Notify a user after the message is been delivered to the FTP location by the send port

Question

I have a scenario where I need to send an alert to the user after the file is been delivered to the FTP location.
If for any reason if the send port fails and the file is not delivered then the alert should not be sent. If the first attempt fails there will be a retry and the alert should not be sent on every retry. Only after successful delivery of message.
I have a limitation, Just need to implement using the send ports, No Orchestration or no custom artifacts.
Please advice.
Thanks in Advance.
Thanks Mallesh Bonla BizTalk Architect

Answer 1

Hi Mallesh,
If you don't want to use any custom artifacts like custom pipeline, then you can consider this option.
Create FTP Receive port/Location (Yes Its Receive) and let it poll for any new files to the FTP location where your send port with FTP has configured for.
In the FTP adapter property (of the above Receive location) set  "Delete After Download" -No, "Enable
Timestamp Comparison"-Yes.
Create a send port with file for the above Receive port name. Configure this send port to send email/alert.
This configuration would send an email immediately when the FTP folder receives a file. i.e. As per your requirement, whenever file has been delivered
to the FTP folder/server, the above new receive location would trigger for the newly received file. Since you have enabled "Delete After Download" -No, file would not be deleted from the FTP folder and since you have "Enable Timestamp Comparison"
to Yes, adapter would not retrigger another transfer. In this case the new Receive location would only act as receiving trigger message whenever FTP folder receive a file.
This is the only way you can achieve your requirement without any custom artifacts just with the standard out-of-box components.
Otherwise use
la Cour option of promoting AckRequired to the context to enable delivery notification in messaging only way. If you use Orchestration, you know you can do this
with Delivery notification feature.
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