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Bots From Extension: file

Read & Write From Files

This extension provides 13 bots.





Bot @files:appendfile

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Save dataframe to file using filename, if file exists, append the data. Supports only CSV format.

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Filename or URL for the output data. Only CSV files are supported for append.







Bot @files:datasets-to-xlsx

Bot Position In Pipeline: Source

Export specified datasets to an Excel file, each dataset as a different sheet. Returns summary of export.

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Excel filename for the exported data
datasets* Text Regular expression listing of datasets to be included in export







Bot @files:ec-entity-analysis

Bot Position In Pipeline: Source

Processes EC zip file and Builds relationships between the entities

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
input_zipfile_path* Text Path to EdgeCollector ZIP file
output_path* Text Path to store output files
device_ops_view Text False Enable to create device-ops-view json
device_view Text False Enable to create device-view json
poe_summary Text False Enable to create poe_summary json







Bot @files:ec-get-collected-data

Bot Position In Pipeline: Source

Parse collected JSON data from a CloudFabrix EdgeCollector ZIP Filepath

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Path to EdgeCollector ZIP filename
ip_pattern Text .* IP Address pattern for which data should be loaded
ip_list Text Comma searated IP Addresses for which data should be loaded
json_path Text JSON path to a specific object in each input JSON file (seperated by .), example: 'base.data'







Bot @files:ec-get-discovery-results

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Parse collected JSON data from a CloudFabrix EdgeCollector Agent results

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
input_column Text DISCOVERY_ZIP_FILE Column Name in input dataframe which is usually output of EdgeCollector Agent discovery results
ip_pattern Text .* IP Address pattern for which data should be loaded
ip_list Text Comma searated IP Addresses for which data should be loaded
json_path Text JSON path to a specific object in each input JSON file (seperated by .), example: 'base.data'
minio_file_location Text Location of stored Edgecollector Agent discovery file in minio
read_failed_devices Text no Specify 'yes' to include failed devices or 'no' to load only successful devices. By default
loads successfull devices only







Bot @files:ec-get-raw-data

Bot Position In Pipeline: Source

Get collected raw text from a CloudFabrix EdgeCollector ZIP File

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Path to EdgeCollector ZIP filename
ip_pattern Text .* IP Address pattern for which data should be loaded
raw_filename_pattern Text .* Regular expression pattern to filter for specific filenames







Bot @files:export-content-to-zip-file

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Export each row as a file into a ZIP file

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
output_zipfile* Text Output ZIP filename
filename_column Text filename Column with filename to be added to ZIP, one per each row
content_column Text content File content column
encoding_column Text encoding Column name with encoding type. Encoding type can be 'text' or 'binary'. If column not found,
uses 'text' encoding







Bot @files:get-zip-fileinfo

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

List information about each file within the provided ZIP File

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Path to ZIP file
is_minio_file Text yes 'yes' if the zip file is located in minio. Valid values are 'yes' or 'no'







Bot @files:load-content-from-file

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Load content from file specified by 'filename' column into 'content' column

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename_column Text filename Column with filename to be loaded per each row
content_column Text content File content column where loaded data will be placed
encoding_column Text encoding Column name with encoding type. Encoding type can be 'text' or 'binary'. If column found, uses
'text' encoding







Bot @files:loadfile

Bot Position In Pipeline: Source

Load dataframe from file using filename, filetype, sheet and line_read parameters

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Filename or URL for the input data
filetype Text File type is either csv/json/xlsx. If not specified, it will be derived from extension.
sheet Text Specify sheet name if file type is xlsx. If not specified, first sheet will be returned.
line_read Text no Only applicable for JSON. By default, the whole file is loaded as JSON. If you want to load
as a json object per line, set it to 'yes'.







Bot @files:rda-get-discovery-results

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Parse collected data from a CloudFabrix RDA ZIP Filepath

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Path to ZIP file
type Text RDA collection type included within the meta.json
descriptors Text Comma separated RDA collection descriptors included within the meta.json. Eg: cucm-servers,cucm-servers
is_minio_file Text yes 'yes' if the zip file is located in minio. Valid values are 'yes' or 'no'







Bot @files:save-content-to-file

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Save content from 'content' column into file specified by 'filename' column

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename_column Text filename Column with filename to be saved per each row
content_column Text content File content column
encoding_column Text encoding Column name with encoding type. Encoding type can be 'text' or 'binary'. If column not found,
uses 'text' encoding







Bot @files:savefile

Bot Position In Pipeline: Sink

Save dataframe to file using filename, filetype and sheet parameters

This bot expects a Restricted CFXQL.

Each parameter may be specified using '=' operator and AND logical operation
Following are the parameters expected for this Bot

Parameter Name Type Default Value Description
filename* Text Filename for the output data
filetype Text auto File type is either csv/json/xlsx. If not specified, it will be derived from extension.
sheet Text Sheet 1 Specify sheet name if file type is xlsx. If not specified, sheet name will be 'Sheet 1'

Example Pipelines Using this Bot