Ci provides its users with the ability to send the content of their Workspaces to an external target, such as an S3 bucket or an Aspera node.
Once a file (or multiple files) or a folder has been selected, there are two different ways you can start the sending process:
Click the "Share" button in the Action Bar at the bottom of the screen and then click the "Send to external target" menu option:
Figure 1: Triggering "Send to external target" from the Action Bar
... or right-click on the selection itself (or click on the three dots), click "Share" and then "Send to external target" menu option:
Figure 2: "Send to external target" in the file's context menu
Please note: this functionality does not support archived files.
Upon clicking on the "Send to external target" option, you will be presented with the following dialogue window.
You can choose predefined External Targets, or create a new Aspera Node or S3 Location in the module.
Figure 3: "Send to external target" in the file's context menu
Below are the settings you will need to set for a new S3 Location:
Figure 4: "Send to external target" S3 configuration dialogue window
And these are the settings you will need to set for a new Aspera external target.
Figure 5: "Send to External Target" Aspera configuration dialogue window
Please note: the provided credentials must have PutObject and GetObject permissions on the target bucket/prefix.
In order to be able to use External Target configuration in the future, the user must either be a Network Admin or request their Network Admin to apply the configuration on the Company Network level.
If you are a Network Admin, please refer to the following article for how to set up an External Target at the CN level and for more information regarding each field: Setting up External Targets (Aspera Node / S3 Location)
After you have sent the files, the dialogue box will close and you will get a notification in the top right.
Figure 6: The "Sent to External Target" notification
To check on the status of your transfers, navigate to the left hand side of your screen and click on the "External Transfers" button. Once you have done so, you will see all External Transfers, with your most recent transfer at the top.
Figure 7: The list of the user's transfers
You can further sort which external transfers you see on the left hand side. You can do this based off of the type of node, which Workspace you want to look at, as well as through different catalogs and Company Networks.
For any additional questions, please reach out to the Ci Customer Success Team by submitting a request here in the Help Center.