Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Global

Var?

Description

Name

No

The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.

Description

No

Short description of the activity.

Append

Yes

Appends contents to an existing file. If unchecked, the file is overwritten.

Write as

Yes

Specifies the type of file content to write: text or binary.

Create Non-Existing Directories

Yes

When checked, the activity creates all directories in the specified path, if they do not already exist.

If this field is unchecked and there are one or more directories in the specified path that do not exist, an exception is raised.

Compress

No

Specifies whether to compress the output file using GZip format. Specify None for no compression or GZip for a compressed output file.

When you specify GZip for this field, you must rename the file to use the .gz suffix and use gunzip to uncompress the file.