Difference Between Create File step and Download to File Path?

Toa_Lihkan

Greetings,

I am trying to save a file to a location on a shared network folder. I've checked that my service account has the right permissions to accomplish this action. However, I see there are two steps that seem promising in setting this up: Create File and Download File to Path steps. Which would you recommend?

gregory_Decisions

Hello,

While whichever step you use will depend on your use case, we can advise the use of the Create File step and map the filepath into the name of the created file if you have yet to create the file in flow data

However, if you already have the file saved to File Storage, using the Move File step might be more performant, as you won't have two copies of the file. Simply change the location of the file from its default file storage in Decisions to the path to want it to be located in.

Documentation for both steps can be found below, as well as how to find the file in File Storage:

https://documentation.decisions.com/step-library/docs/create-delete-move-file

https://documentation.decisions.com/docs/file-storage

We hope this helps!

-Gregory, Decisions Support