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My first Watchfolder

Create a new Workflow
Insert a Monitors/Folder Processor
Configure the processor to watch in the desired directory
1. Make sure for the first try to place a “*” in the “Accepted files” textbox
2. Optionally configure the processor to “Forget Missing Files” so it does not remember processed filenames forever even when they are deleted from the Watchfolder
3. Save the Processor configuration
Save the Workflow (e.g. by hitting CTRL+S)
Rightclick the Workflow in the List on the Left and “Start” it
1. Note that Starting a workflow is only useful if you have any Watchfolder Processor in the WF. If there is no Watchfolder, starting the Workflow does not actually do anything

Open the Status Monitor (Options-Status Monitor)
Place a file into the watched folder (e.g. “c:\temp” in above's example)
Latest after 30 seconds, you should see a new Job in your Status monitor
If this is the case, your Watchfolder works and you can go on connecting more Processors to the Monitor Folder Processor in your Workflow

Watchfolder controls

Rebuild History
1. Scans the watchfolder for all files and marks them as already processed. So existing files will not be processed.
Forget History
1. The opposite of Rebuild History: deletes the “Brain” of the watchfolder so all existing files (if any) will be reprocessed.