Certain properties are available for customizing your FTP data source.

To enter these properties, you must Configuring the form layout the Data Source form and add the Properties field. When specifying more than one property, use a comma to separate each property.
Table 1. Available FTP Properties
Property Description
connection.timeout Defines the number of milliseconds to wait before timing out the FTP connection attempt.
  • Default value: 10000
  • Example custom value: connection.timeout=12000
  • Data source: FTP, FTPS
remove_file Determines if the remote file is deleted after the import.
  • Default value: true
  • Example custom value: remove_file=false
  • Data source: FTP, FTPS, SFTP
rename_file Determines if the remote file is renamed after the import. Renamed files use the format <original file name>.imported.
  • Default value: false
  • Example custom value: rename_file=true
  • Data source: FTP, FTPS, SFTP