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Boomi Managed File Transfer connector

The Boomi Managed File Transfer connector provides out-of-the-box file exchange for your Boomi processes in conjunction with the MFT service. By connecting a Boomi process to MFT, you can take your file transfer to a new level with unparalleled monitoring and control across all lines of business.

Easily design, build, and integrate high volume file transfers into any process with Boomi MFT:

  • Instantly scalable, cloud-native file exchange platform where you pay for what you need.
  • Reliable file exchange between partners and processes with audits, alerts and replay.
  • Partner self-management with onboarding, subscriptions, reusable endpoints, and support.
  • A centralized system of record to mitigate risks.
  • Real-time, end-to-end processing dashboards to monitor and control all file transfers.
  • Separation of data processing in processes from file transfers.
  • Unified connector for file pickup, drop off and exception handling.

The Boomi Managed File Transfer connector enables a Boomi process to call MFT for data channel operations. It is an operation-based connector, meaning you need to configure a specific operation for the connector to perform within a Boomi process.

Prerequisites

To use the connector and implement a connection to your MFT portal from Boomi Integration, do the following:

  • Have an MFT account with the necessary Flow Endpoint credentials. Refer to the MFT documentation to learn more.
  • Ensure the MFT portal is accessible to Boomi Integration.

Configuration

To configure the connector to communicate with MFT, set up three components:

  • Object - GET (Pickup the file from MFT), CREATE (File Dropped off)
  • Connection - API URL, SiteURL, SiteKey to be used to create a Boomi Managed File Transfer connection.
  • Operation - This component defines the type of operation that can be performed on the Boomi Managed File Transfer connector. Also, Flow Secret Field is located on the operation or can left blank and defined on a Set Properties step.

This approach allows reusable connections settings and operations. After building the connection and operation setup and test your Boomi Managed File Transfer connector within a process and then deploy the process in a package when ready. When the process is defined properly, Boomi Integration can map to and from virtually any system using the Boomi Managed File Transfer connector to communicate with MFT.

Supported objects

The following objects are supported by one or more of the Boomi Managed File Transfer connector operations:

  • FLOW_PICKUP (Binary output)
  • FILE_METADATA (JSON output)
  • DROP_OFF (Binary Input)

Tracked properties

This connector has the following tracked properties that you can set or reference in various step parameters:

  • FileName - The name of the file from Flow_Pickup.

  • FileCode - The FileCode from Flow_Pickup.

Refer to Adding tracked fields to a connector operation to learn how to add a custom tracked field.

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