Question
Ford
US
Last activity: 19 Dec 2024 16:54 EST
Control over BIX extract file format (To ZIP or not to ZIP)
We are moving and on-premise Pega application to the Pega Cloud. One issue we recently encountered was the way the BIX extracts are created. Currently we generate the BIX extracts to a CSV file which is stored on a local NAS. When we use that same process on the Pega Cloud to generate the CSV file it creates that file then ZIP's it up so only a ZIP file exists with the CSV inside. That breaks the process that was picking up the file to process.
Are there some option flags we can specify on the BIX extract jobs to have them only create the CSV file (not create the ZIP) or if it has to ZIP the file can we have it also leave the CSV file?
There should be a way to tell that process to keep generating the files as it did before.
Pegasystems Inc.
CA
Sorry, I can't think of a configuration in Pega Cloud to extract csv files instead of zip files. Can you create a CC ticket to check with the cloud team regarding the feasibility?
Ford
US
Thank you for the response. We currently have our application on premise and the BIX files are created as CSV files. From all the docs I've read online so far it mentions that we can have exports in CSV or XML formats. Those were the formats mentioned. It seems that in the Cloud we can still get those formats but at the end they automatically get encapsulated within a ZIP file. For the moment that is an extra step we want to prevent from happening. I can see some instances a ZIP file would be better but in our case for these file it is not.
Ideally there should be a flag to change that behavior as needed. I don't care what the default it. Just as long as we have a mechanism to override it.
So having a flag to specify if the extracts should be in ZIP file or left alone would preserve the old functionality and give users the ability to specify the output they need per extract jobs.
How can we fix this?