The image below illustrates a flow where the Relay Based File System step is used as a source step because data needs to be pulled from a zip file on a local machine. The Zip reader step is used to list files within a Zip archive.
The below image is the Relay Based File System source step, where we are passing through the highlighted zip file.
The Zip folder contains the files listed below.
Adding a ZIP List Reader Step
To add a ZIP Reader step in a flow, follow the instructions below:
1. Click on the highlighted icon as shown in the image below.
2. The page below will appear. Select or search for a Reader step to pull out the source data. Click on the Reader tab and select ZIP as shown in the image below.
Configuring a ZIP List Reader step
Illustrated in the image below is the configuration that is available in the ZIP Reader step.
Recursive Checkbox
This is used to decide if all files in the subdirectories should be listed. The checkbox is selected by default when the Zip List Reader step is added.
Using a ZIP List Reader step
1. Click on the play button on the ZIP List step as highlighted in the image below:
2. Click the Test button as shown in the image below.
The image below shows the list of files in the Zip file.
