Connection Workflows

Watch Yammer

Connect to Yammer to download any new video file (from specific group/topic/thread) that was added since app launch or ‘Restart’..

Download Existing Files

Download all already existing files from Yammer (from specific group/topic/thread) on app launch if these files don’t exists inside of the Connection Folder already
* All workflows that have files with incorrect suffixes (_PS-F, _PS-R, _ERROR01, etc.) on startup or after ‘Restart’ button use will be color-marked with Red color. You can see all directories with incorrect suffixes files by double-click on row header cell
* If Connection Folder wasn’t set, workflow will be marked with Indian Red color

Connection Folder

(The operations below will be processed in described order. If you’ve passed by the first operation then you will not proceed to the next one. If you haven’t passed the first one – you will proceed to the next one)

Rename operations

– If you rename any .txt file to ‘spu-target’ – Connection File will be copied from neariest upper folder to current directory. If there is no Connection File to copy – the app will create a blank one
– You can mark Connection Folder as ‘No File Conversion’ by setting one of File Converter Folders to empty. In this case if you rename any file and give Process Complete Suffix to the end of it’s name – the file will be uploaded to the site
– If you rename any file and give Launch Suffix to the end of it’s name:
– If your file extension does not correspond to any of Accepted Video Extensions – file will be processed as ‘Additional Content’ and will be uploaded as Additional Content to all video files from current upload directory (only works for video files that exists both locally and on the server. If there is no name match – additional content will not be uploaded to such video files). Video files uploading are prioritizes, so if you trying to upload video file and additional content in short period of time, video will be uploaded first.
– If your file extension is corresponds to any of Accepted Video Formats – file will be copied to Video Converter Start Folder with file name formatted as Title. If ‘Before processing, mark the original file with a character’ was set, the original file will be marked with this character

Create operations

– If you create a .txt file with name ‘spu-target’ – Connection File will be copied from neariest upper folder to current directory. If there is no Connection File to copy – the app will create a blank one
– If your file has Process Complete Suffix:
– If folder is No File Conversion – upload the file
– If file extension is corresponds to any of Accepted Video Extensions – upload the file
– If folder is not for uploading only – file will be marked with Process Complete Suffix and ‘Rename operations’ stage (see above) will start processing
You can mark Connection Folder as ‘No File Conversion’ by setting one of File Converter Folders to empty

Launch Suffix

specific Suffix for current Connection Folder usage

Process Complete Suffix

Specific Suffix for current Connection Folder usage

Process Existing Files

Perform workflow on existing files (migrations for directories already filled with files): run the process automatically for selected workflow without Launch Suffix set. All files from current directory (subfolders included) without any suffixes will be processed

File Converter Start Folder

video processing

File Converter Finish Folder

– If your file extension is corresponds to any of Accepted Video Extensions and file name have Launch Suffix set – replace Launch Suffix to Process Complete Suffix and move video file back to Connection Folder

Preferred Account

specific Account that you want to use

Reprocess Invalid Files

You can select any Red color-marked workflow and press this button to re-process all files with incorrect suffixes (_PS-F, _PS-R, _ERROR01, etc.)

Accepted Video Extensions

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extensions that will be processed as video (.mp4, .avi, …)

Auto Capitalization Exceptions

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you could add/remove some of them in case some definition are changed

Account Credentials

Account

You can set as many credentials as you want.

Password

Default

The first account with Default marked will be prioritized. If you don’t mark any account as default then the first account listed will be used as the default account.

Connection File

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Name (with/without an extension) of the file that contains your SharePoint/Yammer Connection Links

File Connection Parameters

Default Constant Launch

If actual Launch Suffix was not set, by adding this suffix to the end of file name you will initiate file processing

Default Constant Complete

if actual Process Complete Suffix was not set, this suffix will be added to file name after file processing

Before Processing

Before processing, mark the original file with a character: if it’s set – copy of the original file will be created and renamed to OriginalName{character} before file processing

Monitor Subdirectories

watch for subdirectories changes as well as original folders

Skip Inaccessible Files

if file can’t be processed for some reason for more than X minutes – it will be skipped with appropriate message

File SharePoint Parameters

Show Download Link

show or hide download link

Show Embed Link

show or hide embed link

Library Type

If library will be created automatically, it will be: in case that library doesn’t exist it will be created as Classic/Modern

Logs Folder

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full path to the folder where logs will be stored. Logs separated by days

Restart / About / Help

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Restart

press it to apply any changes and restart Folders Watchers

About

Information about the Sentinel software application

In The Connection Folder

System Suffixes

* _PS-F – Processing Stage – File Upload. This Suffix will sustain in some ambiguous situations and will be processed as Error Suffix * _PS-R – Processing Stage – Related Item Upload. This Suffix will sustain in some ambiguous situations and will be processed as Error Suffix * _ERROR01 – No Uploading Link Provided * _ERROR02 – Uploading Error * _ERROR03 – Initialization Error. Can be caused by incorrect login/password set, problems with getting/creation of library/folder on the server, insufficient rights, etc.