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# Adding a File Management Task Step

To add a new File Management step to an existing task, do the following:

1. Open the relevant task (for creating new tasks, see Creating a New Task).
2. Either:

|  | Click and drag the File Management icon from the Task Browser to the task Design area.

|  | Click on the Environment tab in the Task Browser. Right-click on Steps and select New > General > File Management.

|  | From the task's Design tab, right-click on empty space and select New > General > File Management.

3. Enter a Name and Description for the step.
4. If a file server connection has been setup (see Connecting to a File Server), enable Download file(s) with FTP or HTTP protocols.
   1. Select the relevant Connection from the drop-down.
   2. If a different server directory is to be interrogated, enable Override global server directory setting, and enter the new Directory.
   3. Enter the File Name to be managed. Use the `*` (asterisk) wildcard to manage a range of files.
5. Else, choose where the source file is located:
   1. If the document is consumed from a previous step in the task, enable File Name and Path from previous step and choose the step from the Source drop-down.
   2. If the document is external to King Task Centre, click Browse to enter the Path and File Name of the document.
6. Select the Main tab.
7. Select the required management option, then complete the tab details for that option as required.
8. Select the Options tab, then choose the required error options.
9. If required, select Memory to define a Repository to memorise some or all of the recordset used by this step in the Memory Definitions dialog.
10. Click OK to save the new step and close the dialog box. An icon for the step is displayed on the Task Plan.

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