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Year, month, and day variables.

Michel Poisson
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When sending a file with a scheduled task in the event manager we only have the {{T}} and {{TSTR}} variables available to add a time stamp to the file name.  I need to send files with a YYYY_MM_DD time stamp for compatibility with an external service.  Also having variables for the year {{YYYY}} or {{Y}, month {{MM}} or {{M}} and day {{DD}} or {{D}} would make this possible.

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  • Ian Butteriss
    Product Support

    Hi Michel, thanks for your request. I do see that {{TSTR}} is the only human readable datestamp variable that Cerberus currently offers, and this was only introduced last year. I can get your request over to engineering, but the more detail the better for when our team reviews the request. So I can get this over to engineering could you please provide as much context/background information as possible? It would help if you can answer the following questions. Thanks -- Ian

    • What is the problem that this feature would fix? 
    • Why is it a problem?
    • Is there a workaround you currently have for this problem? 
    • Do you have a suggestion on how you would like to see the problem fixed?? 
    • How big is the problem? Who is affected by this problem? (End Users, Admins, etc.)
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  • Michel Poisson
    • What is the problem that this feature would fix? 

    It would allow me to automate sending files with names that have custom date formats.

    • Why is it a problem?

    Because the current {{TSTR}} format is not compatible with an external service provider.

    • Is there a workaround you currently have for this problem? 

    Not currently, but I could probably do it with PowerShell and OpenSSH instead if I end up having to.

    • Do you have a suggestion on how you would like to see the problem fixed?? 

    Just add separate variables for the year, month, and day.

    • How big is the problem? Who is affected by this problem? (End Users, Admins, etc.)

    Data for a financial service is not being updated automatically.  Admins currently have to upload it manually.

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  • Ian Butteriss
    Product Support

    Excellent, thanks, much appreciated. I will get this into an Engineering request today.

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