Type
Host
Host
Source
("Download")
Destination
("Upload")
MOVEit Central tasks define how, where and when data is transmitted or manipulated. Traditional tasks tell MOVEit Central to pull files from specific sources and push them to specific destinations at times designated by schedules.
Optional processes can be added to react to or change data as it moves through MOVEit Central. Optional next actions can be used to react to failed, successful, or empty-handed tasks to run a different task and/or send email notifications to interested parties.
MOVEit Central can replicate the contents of two folders to ensure the files and folder structures remain in sync. Any two folders on MOVEit Central's local hard drive, other Windows servers/shares, FTP servers, FTPS servers, SFTP servers and/or MOVEit DMZ servers may be involved in a single synchronization task.
Folder sync operations are configured in special "synchronization tasks". Instead of the sources and destinations found in a traditional task, a synchronization task consists of "Folder A", "Folder B" and a "sync direction" arrow.
More information about this can be found in the "Synchronization" section of this documentation. Much of the information in this "Configuring Tasks" section assumes you are working with traditional tasks.
Like a Traditional Task, an Advanced Task can pull files from specific sources, push them to specific destinations, at times designated by schedules. Advanced Tasks can also use processes. In addition, an Advanced Task can use the two conditional elements (IF) and (FOR) to determine if and when the other elements are run. The conditional elements provide powerful job flow control without requiring programming or chained tasks.
Advanced Tasks provide conditional processing within a task. This means that you can build tasks that run a process, or transfer a file, after a specified condition is met, for example, files can be routed to different destinations based on the file extension.
The following icons are in use throughout the MOVEit Central Admin interface to represent hosts and task steps.
| Host Type |
Color | Insecure Host |
Secure Host |
Task Source ("Download") |
Task Destination ("Upload") |
| Windows File System | Yellow | |
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| MOVEit DMZ | Green | |
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| FTP(S) Server | Blue | |
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| SSH Server | Purple | - - - | |
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| Mail Server | Grey | |
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| AS1 Partner (via Email) | Grey | |
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| AS2 Partner (via HTTP/S) | Green | |
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| AS3 Partner (via FTP/S) | Blue | |
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Different icons are also in use by tasks in different configuration and schedule states as well as the schedules which control them.
| Task Type | Scheduled Task |
Paused or Unscheduled Task |
Incomplete Task |
Schedule |
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Process icons also vary.
| Custom Process ("VBScript") |
Built-In Process | Built-In Process (Missing Parameters) |
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Next Action icons can also take a number of different forms.
| Next Action Type | On Failure (Only) | On Success (Only) | All Other Cases |
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| Run Task |  |
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Other Synchronization task icons: Instead of large colored-by-type-of-host arrows to indicate sources and destinations, synchronization tasks use colored-by-type-of-host folders. There are always two (and only two) folders listed in a synchronization task. Synchronization tasks also use small black arrows between the two folders to clearly indicate the sync direction.
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Windows File System or Share sync folder |
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MOVEit DMZ sync folder |
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FTP or FTPS sync folder |
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SFTP sync folder |
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One-way sync direction (from "Folder A" to "Folder B") |
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Two-way sync direction |
Advanced Tasks can also have the following icons:
| File Loop | If Block | Else If | Rename Original | Delete Original |
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