Explore - Connection Explorer
The Connection Explorer window browses the remote files of your existing Connections. Use it to test a Connection, find the right remote path for a Task, and view, rename, delete and transfer files.
To open it, click Tools -> Explore -> Connection Explorer.
The Connection Explorer connects with the settings of the Connection itself, including how it checks certificates and host keys. See the Connection pages, for example Connection - FTP and Connection - SFTP.
Connections tab
The Connections tab lists the Connections that the explorer can open: FTP and FTPS, SFTP, SCP, WebDAV, WinSCP and SharePoint Connections, and the cloud storage Connections Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. Right-click a Connection to connect to it or to open its properties. The Server files tab shows the files on the VisualCron Server.
File list
When a Connection is open, its files are shown on the right, with a log of the connection events below them. Right-click a file or folder for these items:
- Refresh
- Select All and Select
- New Folder
- Delete
- View: downloads the file and opens it with the default application
- Rename
- Properties
For FTP and SFTP Connections, you can drag files and folders between source and destination. The Transfer log tab at the bottom lists the transfers, and the Terminal log tab shows the terminal output.
Delete deletes the file or folder on the remote server.
Limitations
Some FTP servers return listings in a non-standard format. These may not list in the Connection Explorer but still work in Tasks.