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Status Functionality already exists
Workspace Sterling File Gateway
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 9, 2024

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Do not route .part or .lock

We have had a situation where transfers were interrupted and the source kept connecting and startting a transfer and then disconnecting (poorly written in Azure) and it cause ALOT (30 plus) .partial and .lock files. And since this upload directory had a routing channel associated with it, it attempted to route these files which it could not causing an error and the B2Bi server stopped attempting to process any other files.



What is your industry? Healthcare
How will this idea be used?

To help prevent B2Bi from denial of servicing itself. This has been a big problem for us. with users having connectivity issues and potential coding issues.

  • Admin
    Mark Allen
    Apr 30, 2025

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas.

    We have reviewed this request with our technical team and have determined that we may already support the use case you have described in your request.

    We have logic to exclude file names based on a user specified pattern. Setting up rules like this using the ignoreFilenamex property will prevent routing of .part or .lock files as you describe:

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.2.0?topic=reference-filegatewayproperties

    If we have misunderstood your request, please let us know and provide additional details so that we can better understand the requirement. If you have any additional feedback or thoughts in the meantime, or if there is anything else I can do, please do not hesitate to reply to this message to continue the conversation.

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