Tip: 'Use Temp File' check box in file delivery

Whenever I configure a delivery service for a integration, there is a check box named 'Use Temp File'. I always wonder what this little check box can do. It did not really make any difference to my file that is delivered on the target server. After digging a little deeper, I understood how critical this check box can be in some situations.

We usually configure sequence generator to generate specific file names to the integration output files. The integration takes some time to write thea file to the target server depending upon the size of the data. In case there is a down stream interface on the target side waiting to consume the file (with a specified name), there is a chance that it might get a incomplete file. To avoid this situation, when the temp file option is enabled, the delivery service gives a random temporary name to the file and re-name it to the correct file name once the file is 100% loaded in the target.

*** Integration consultants must make sure if the user account that we are useing to the load the file has the permissions to re-name the file on the secure file server.

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