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Import Agent idea: Add file owner to file properties

Import Agent Ideas

Updated April 16

asked on December 6, 2023 • Show version history

Currently, Import Agent's file properties dialog does not include the file owner. Since this is a property in Windows File Manager I believe it should be possible to add it.

Use case: We are importing PDF files of invoices that users drop into a network folder. The goal is to then use Workflow to invoke a business process (GL Coding form) and route it to the person who placed the invoice in the folder. Since we "know" who owns the original PDF file we should be able to route the form directly to them, instead of taking the additional route of sending it to AP for them to determine who should get it.

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replied on April 15

Hi Mike,

The token is supported in Import Agent 2026H1 release (12.0.2603.833). Changelogs is here under 'April 16, 2026'.

Regards,

Qimmei

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replied on April 16

That's great! Thank you.

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replied on December 7, 2023

Reasonable enough, thanks for providing the use case.

Filed as Import Agent feature request 499544.

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replied on December 8, 2023 • Show version history

@████████, two potential complications here:

The underlying data format of the Owner field appears to be the AD/Windows SID (S-1-2-...) so you have to resolve that to the username
The "\" character in "domain\username" is not a valid filename character because it's the directory path separator. What would your expectation for the token value be? Just the username component like "mikeg"?

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replied on December 11, 2023

Yes, just the user name like mikeg. I am currently using a VB script to append the user name to the file name with an underscore before it and that works fine as a work-around for now. I just thought it would be a useful thing to be able to do it in ImportAgent instead.

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