Editing source timestamps allows you to determine which files MOVEit Automation considers new. To edit a source timestamp, you must have administrative access.

For each combination of task, source host, pathname, and filemask, MOVEit Automation stores a date/time stamp of the most recent file in that directory that matches that mask and that has been successfully processed, to determine which files are new. To re-run the file transfer as new, edit the file source timestamp.

For example: A task has a source that scans FTP host "XYZ FTP Server", looking for files in the "/uploads" path, matching the mask "*.txt", and the "Collect Only New Files" option is selected. The task was run successfully, and transferred the new file report.txt with a timestamp of 12 March 2014 at 2:15:00 pm. MOVEit Automation created an entry for the host "XYZ FTP Server", path "/uploads", mask "*.txt", with a stamp of 2014-03-12 14:15:00. To re-run the file transfer as new, edit the timestamps for this source to a value before the timestamp of the file, for example 2014-03-12 13:15:00.

You can use timestamps to define the behavior of a task before it is run. For example, to define when files are pulled from a host for a specific task, you can add a timestamp value for the proper path and mask.

To edit a source timestamp

  1. Select the TASKS tab. Click the task name. Click the source's more options icon and select Edit.
  2. In the Edit Source dialog box, select the Collect only new files check box, and click Save.
  3. Click the source's more options icon and select Edit source timestamps.
  4. In the Task Source Timestamps dialog box, click the Edit timestamp entry icon .
    • To reprocess files, edit the timestamp to an earlier date or time than the files with a matching mask.
    • To treat all matching files as new, clear the timestamp value.
  5. Click Save.