WriteABSFile

Description

Enables you to write data to any of the three types of Azure Blob Storage (ABS) blobs—block blobs, append blobs, and page blobs—in a container.

• Ensure that you have a properly configured SFTP connection resource set up under the Resources folder.

• SFTP file names are typically case-sensitive; therefore, abc.JPG, abc.jpg, and ABC.jpg will be saved as different files. To ensure consistency, we recommend using lower-case file names and extensions: abc.jpg.

Configuring the WriteABSFile Activity

The WriteABSFile Configuration panel has four tabs: Configuration, Advanced, Input, and Output. This section offers details on how to use them.

Configuration

Field	Required	Description	Example
Name	Required	The name of the activity. This name must be unique in a workflow.	Send Finalized Image to ABS
Description	Optional	The description of the activity. We recommend you make this as clear as possible to guide execution, foster understanding, and support collaboration.	Writes the finalized image to ABS once the employee finalizes and saves their profile picture in the HRMS.
Resource	Required	A predefined resource for accessing ABS blobs.	/Resources/ABSConnection
Container Name	Required	The name of the container in ABS.	user-profile-images
File Path	Required	The location of the virtual directory that contains the blob to which you want to write. Note While entering the path, only include the virtual directories without adding the container name, because the container name is already specified (see Container Name, above).	For example, consider the following complete path: user-profile-images/2024/01/15 In this complete path: user-profile-images is the blob container. 15 is the virtual directory that contains the blob you want to update. 2024/01/15 is the path to the blob.
File Name	Required	The name of the blob file.	005321_JohnWSmith1.png
Encryption Type	Optional	The type of encryption that you want Azure to use when it stores the blob file.	PGP
Encryption Resource	Optional	The resource that you want to use for encryption.	DocTestPGPKey
Content Type	Optional	The content type of the file you want to write.	BINARY
Compression Type	Optional	If you want to use compression, specify the format that you want to use.	ZIP
Create container if Not Exists	Optional	Instructs the application to create a container with the specified name if it doesn’t exist. Note Your account must have the access required to create a container.	Deselected
Overwrite	Optional	Instructs the application to overwrite the existing file.	Deselected
Append	Optional	Instructs the application to append the blob content to the blob file already present in ABS.	Deselected

Advanced

Field	Required	Description	Example
Encryption Type	Optional	Specifies the encryption method for the file being written. Options are:- None: No encryption. PGP: Encrypt using a PGP key	PGP
Encryption Resource	Required if Encryption Type = PGP	Select the PGP public key resource used to encrypt the file before upload.	SalesPGPPublicKey
Create Container if Not Exists	Optional	If selected, the Azure container will be created automatically if it does not already exist.	Selected
Overwrite if Blob Exists	Optional	If selected, overwrites the blob if one with the same name already exists.	Deselected
Append to Blob	Optional	If selected, appends the file content to an existing blob rather than overwriting it.	Deselected

Input

Field	Required	Data Type	Description	Example
blobpath	Mandatory	String	The location of the virtual directory (without the container name) that contains the blob to which you want to write.	files/user-uploads
blobName	Mandatory	String	The name of the blob to which you want to write.	report_20240417.pdf
createContainer	Optional	Boolean	Instructs the application to create a container with the specified name if it doesn’t exist. Note Your account must have the access required to create a container.	True

Output

Field	Required	Data Type	Description	Example
schema	Required	NA	A JSON schema describing the structure of the data written to the blob (if applicable). This is especially useful if the content being written is structured data that can be represented as JSON.	NA
contentLength	Required	Number	The size of the written blob in bytes. This corresponds to the Content-Length of the created blob in Azure Blob Storage.	125890 (representing 125,890 bytes)
fileName	Required	String	The final name of the blob created in Azure Blob Storage.	report_20240417.pdf
path	Required	String	The location of the virtual directory (without the container name) that contains the blobs to which the application wrote.	files/user-uploads