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Built-in Scripts

The following built-in Process scripts provided with MOVEit Automation, some of which are only available when a MOVEit Automation PGP license is enabled. For detailed information about each script, click the script name. For information about how to use MOVEit Automation to encrypt and decrypt PGP files, see the About PGP Keys.

Process Script

Description

Certs Backup

Extracts client certificates from Windows and saves them to two files for backup purposes.

Certs Restore

Accepts as input PFX files created by the Certs Backup script, and imports them into Windows

Command Line App

Runs a command line application. Parameter placeholders to indicate input file and output file/folder allow for seamless integration into MOVEit Automation tasks

Find Or Replace

Finds (that is, counts) or replaces particular words or phrases in files. Also can strip or replace special characters such as tabs and line feeds

Header ID

Reads the first (Header) line of a file, determines the ID from a set character position and passes this as a new task parameter. Also can strip the first line.

HTTP Get

Downloads a file from a web server, using GET.

HTTP Post

Uploads a file to a web server, using the POST verb.

HTTP Put

Uploads a file to a web server, using the PUT verb.

HTTP SharePoint Get

Downloads a file from a Microsoft SharePoint server.

HTTP SharePoint Put

Uploads a file to a Microsoft SharePoint server.

Ignore All Files

Causes all files already downloaded or added via a script to be ignored in subsequent processing steps.

Look Up

Looks up one or more values from a table given a key such as a file name, uploading username or source path.

MessageWay Translation

Sends a file to a MessageWay server for translation or data format conversion.

No Op

"No Operation". Generally used to force MOVEit Automation to delete files from a source without transferring them.

PGP Decrypt

Decrypts PGP files. (MOVEit Automation PGP license required)

PGP Encrypt and Sign

Encrypts and signs PGP files. (MOVEit Automation PGP license required)

PGP Encrypt Only

Encrypts PGP files, does not sign them. (MOVEit Automation PGP license required)

Prepend Lines

Inserts up to four lines at the beginning of a file.

Report Long Running Tasks

Queries the micstats database and reports back information about any tasks that have been running longer than the specified time interval.

Set Destination

Changes the host definition (and optionally, the path) of the destination used in this task run.

Sleep

Pauses task operation for a specified number of seconds or milliseconds.

SMIME Receive

Retrieves and decrypts an S/MIME encoded email attachment.

SMIME Send

Encrypts a file and sends it as an S/MIME email attachment.

Tamper Detect

Checks for tampering in the audit and activity history tables.

Trim Statistics DB

Archives old MOVEit Automation log records into a flat file every few days.

Unzip Advanced

Unzips ZIP archives with an optional ZIP password.

XSL Transform

Transforms XML documents with XSL stylesheets/templates

Zip Advanced

Creates ZIP archives with one or multiple files, configurable level of compression and an optional ZIP password.