Use the File provider to send or receive data from a file. The File provider supports the following file formats:
- XML
- CSV
- XLS
- XLSX
Use a CSV file in Gateway only when you want to set up and run synchronizations between the File provider and an enterprise application that supports the CSV file format. For example:
- A File - Unifier synchronization to add new Roles from a File to Unifier.
- A Unifier - File synchronization to add new Roles from Unifier to a File.
The File provider allows you to send data from a csv file and receive data into a csv file through synchronizations. To read and write the csv file contents in the source and destination applications respectively, Gateway has been equipped with parsers and generators. You can also create additional parsers and generators to process specific provider objects.