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--- tutorials:watchfolder [2021/02/08 09:35] – created emcodem
+++ tutorials:watchfolder [2021/02/09 20:34] (current) – benjamin
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   - Insert a Monitors/Folder Processor
   - Configure the processor to watch in the desired directory
-  - Optionally configure the processor to "Forget Missing Files" so it does not remember processed filenames forever even when they are deleted from the Watchfolder
+    - Make sure for the first try to place a "*" in the "Accepted files" textbox
-  - Save the Processor configuration
+    - Optionally configure the processor to "Forget Missing Files" so it does not remember processed filenames forever even when they are deleted from the Watchfolder
-  - Rightclick the Workflow in the List on the Left and "Start" it
+    - Save the Processor configuration
-    - Note that Starting a workflow is only useful if you have any Watchfolder Processor in the WF. If there is no Watchfolder, starting the Workflow does not actually do anything
+  - Save the Workflow (e.g. by hitting CTRL+S)
+{{gallery>:tutorials:tuto_my_first_workflow_1.png?500x500&1000X1000&lightbox}}
+  - Rightclick the Workflow in the List on the Left and "Start" it. **__Note__** that Starting a workflow is only useful if you have any Watchfolder Processor in the WF. If there is no Watchfolder, starting the Workflow does not actually do anything.
+   - Place a file into the watched folder (e.g. "c:\temp" in above's example
+   - Open the Status Monitor  (Options-Status Monitor)
+   - Latest after 30 seconds, you should see a new Job in your Status monitor
+   - If this is the case, your Watchfolder works and you can go on connecting more Processors to the Monitor Folder Processor in your Workflow
+{{gallery>:tutorials:tuto_my_first_workflow_2.png?500x500&1000X1000&lightbox}}
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   - Rebuild History
     - Scans the watchfolder for all files and marks them as already processed. So existing files will not be processed.
-  - Forget History
+  - Clear History
     - The opposite of Rebuild History: deletes the "Brain" of the watchfolder so all existing files (if any) will be reprocessed.
+  - Forget missing files
+    - FFAStrans will synchronize the files history to the actual files. This enables you to remove an already processed file, wait a sleep cycle, and add the same file back again and it will be picked up.
+{{gallery>:tutorials:tuto_my_first_workflow_3.png?500x500&1000X1000&lightbox}}
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