Locations
The Locations tab allows you to view previously created data transfer locations or create new ones. Data transfer locations are used by jobs to deliver scheduled report executions to external storage systems.
Name | The name of the location. |
Description | A short description of the location (for example, the URL for the server). |
Protocol | FTP, FTPS, or SFTP. |
Available | Whether or not the location is available for use. |
Create location
To create a new location, select Create and the Extract Locations screen will open.
Extract section
Name | The name of the location for selection purposes. |
Description | A short description of the location. |
This is a Production Location | Select Yes if this is your production server; this will allow the system to recognize that it should only transfer files when the job is run from a production server (useful in preventing cloned systems from transferring files to your production location). |
Data destination section
Enable Transfer | Select yes to enable jobs to be able to be sent to this location. |
Extract Locations | Choose which of the locations the job will be sent to. |
External | |
Transfer Protocol | FTP, FTPS, or SFTP. |
Server | The URL for the server. |
Port | The Port to communicate with the server. |
Username | The username credentials for the server. |
Password | The password credentials for the server. |
Destination path | The default path where files will be stored; this path is relative to the user home directory. |
Content System | |
Destination Path | The path for the file in the content system. |
AWS S3 Bucket | |
AWS Region | The region of the S3 bucket. |
S3 Bucket Name | The name of the S3 bucket. |
IAM Access Key | The key credential for the S3 bucket. |
IAM Access Secret | The secret for the IAM account. |
Destination Folder | The folder within the S3 bucket to place files. |
Azure Blob Storage | |
Azure Blob Storage SAS Url | A user delegated shared access signature (SAS) token URL to an Azure Blob storage location. The format should be "Storage resource URI + ? + SAS token". |
Destination Path | The default path where files will be stored. Do not use a leading or trailing "/" when typing this file path - for example, "documentation/reports". |
Location Actions
The context menu of any location allows you to
edit the configuration of an existing location.
set the existing location as available/unavailable to jobs and transfers.
delete the existing location.