Automation Workshop includes the Wait for Folder Action, which pauses an automated workflow until a specified folder is created, deleted, or its contents change (e.g., it becomes empty or receives new files).
Automation Workshop provides a powerful no-code solution for designing automated workflows. It allows users to manage file operations on local and remote servers using UNC, FTP, and cloud protocols. With over 100 Actions, it can automate a wide range of repetitive tasks, including file and folder operations, and archiving to popular formats like .zip, .gz, and a lot more…
Features & highlights
- Design automated workflows that pause until another application, such as a backup, security camera, or data logging app, creates a folder.
- Set up a workflow to wait for a specific condition—an empty folder—to automatically place new work items in that folder.
- Resume a workflow when a folder's root is empty, even if it contains subfolders with files.
- Flexible workaround options enable you to adapt a workflow to unexpected situations, allowing it to continue even when the wait operation is not satisfied.
Documentation
- Wait · Provide a folder name and criteria to pause the Task.
- Options · Select the waiting priority, timeout duration, and fallback behavior.
Interconnect
- Wait for Folder integration—Variables (manipulate data dynamically within a workflow) and Events (recorded entries that detail the activity within the system).
- Effortlessly streamline your automation processes by visually connecting your workflow using Variable Wizard—a powerful tool to access all 1,000+ variables—system, network, Triggers, Actions, globals, web, and much more…
- Moreover, not only utilize Wait for Folder variables, but also seamlessly integrate them with a diverse array of other file and folder variables from local disks, mapped drives, network shares, and remote servers—FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more…
Quick access
To streamline your workflow creation, you can locate the Wait for Folder Action throughout the entire Automation suite's search tools—including the knowledge base, menu, and Add Action feature—using quick shortcuts like ยซWFFยป or ยซWFยป.
Delay options…
Automation Workshop includes options to pause a workflow and conditionally wait for different resource types. These waiting Actions operate similarly—they pause the workflow until a particular resource reaches a desired state, such as when a file appears or disappears.
- Wait · Overview
- Wait for Time · Overview
- Wait for Remote File · Overview
- Wait for Remote Directory · Overview
- Wait for File · Overview
- Wait for Service · Overview
- Wait for App · Overview
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