Creating Hot Folders
You can create hot folders in RICOH Account Administration, in the Hot Folders tab.
- Make sure that your user has an Administrator role in RICOH Account Administration.
- Install and set up RICOH Cloud Connector.
- Create a folder on a computer that RICOH Cloud Connector can access. The folder must be shared in the network with Read/Write access.
- Sign in to RICOH Account Administration.
- In the left pane, click Hot Folders.You see the Hot Folders tab:
- Click Add Hot Folder in the top-right corner of the page.You see the Add Hot Folder dialog:
- Enter the name of the hot folder, a description with useful information about the hot folder, and the location of the folder you created.
- Click Ok.
- If you have multiple instances of RICOH Cloud Connector, select the instance that you want to use with the hot folder from the Select RICOH Cloud Connector dialog and click Ok.
- Important:
- When a cloud connector is disconnected or deleted, the associated hot folders are
disconnected.
If you register a new RICOH Cloud Connector instance, the new instance is automatically associated with the hot folders that no longer have a cloud connector assigned.
- If you have automations sending jobs to hot folders, and those hot folders are disconnected, the jobs get into Error state.