Some of the system background processes use extra parameters to indicate a File Path and/or File Name for an input file or an output file. For example, most extract processes use File Path and File Name parameter to indicate where to place the output file.

For the file path parameter, refer to Referencing URIs for several points related to populating the file path and the supported syntax.

For the file name parameter, there are extract processes that support defining a file name that ends in ".zip" or ".gz", which will automatically result in writing the file with zip or gzip compression (based on the suffix). Similarly, there are upload processes that support decompression of files using the appropriate method based on the file name ending in ".zip" or ".gz". If the extract or upload process supports compression / decompression, it should be indicated accordingly in the description of the File Name parameter. If a batch control doesn't explicitly indicate that it supports compression or decompression in its description, the assumption should be that it is not supported.