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--- pub:iview8be [2018/09/06 10:31] – [Menu IVIEW, option 10:iView Servers (Engines)] kkramer
+++ pub:iview8be [2025/10/09 12:31] (current) – [Menu IVIEW, option 10:iView Servers (Engines)] kkramer
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-/04/18                iView FTP Interface Definition               IV1100D7
+/04/25                iView FTP Interface Definition               IV1100D7
 :11:54                   Add/Maintain FTP Target                   KKRAMER
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    Directory:
-   System Type:              *UNIX, *AS400, *WINDOWS
+   System Type:              *UNIX, *AS400, *WINDOWS FTP Type:       *FTP, *SFTP
    AS/400 Namefmt Type:       0, 1
-   Log Lib/File:            /
+   Export Index File:        *TXT, CSV   Sep. Char    Include Field Name:    Y/N
-   Log Level:                *SUMMARY, *DETAIL, *NONE
+   FLD Separator:   Y/N One Line per Field   Y/N Include File Path:   Y/N
-   Job Queue:                Export Index File:       *YES *NO Sep. Char
+   Output To .ZIP file  Y/N  .ZIP Name                            *DEFAULT, Name
-   Include Field Name:   Y/N FLD Separator:   Y/N One Line per Field   Y/N
-   Include File Path:   Y/N
    Post FTP Cmd:
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   * **Directory**: Directory into which to upload the file.
   * **System Type**:  O/S type of remote system.
+  * **FTP Type**: FTP connections can be done using *FTP or *SFTP protocols.
   * **AS/400 Namefmt**: 0 for the DB2/400 file system and 1 for the Integrated File System format.
-  * **Log Lib/File**:  If logging specify a library and file name for a log file. This file must either be FTPLOG or a duplicate of it. If logging you must specify a log file and library.
+  * **Export Index File**: Export file for index field values can now the in *TXT and *CSV formats.
-  * **Log Level**:  Logging level. If *NONE the log file need not be entered. This logging is separate from iView engine logging, which is into the job log.
+  * **Sep. Char**:  Configure index field value separator for your Export Index File.
-  * **Job Queue**:  System i job queue. If entered iView will submit to this job queue all of the ftp commands and the Post FTP Command specified below it. If not specified it will simply run these commands as part of the archive engine job stream.
+  * **Include Field Name**:  Option to include or exclude the Index Field Name in the Export Index File.
-  * **Export Index File**: If *YES specified iView will create a text file containing the iView archive fields and their values for the document separated by a space, and will ftp this file to the same target with the archived document. The file name is the same as the archived document except that the file extension is **.txt**. This file is not retained on the System i.
+  * **FLD Separator**:  Option to include or exclude Field Separator.
+  * **One Line Per Field**:  Option to have a one line per field or multiple lines.
+  * **Include File Path**:  Option to include the PDF file’s path in the Export Index File.
+  * **Output To .ZIP file**:  Option to wrap the output being sent to the FTP site in a ZIP file.
+  * **.ZIP Name**: Option to use the *DEFAULT name or use a unique static name for the ZIP file.
   * **Post FTP Cmd**:  Optionally specify a command to execute upon completion of the ftp transactions. Remember that this job will have to manage its own library list.
+**Note:** 08/04/2025,  New options to control the maximum number of files per ZIP file, and interval time to ZIP up files to send to the FTP site.
+Below are the new Data Areas to control these values for the enhancements of iView FTP settings.
+on.
+**WRKDTAARA IVIEWLOOP**
+IVIEWLOOP	Used to configure the maximum number of files to be processed with iView's FTP ZIP file option.
+**WRKDTAARA IVIEWINTV**
+IVIEWINTV	Used to set the interval parameters to close a ZIP file with iView's FTP ZIP file option.
+The logic for how these two parameters work the iView Application’s FTP:
+  *	The engine then checks the two parameters: IVIEWINTV and IVIEWLOOP.
+  *	Example: if IVIEWINTV = 3, then one interval is 3 minutes.
+  *	If IVIEWLOOP = 5, this means the system will count the number of merge operations.
+  *	If the number of merges ≥ IVIEWLOOP, the engine will create the ZIP file and send it via FTP.
+  *	If the number of merges is < IVIEWLOOP (e.g., only 4 merges), but the elapsed time has already exceeded the interval (3 minutes in this example), the engine will still create the ZIP file and send it.
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   * **Archive Original Spool File To**: This is the endpoint for the original spool file.
-  * ** Data Queue**: Provide a name and library for the engine's data queue. This must be unique. The engine will create it if it is not present at engine startup. A dataqueue is a filesystem object.
+  * ** Data Queue**: Provide a name and library for the engine's data queue. This must be unique. The engine will create it if it is not present at engine startup. A data queue is a filesystem object.
-  * **Originating Outqueue and Library**: This is the monitored outqueue. Note that you can not have multiple dataqueue engines monitoring one outqueue.
+  * **Originating Outqueue and Library**: This is the monitored output queue. Note that you can not have multiple data queue engines monitoring one output queue. A **9/26/25 enhancement** allows the iView Engine to also perform like a Polling Engine. When a spool file is already in the originating out queue that is being monitored by the iView Engine in RDY (Ready) status, the spool file will be picked up automatically and processed by the iView Engine without having to refresh (Hold/Release) the spool file. \\ This field determines whether the engine will operate as a Polling or Data Queue Engine.
+      * To use the iView Engine as a **Data Queue Engine**, insert a value in the Data Queue Fields for Library and Data Queue.
+      * To use the iView Engine as a **Polling Engine**, leave the values for the Data Queue Fields blank.
   * **Spool Attribute**: Specify the external spool file attribute to test to recognize the spool file and select the correct archive application. Specify one of: