Create and manage Formats

Overview

When data objects are involved, for example, when working with files or web services, you must use data exchange formats. 

When creating a data exchange Format, you are not defining fields and validation rules. Instead, you define parsing options, such as what delimiter is used for CSV or what namespace is used for XML.

Read more about available data exchange Formats.

Create Format

Step 1. Open Connections, select Formats, and click Add Format.

Step 2. Select the corresponding Format type in the opened box.

To quickly find the desired Format type, you can enter all or part of its name in the search box. After this, only the Format types which contain the specified string in their names will be displayed.

To filter Formats by category, you can click the corresponding Format category from the list to the left of Format types.

Step 3. After the Format type has been selected, continue by entering the Format parameters.

Step 4. After the Format has been created, click Save.

Manage Formats

All saved Formats are displayed in a grid on the Formats page and can be quickly filtered by name and type. 

Modify, duplicate, and delete Formats

Formats can be modified, duplicated, or deleted from within the grid.

• Click Save at the bottom right corner of the screen to update the Format.
• Click Duplicate at the bottom left corner of the screen to duplicate the Format.
• Click Delete at the bottom left corner of the screen to delete the Format.

Find Format usage

You can find all the Flows which are using a specific Format.

To find where the Format is used, click Find Usage at the bottom of the screen.

Export and import Formats

Use Export/Import to copy Formats between accounts or duplicate them with all the parameters.