Feature Request: visually browse an FTP/SCP/SFTP resource
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2019 6:04 pm
Hi there
I really love GoAnywhere MFT - very polished and advanced workflows are amazing.
One thing my colleague would like is an extension of the Test function, something like a Browse function. So, click on the Settings cog and select Browse, then a dialog like the file/folder Browse dialog.
Nothing needs to be uploaded/downloaded/created/deleted, just being able to navigate around the remote folder structure would be sufficient.
A particular use-case is where the client's automated system has failed, so someone has manually placed a file on their SFTP server. The client then complains that the file hasn't been picked up by the deadline. Connecting to their server manually using an FTP client is useful then to check the folder where the file should be, and find instead that the file has been placed in the wrong folder, and notify the client to move it.
Currently. my colleague uses an additional FTP client like FileZilla to connect and view where files are located. But this means managing two sets of client connections, keys, etc, which becomes cumbersome and messy.
Hoping this can be incorporated easily into your wonderful software.
Please feel free to let me if you have any queries.
Cheers
Paul
I really love GoAnywhere MFT - very polished and advanced workflows are amazing.
One thing my colleague would like is an extension of the Test function, something like a Browse function. So, click on the Settings cog and select Browse, then a dialog like the file/folder Browse dialog.
Nothing needs to be uploaded/downloaded/created/deleted, just being able to navigate around the remote folder structure would be sufficient.
A particular use-case is where the client's automated system has failed, so someone has manually placed a file on their SFTP server. The client then complains that the file hasn't been picked up by the deadline. Connecting to their server manually using an FTP client is useful then to check the folder where the file should be, and find instead that the file has been placed in the wrong folder, and notify the client to move it.
Currently. my colleague uses an additional FTP client like FileZilla to connect and view where files are located. But this means managing two sets of client connections, keys, etc, which becomes cumbersome and messy.
Hoping this can be incorporated easily into your wonderful software.
Please feel free to let me if you have any queries.
Cheers
Paul