Hi Koji, that looks excellent, many thanks!

I did consider wait/notify, but wasn't quite sure - not used wait/notify
before. Many thanks for putting the example together, I will give this a
try.

Martijn

On 28 May 2018 at 05:11, Koji Kawamura <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> Alternative approach is using Wait/Notify processors.
> I have developed similar flow using those before, and it will work
> with your case I believe.
> A NiFi flow template is available here.
> https://gist.github.com/ijokarumawak/06b3b071eeb4d10d8a27507981422edd
>
> Hope this helps,
> Koji
>
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 11:48 PM, Andrew Grande <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Martijn,
> >
> > Here's an idea you could explore. Have the ListFile processor work as
> usual
> > and create a custom component (start with a scripting one to prototype)
> > grouping the filenames as needed. I don't know of the number of files in
> a
> > set is different every time, so trying to be more robust.
> >
> > Once you group and count the set, you can transfer the names to the
> success
> > relationship. Ignore otherwise and wait until the set is full.
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 27, 2018, 7:29 AM Martijn Dekkers <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I am trying to work out an issue with little success.
> >>
> >> I need to ingest files generated by some application. I can only ingest
> >> these files when a specific set exists. For example:
> >>
> >> file_123_456_ab.ex1
> >> file_123_456_cd.ex1
> >> file_123_456_ef.ex1
> >> file_123_456_gh.ex1
> >> file_123_456.ex2
> >>
> >> Only when a set like that exists should I pick them up into the Flow.
> The
> >> parts I am looking for to "group" would "ab.ex1", "cd.ex1", "ef.ex1",
> >> "gh.ex1", ".ex2".
> >>
> >> I tried to do this with some expression, but couldn't work it out.
> >>
> >> What would be the best way to achieve this?
> >>
> >> Many thanks!
>

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