Task Creation Filtering Option

The filtering option includes two different modes (available from 1.83) :

Basic
Advanced

Basic Mode

This mode includes the capability directly in the Web GUI to define expressions based on the following type :

Type of Filter	Operator	Description
Creation Date	Older Than Earlier Than Before After	Filter the selection on when the file has been created. This will allows to select only files that have been created before or after a specific date.
File Name	Matches Doesn't Match	This allows to filter your selection based on the name of the file. Examples : '.' for any type of character '' from 0 to infinite Regex expressions are also supported.*
File Path	Matches Doesn't Match	This allows to filter your selection based on the folder(s) path. Regex expressions are also supported.
Last access date	Older Than Earlier Than Before After	Same but with a trigger on when the file has been accessed for the last time.
Last modification date	Older Than Earlier Than Before After	Filter the selection on when the file has been modified for the last time. This will allows to select only files that have been modified before or after a specific date.
Size	More than Less than	Filter the file selection based on the files size

Advanced Mode

This mode allows the usage of an online scripting editor to define advances filter which cannot be defined in using the simple graphical mode.

The scripting Language is "LUA" , which a known language , with online documentation available.

The scripting language supports :

Logical Operator such as 'and' , 'or'
Defined Functions

Example of a LUA script

--[[
This function is auto-generated.
By editing it, you might lose your filter configuration
when going back to "Basic" mode
--]]
function test ( file )
return
      filter_size(file, ">", 2344000)
      or
      filter_name(file, "\\b(\\w*archive\\w*)\\b")
      or
      filter_path(file, "\\b(\\w*archive\\w*)\\b")
      or
      filter_relative_date(file, "C", ">", 20, "D")
      or
      filter_relative_date(file, "M", ">", 20, "D")
      or
      filter_relative_date(file, "A", "<", 20, "D")
end

Standard filtering methods are available :

Filtering by the size of the file

Example of LUA code

...
filter_size(file, ">", 2344000)
...

Result	The workflow will only process files with a size which is bigger than 234000KB
file	Match the process file
">"	Comparison symbol
234000	File size

Filtering by the name of the file

Example of LUA code

...
filter_path(file, "\\b(\\w*archive\\w*)\\b")
...

Results	The workflow will only process files which are located in folder with a name which contains "archive"
file	Match the process file
"\\b(\\warchive\\w)\\b"	Regex expression

Filtering by the creation date

Example of LUA code

...
filter_relative_date(file, "C", ">", 20, "D")
...

Result	The workflow will only process files with a creation date older or earlier than
file	Match the process file
"C"	Relative to the Creation Date
">"	">", "<" are available for (older than, earlier than)
20	Number of Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second
"D"	"Y", "M", "D", "H", "M", "S" are available for (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second)

Filtering by the modification date

Example of LUA code

...
filter_relative_date(file, "C", ">", 20, "M")
...

Result	The workflow will only process files with an access date older or earlier than
file	Match the process file
"C"	Relative to the Last Access Date
">"	">", "<" are available for (older than, earlier than)
20	Number of Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second
"D"	"Y", "M", "D", "H", "M", "S" are available for (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second)

Somes addition informations which can be helpful for using the feature :

LUA WebSite : https://www.lua.org/
LUA Online Script validation https://www.tutorialspoint.com/execute_lua_online.php
REGEX Online validation : https://regexr.com/

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Task Filtering

Task Creation Filtering Option

Basic Mode

Advanced Mode

Standard filtering methods are available :

Filtering by the size of the file

Filtering by the name of the file

Filtering by the creation date

Filtering by the modification date

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Task Filtering

Task Creation Filtering Option

Basic Mode

Advanced Mode

Standard filtering methods are available :

Filtering by the size of the file

Filtering by the name of the file

Filtering by the creation date

Filtering by the modification date

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