Version	8.16
Modification Details	Added three new steps: Network Get Sub Directories Network Move Network Rename File

Available Steps

The following table lists all the Network Steps available in the Toolbox.

Step Name	Description
Network Copy File	Allows to copy and paste a file from one path to another path Note: Copying and pasting in the same file path is not allowed.
Network Delete File	Allows to delete a file from the given path
Network Find Files	Retrieves a list of all the Files within the directory
Network Get Sub Directories	Retrieves a list of all the Folders within the directory
Network Move	Moves a File from one path to another path
Network Read All Bytes	Retrieves the Byte data of a file
Network Read All Lines	Retrieves all the text from a .txt file in a list of string format
Network Read All Text	Retrieves all the text from a .txt file in a single-string format
Network Rename File	Allows to rename the File from a specified path
Network Write All Bytes	Creates a new file based on the given Byte data
Network Write All Lines	Writes a .txt file with a given list of strings
Network Write All Text	Writes a .txt file with a given string

Step Properties

The File Network steps share some of the following input parameters.

Note:

On Containeriesd environments, the machine name cannot be used in the File Path properties. It has to be MachineIP. For example, \\MachineIP\Directories\FileName.txt.

Input Parameter		Description	Data Type
From Full File Path		Local path or a UNC path with the filename and extension (i.e., \\ServerIP\FolderName1) e.g., `\\192.168.59.108\Network_Test`	String
To Full File Path		Local path or a UNC path with the filename and extension (i.e., \\ServerIP\FolderName2) e.g., `\\192.168.59.108\Network_Test_New`	String
Data		Allows to pass String, List of String, or List of Byte.	String
Full File Path		Local path or a UNC path with the filename and extension (i.e., \\ServerIP\FolderName\FilenameWithExtension) e.g., `\\192.168.59.108\Network_Test\my_test_file.txt`	String
Settings		Settings to connect with the Share Network/Folder Access	NetworkedFile ConnectionSettings
	DomainPrefix ForUsername	The domain associated when a user logs into Windows (i.e., DomainPrefix\[USERNAME])	String
	Password	User's password for the UNC shared drive	String
	ServerIPOrDNS	IP address or Domain Name Server of the UNC path user will connect to	String
	UserName	Username for the shared drive for the UNC path	String