| Description | This action allows you to copy, move, rename and delete files on the computer. |
| Required licence | No feature is required. |
| 1 | File option | Select the action you want to perform. |
| 2 | Source file | Select the file for which you want to perform the action. |
| 3 | Target file | Select the destination (the new file name). |
| 4 | If the target file already exists | If the target file already exists, you have three possibilities: Error: The trigger is aborted with an error. Overwrite: The already existing file is overwritten. Add number: This automatically inserts a number at the end of the file name. For example, “Report.xlsx” becomes “Report_1.xlsx”. If this file already exists, the number is incremented. You can set the formatting of the number freely in the text box below. The part in curly brackets ‘{0}’ will be replaced by the number. Examples (number = 10): Format = Result // Description ‘_{0}’ = ‘_10’ ‘_{0:D3}’ = ‘_010’ // (Decimal with 3 digits) ‘ ({0})’ = ‘ (10)’ // (In brackets) ‘ ({0:D2})’ = ‘ (10)’ // (Decimal with 2 digits and in brackets) |
Move finished Excel logs
You can use the file options, for example, to copy written protocols to a network drive after finishing.
In this context, the use of variables for the file name is particularly helpful.
You can select the Excel file as the source via the variable selection and then you have various options to obtain the file name.
In this example, the source file consists only of the variable path and file name of the Excel file Protocol. This variable always refers to the current file. This is helpful if the file name of the protocol was previously formed from variables.
