About Files and Folders

Files are stored in MOVEit folders, which are stored in the Root folder for an Organization. The Root folder is created when an organization is created. General use, or "shared" folders, can be created by the Administrator. Folder features include:

• Root folder - The Administrator can set any permissions for the Root folder, and folder permissions can be propagated to subfolders. The Administrator can allow uploads to and downloads from the Root folder, and can allow recursive downloads of first-level folders (those folders that are subfolders of the root folder) in the MOVEit web interface. Users can copy existing folders and files to the root folder.
• General use folders - Administrators can set up their own directory structures to collect files from and distribute files to a variety of users and groups. In previous versions of MOVEit, the "Distribution" folder was created by the install and was a restricted folder type. With version 6.5 or later of MOVEit, administrators can set up any folder, under the Root folder, or use the Root folder itself as a shared folder.

  Note: If you upgraded from a previous MOVEit version, the Distribution folder remains in place. As before, the Distribution folder can be renamed.

• Virtual folders - A Virtual folder is a folder that links to another real folder in the MOVEit folder tree, allowing a user to see the contents of the target folder in a different location. By creating a virtual folder, you can make an existing folder available to a user, without allowing access to the target folder's parent folder or subfolders. For example, you can create a virtual folder named Images in the user's home folder that points to the target folder /Tools/Images. This virtual folder would appear to a user as /Home/UserID/Images and would appear to the user to contain the contents of /Tools/Images. Virtual folders appear in a folder listing with a blue folder icon.
• User Home folders - A User Home folder is, normally, the folder that the user gets to navigate to and upload to by default. The user home folder can be set by the default setting for the organization, or can be set by the Administrator to any folder, provided it is not a restricted type, in the organization. For more information about setting up user home folders, see "Adding a User" in the Web Interface - Users - Overview topic. By default, each user has an individual home folder that is created within the top-level Home folder for the organization. The permissions given to owners of home folders can vary by organization, but often an owner is allowed to read and write to their home folder, as well as receive notifications if someone uploads a file to their home folder.