Folder Monitor

A very powerful tool EDI type automation!

This tool checks the contents of a folder for specific file and returns various useful values.
Combine File Monitor with Repeat to make a “watch dog” (trigger to start your bot).
Use this tool in conjunction with [File/Folder Operations].

Primary Features

Check the contents of a folder for specific files.
You can define multiple file extensions such as .xls and xlsx, or .jpg and .png, etc.
You can set time out for one check duration.
It can return many useful values such as # of files, the full file path, and file size as well as base name.

When your csv (Return Value) gives you “Undefined Variable” error, it is likely that the Folder Monitoring plugin is finding 0 results in the folder.

Please double check your folder path and the file type settings.

QUICK NOTE: Headers for CSV as Return Value are: 'index', 'filepath', and 'filesize' (case sensitive as variable-names)

Need help?

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Contents

Suppose you have a folder like this.

Usage 1

Below settings translate to: Find how many .docx file s are in the folder C:\Users\sato3\Desktop\Customer Demo Folder\Folder C
(example above and store the result in the User Variable {{Group.Var01}}

{{Group.Var01}} will hold “2”

Usage 2

Below settings translate to: Check the folder C:\Users\sato3\Desktop\Customer Demo Folder\Folder C and store the details of all the .docx file such as file paths and file sizes.

The resulted CSV will look like below with headers --- [index, filepath, filesize]

1, C:\Users\sato3\Desktop\Customer Demo Folder\Folder C\sample word 01.docx, 66267

2, C:\Users\sato3\Desktop\Customer Demo Folder\Folder C\sample word 02.docx, 1596454

When using the data, you must specify like below. (in this case the group name is: Folder_C)

Where # should be the row # of CSV.

More information in Benny's Secret Functions.

You can use two File Monitor consecutively to get # of files and file data.

Usage 3

How to build a simple but reliable watch dog trigger for your bot.

Simple “watch dog” automation

General Parameter Settings

Advanced settings enable extracting more file details.

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