Rename File

The Rename File activity renames files on the local file system or on a network location specified using a UNC path. You can automatically rename files to a standard format according to your data center procedures.

Configuring the Rename File Activity

Before you configure the Rename File activity, you need to determine the following:

• The original file name you're renaming.

• The new name of the file

Use the following information to configure the Rename File activity.

Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Folder	Enter the path of the folder that contains the files that you want to rename.
Include sub-folders	Select this option to rename any files in the sub-folders of the folder that you specified that match the file names that you want to rename.
Destination	This list displays all the file names that will be renamed when this activity runs. To add a filename, select Add to open the Rename Properties dialog, specify the Old name, and specify the file New name. To edit the list of file names, select Edit. To remove file names, select Remove.

Advanced Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
File age	Specify Is less than or Is more than to rename the files that are older or newer, respectively, than the number of days that you specify.
days	Enter the number of days that you'll use with the File age measure.
Date of rename	Select this option to set the date of the file at the destination to the date when it was renamed.
Same as original	Select this option to set the date of the file at the destination to the date of the original file.
Destination already exists	Select the action that you want to take if a file with the same name already exists in the folder: Overwrite: Select this option to overwrite the existing file with the file that is being renamed. Fail: Select this option to cause the Rename File activity to fail if the filename already exists. Create a file with a unique name: Select this option to append a value to the filename to create a unique name that doesn't conflict with an existing name.

Published Data

The following table lists the published data items.

Item	Description
File path	The path of the file that was renamed.
Include sub-folders	Indicates whether this option was selected.
Destination folder	The destination folder of the file that was renamed.
If destination exists	The option that was selected for handling the filename if the file existed in the destination folder.
Modified date option	The option that was selected for assigning a modified date to the file in the destination folder.
File age days	The number of days used in the File age filter.
Destination date	The option that was selected for assigning a destination date to the file in the destination folder.
Total number of files to be renamed	The number of files that were renamed by the operation.
Number of successful file operations	The number of successful operations that occurred.
Number of failed file operations	The number of failed operations that occurred.
Origin folder	The folder where the file originated from.
Name and path of the destination file	The name and path of the destination file.
File name	The filename of the origin file.
Name and path of the file relative to the origin folder	The relative path of the file relative to the origin folder.
Name and path of the origin file	The name and path of the origin file.
File operation status	The status of the rename operation.
Pattern that matched file	The pattern that the user entered that matched the file or files that were found.
Pattern file renamed to	The pattern that the file or files were renamed.