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Check if File is Locked

Description

Check If File Is Locked determines whether a file is currently locked by another process by attempting to move it to itself. Use this step when your workflow needs to verify that a file is available before reading, writing, or moving it — for example, waiting for a reporting application to finish writing a file before your workflow processes it. The step returns a Boolean result field that you can use to branch the workflow or implement a retry loop.

Configurations

Field NameDescription
Step nameSpecify the name of the step as it appears in the workflow workspace. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.
Filename fieldSpecify the name of the input field that will contain the names of the files during execution.
Result fieldnameSpecify the name of the Boolean output field that will contain true or false depending on whether or not the file is locked or not.
Ad filename to resultEnable checkbox to add the checked file-names to the list of files in the workflows result.