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Validation Process not working
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steve hawk
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Hi All,
I have a validation task before a COPY Activity, to check if file exists, if it doesn't exist do not perform the COPY Activity , if the file exists process the COPY Activity, for some reason it is not working. Please help me . Attached is the screen shot for the settings.
Thanks
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MartinJaffer-MSFT 26,081 Reputation points2020-10-01T22:07:47.427+00:00 Hello @steve hawk and welcome to Microsoft Q&A. I understand you are frustrated, but could you please clarify in which way it is not working? Is it any of the following:
- File exists, Validation does not find it, Copy does not run
- File exists, Validation finds it, Copy does not run
- File exists, Validation does not find it, Copy tries to run anyway
- File does not exist, Validation does not find it, Copy does not run, Pipeline reports failure
- Validation never stops running
- Validation reports failure
- Validation reports time-out
If it is none of these, please detail what you expect to happen, vs what is happening.
Thank you for your patience.
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MartinJaffer-MSFT 26,081 Reputation points
2020-10-06T20:35:16.363+00:00 @steve hawk Did you get a chance to review my response? Are you still facing the issue?
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MartinJaffer-MSFT 26,081 Reputation points
2020-10-08T19:12:01.787+00:00 @steve hawk I have not heard back from you. Did you find your own solution? If so, please share it with the community to help others with the same question.
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