FileCopy placeholders
FileCopy allows you to create automated jobs using placeholder content which will be replaced with a certain value when the task is carried out.
Placeholders are formatted using the percent symbol (%) and the name of the value:
| %DateTime% | Returns the Date and Time |
| %Year% | Returns the current year as 'YYYY' |
| %Year_2% | Returns the current year as 'YY' |
| %Day_Of_Week% | Returns the day of the week as 'DDD' |
| %Day_Of_Week_No% | Returns the day number in the week as a number (Mon = 1, Tue = 2, Wed = 3, Thu = 4, Fri = 5, Sat = 6, Sun = 7) |
| %Time% | Returns the time in the format of 'HHMMSS' |
| %Time_12% | Returns the time in the format of 'HHMMSS AM/PM' |
| %MachineName% | Returns the hostname of the computer running FileCopy |
| %Date% | Returns the date in format 'DDMMYYYY' |
| %DateTime% | Returns the date and time |
| %Date_US% | Returns the date in format 'MMDDYYYY' |
| %Day% | Returns the day number in the format 'DD' |
| %Month% | Returns the month in the format 'MM' |
| %Week_No% | Returns the calendar week number. |
| %Week_No_2% | Returns the calendar week number padded with zeros. |
| %Start_Time% | Returns the start time of the FileCopy job in the format 'HHMM00' |
| %Start_Time_US% | Returns the start time of the FileCopy job in the format 'HHMM00 A/P' |
| %Rec_Start_Time% | Returns the recording start time of the FileCopy job in the format 'HHMM00' |
| %Rec_Start_Time_US% | Returns the recording start time of the FileCopy job in the format 'HHMM00 A/P' |
| {DateAdd} | See DateAdd |
| %SourceFileName% | Returns the name of the file being processed. |
| %SourceFileNameNoExtension% | Returns the name without the extension of the file being processed. |
| %SourceFilenameExtension% | Returns the extension of the file being processed. |
| %Broadcast_Week_No% | Returns the broadcast week number. |
| %Broadcast_Week_No_2% | Returns the Broadcast Week number padded with zeros. |
| %AutoIncrement% | Returns the increment number as set up in the 'Auto Increment' section of the 'Multiple Files' selection. Auto Increment can then be set to be increased hourly, daily, or weekly. |
The 'calendar week' is calculated from the first full week of the year. The first 'broadcast week' is the week where January 1 lands.