Adding an incoming destination or parameter

Add incoming destination information when you need to override the default inbox/filename or if EBCDIC translation or when special end-of-record processing is required.

  1. On the OFTP tab in the Incoming section, click New to display the OFTP Incoming Filter dialog box. 
  2. Identify incoming files.
    • If different incoming files are destined for different directories/filenames or require different parameters, uniquely identify the incoming file by specifying either a Virtual Filename, Originator, Destination, Description or File Format. Additionally, the Virtual Filename, Originator, Destination, and Description can contain wildcards or regular expressions if partial or global matching is needed on these fields. See Using wildcards and regular expressions. If the File Identification is left entirely blank, then the File Destination and/or Parameters specified below apply to all incoming files for which the originator and destination match the mailbox's trading partner ID and your ID respectively. If incoming originator and/or destination values differ from the mailbox login IDs, then the originator and/or destination values in the incoming filter must be set to match (either exactly or via wildcarding or regular expression) in order for the filter to be applied.
    • If globally allowing incoming originator and/or destination values to differ from mailbox IDs in the Odette FTP Service, then the filter is optional. See Local Listener Odette FTP Service.
    • Otherwise, if not globally allowing differing originator/destination, then an incoming filter with originator/destination filled in is required in order to accept the incoming file.
  3. Specify a destination.
    • If the Directory is left blank, the host Inbox directory under the OFTP Host: General Tab is used. See OFTP Host. The host Inbox directory can be further subfoldered by enabling Add Mailbox Alias Directory to Inbox under the OFTP Host: Advanced Tab. See OFTP Host: Advanced Tab.
    • If the Filename is left blank, the Virtual Filename is used. If the filename already exists, a number is appended to the filename to ensure uniqueness. This field can also include any of the supported macros allowing for the inclusion of a date-time stamp in the name of an incoming file, for example, as shown in the diagram above. See Using macro variables (Destination File context) for information about all applicable macros.
  4. Optional. Specify destination parameters.
    • Translate from EBCDIC indicates that incoming characters should be translated from EBCDIC to ASCII. EBCDIC Encoding under the OFTP Host: Advanced Tab specifies the encoding character set. See OFTP Host.
    • Trim Characters at End-Of-Record applies to the OFTP Fixed file format only. The character or set of characters will be trimmed from the end of each incoming record, when present. Use a 0x prefix to specify hexadecimal character values.
    • Insert End-Of-Record Delimiter applies to the OFTP Fixed or Variable file format only. The character or set of characters should be inserted at the end of each incoming record. Use a 0x prefix to specify hexadecimal character values.