File Transfer Location

Enhanced FTP Site Import and Export Directory

Creating file transfer locations for your enhanced FTP site import or export directory allows you to select these directories when you create a file transfer activity. You do not need to provide any further definition information about these file transfer locations because they are the standard import and export directories.

See the Enhanced FTP Guide for more information.

External FTP, SFTP, and FTPS Sites

Creating file transfer locations for your external FTP site gives your ExactTarget account instructions for logging in to an FTP site of your choosing to retrieve files from to deliver files to. When you select one of these types of file transfer locations, you provide the following information:

• URL - The location of the FTP site
• Port - The port for the system to use to access the site
• Username - The username to use to log in to the site
• Password - The password to use to log in to the site

Safehouse

Creating a safehouse location allows you to import decrypted files into ExactTarget without them being exposed in the Enhanced FTP Site Import directory.

When you import an encrypted file, you should:

1. Import the encrypted file into the ExactTarget Enhanced FTP Import Directory.
2. Use the File Transfer Activity to decrypt the file to the Safehouse.
3. Use the Import Activity to import the file from the Safehouse.

It is possible for the Safehouse to be the default destination for imports as well. Contact ExactTarget to make the safehouse location your default import location.

Why Use a File Transfer Location

A file transfer location creates a definition around a place where you store files and provides your ExactTarget account instructions on how to access those files. Once you create file transfer location definition for your regularly used FTP sites, you can reference those file transfer locations easily, without having to provide the credential information over and over again.

Because file transfer locations are defined in the Admin tab, your system administrator can guard the credential information for your FTP sites while still allowing application users to move files to and from these sites as appropriate.