Exercise 6: Passing hierarchy info to another flow

Instruction

Modify two flows created in the previous exercises (flow 3A and flow 2) so that:
  • The first flow captures and modifies the hierarchy data;
  • The second job processes the result of the first flow and uses this hierarchy information to put the files back in the appropriate folder.

Test files

Download the test files: http://www.enfocus.com/manuals/Extra/Switch/Switchtutorial.zip

Solution

  • Review the step-by-step solution.
  • Check the result in your own copy of Switch. To do so, import Tutorial 3C Flow.sflow (included in the zip package, under Tutorial Flows) by selecting Flows > Import Flows .
  • Have a look at the video explaining how to build this flow http://youtu.be/-nu27qeXR-A.