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Question : What is the correct way of utilizing the “When No Data Found” field in the SQL Task? Answer : The SQL Task can connect to a database server for running SQL statements, which is useful for retrieving rows (records) from tables (physical files) or performing updates, inserts, etc. The data...

Question : I have been locked out of my account. How do I reset my password? Answer : If you are a Web User who has been instructed to reset your password, you will need to contact a GoAnywhere administrator with the Security Officer role to do the following: - Navigate to Users > Web Users. Click ...

Question : I see a Promote option on some items in GoAnywhere. What does Promote do and what features can I promote? Answer : Promotion is uploading a copy of an item from one GoAnywhere installation to another targeted installation. For example, after an item is tested, it could be promoted from t...

Question: I have a Web User and I have removed the "Upload (Write)" permission directly from this Web User. Why is this User still able to upload files/folders? Answer: Is this Web User in a Web User Group? A Web User Group is an association of one or more Web Users. Each Web User Group c...

Question: How do I utilize the FileInfo() function and the ${fileName:fileAttribute} syntax correctly? Answer: There is no real difference between these two methods. In fact, either one may be used to retrieve the attributes of a file. When using ${fileName:fileAttribute}, the fileName parameter can...

Question: What makes Set Variable Task 2.0 different from 1.0, and is there a way to change the version within a Project? Answer: Set Variable Task 1.0 The set variable task can set a variable's value to static text, to a variable previously defined in another task, to data from the first row of a R...

A regular expression, commonly referred to as a "regex", is a pattern that can be used to search for and replace sets of characters in a given string of files. GoAnywhere supports the regex patterns available to the java.util.regex class. Example: Given the string "abc.txt", a se...

This document outlines the steps to send an email from a raised error. While it is not possible to configure tasks to perform from the On Error panel, it is possible to call a module where an email can be sent. First, create a new module (Project > Module) and give it a unique name. Next, create a S...

File Lists A File List references a set of Local File or Remote File objects and directories that were retrieved or processed by a task. A File List may be the result of one or more File Sets, which allows you to create a single File List that contains files from multiple directories and/or multipl...