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The Zip connector supports automatic compression and decompression of archives in various formats.

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Key Capabilities

  • File compression and extraction with support for multiple archive formats (7zip, Bzip2, Gzip, and Tar)
  • Password protection and encryption capabilities for secure archives
  • Scheduled Send functionality to combine multiple files into single archives
  • Configurable compression methods and levels for optimized file sizes and processing speed

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Overview

Zip connectors automatically compress or decompress incoming files depending on the Operation setting of the connector. In Compress mode, each file is zipped independently, so the number of output Zip archives is equal to the number of input files. In Decompress mode, all files are extracted from input archives and output as an individual file; folder structure is ignored. Zip connectors can be configured to compress and decompress archives in a variety of formats, including 7zip, Bzip2, Gzip, and Tar.

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Connector Configuration

This section contains all of the configurable connector properties.

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Settings Tab

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Configuration

Settings related to the core operation of the connector.

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Archive Options

Settings related to the archive being processed or created.

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Encryption

Settings related to encrypting archives during compression, if allowed by the archive format.

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Advanced Tab

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Advanced Settings

Settings not included in the previous categories.

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Logging

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Other Settings

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Miscellaneous

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Automation Tab

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Automation Settings

Settings related to the automatic processing of files by the connector. By default, the Enable automation checkbox is checked. If you uncheck it, you cannot use the other automation settings.

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Performance

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Alerts Tab

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SLAs Tab

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Subfolder Headers

The Zip connector makes use of the Subfolder header for reading from and writing to compressed files. A Subfolder header is added any time there are subfolders in the zip structure.
When compressing files, the Subfolder header is only used when you set Scheduled Send on the Automation tab.
For example, this image from the Message Details page for a log entry shows the path to the subfolder in the Other Headers section. When decompressing a file:
  • The message for each file that is in a subfolder in the compressed file contains a Subfolder header in its metadata.
  • This header displays the path to the subfolder in the zip folder structure.
  • This subfolder header is supported by other connectors that support a subfolder header in Send operations.
When compressing files, the connector looks for a Subfolder header on messages that it processes to determine where to place the files inside the compressed structure.

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Macros

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Examples