Create Folder

Create Folder creates a new folder on your SFTP or FTP server. Use it to prepare a destination before you upload or move files into it, for example one folder per day or per customer.

Before you start

The action connects through an FTP credential that you create once in the Credential Manager (host, port, protocol FTP or SFTP, an optional Directory path, and a user name with a password or a key file). See FTP Credential.

Add the action

In the Process Designer toolbox, open SFTP and pick Create Folder (or type Create Folder in the search box).

The Create Folder action properties: Select SFTP credentials, Source Folder, Folder Name and Result

Inputs and outputs

Field	Direction	Type	Required	What to put / what you get
Select SFTP credentials	Input	FTP credential	Yes	The credential of the server.
Source Folder	Input	Text	No	An existing folder to create the new folder in, relative to the credential's Directory path. Leave empty for the root folder.
Folder Name	Input	Text	Yes	The name of the new folder. It can also be a path, such as `2026/11/10`: every missing level is created.
Result	Output	Boolean	Yes	`true` if the folder was created or already exists, `false` if not.

Examples

Measured on an SFTP server where the folder CFTEST1 already contained aaa/bbb:

Source Folder	Folder Name	Result	What happened on the server
`CFTEST1`	`aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd`	`true`	Only the missing levels, `ccc` and `ccc/ddd`, were created inside `CFTEST1/aaa/bbb`.
`CFTEST1`	`aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd` (second run)	`true`	Nothing: the folders already existed.
`CFTEST1/aaa`	`bbb/ccc2`	`true`	`ccc2` was created inside `CFTEST1/aaa/bbb`.
`CFTEST1/nosuch1/nosuch2`	`leaf`	`false`	Nothing: Source Folder doesn't exist.

Good to know

Put the path in Folder Name, not in Source Folder. Missing levels are created only when they are part of Folder Name. If Source Folder doesn't exist, Result is false and nothing is created, without an error.
Paths are relative to the credential's Directory path. If the credential points to /home/data, write exports, not /home/data/exports. Repeating the Directory path makes the action look for /home/data/home/data/exports and return false.
Both / and \ separate levels in Folder Name. Leading, trailing and double separators are ignored.
Running the action again on an existing folder returns true, so it is safe to run on every process run. true is also returned when a file with that name already exists, so don't use Result to tell a folder from a file.
If one level can't be created, the levels created before it stay on the server and Result is false.
Names are case-sensitive on most SFTP servers: Reports is created next to reports, not inside it. Spaces are kept as part of the name.
If the server returns an error, the step fails with "Error while trying to create folder".

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