A smart hot folder is an active folder that constantly monitors itself for incoming files. As with a basic hot folder, the arrival of an input file in the smart hot folder triggers an automatic operation.
The difference between a basic hot folder and a smart hot folder is the number of options available. A smart hot folder is job independent and can be used for any job. Smart hot folders can:
- Create a new job based on a template job, and name the new job according to the name of the source file.
- Move the source file to an existing job's hot folder, to a job-relative location, or any location on a mounted server or volume.
- Rename the source file while moving it for any of the following reasons:
- To change a customer's file names to conform to your file naming conventions
- To conform to another smart hot folder's file naming patterns
- To move a file to more than one job hot folder
- Move a source file to one or more locations on any mounted volume.
You can also combine any—or all—of these actions within one smart hot folder. For example, you can create smart hot folders that will complete the following combined actions:
- Create a job based on the source file name and process the file immediately within the new job's hot folders
- Create a job based on the source file name, process the file, and move it to another location
- Create a job based on the source file name, process the file, and rename the file while moving it to another location