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After an Excel file has been uploaded to Spark and the logic is converted to code, it is referred to as a Spark service. Folders are used to organize multiple Spark services together.

The Home screen is used to view and manage the folders in your Spark tenant.

Change how folders are displayed

• Search: Enter a search term and the list will update.

• Sort: Change the sort order of the folders.

• Categories: Filter for specific folder categories. Each folder has a category property to facilitate organization. Folder categories can be managed in Folder categories.

• Favorite folders: Show only folders that are marked as Favorite by the user. This is a user level setting.

• List view / Card view: The default Card view shows folders as large image tiles. Hover over the image to view more details about the folder. List view is more compact and displays one folder per line.

Add a new folder

1. Select New folder.

2. Enter a unique folder Name.

3. Select a Folder category. Categories filter folders on the Home screen.

4. Optionally, upload a cover image.

5. Enter a description for the folder.

6. Select Create.

7. Spark opens the Folder overview.

Upload a previously downloaded folder

1. If a folder had previously been downloaded, click New folder.

2. Select the Upload folder tab.

3. Select Browse or drag the .zip file into the upload area.

4. The folder will be added to Spark.

The backend for this feature is based upon the ImpEx APIs. An exported ZIP file from the Export API can also be uploaded here.

Folder actions

Additional actions can be performed on the folder from the ellipsis menu.

Favorite folder, Unfavorite folder

Favorite folders can be filtered on the home screen using the toggle.

Edit folder

Edit the Category, Description, and cover image.

Clone folder

Clone folder makes a copy of the folder with a new name. Spark will only retain the latest version of each service.

You must enter a new Name, Folder category, and Description.

Download folder

Spark makes it easy to package the services within a folder together to move between environments. The .zip file can be imported back to Spark as described in Upload a previously downloaded folder. There is a choice to Include only latest service version or Include all service versions.

The backend for this feature is based upon the ImpEx APIs.

Delete folder

Before a folder is deleted, Spark will request confirmation for the delete action. After confirmation, everything within the folder including Services, Documents, and Transforms will be deleted. There is no process to recover deleted entities. A folder cannot be deleted if it contains Active services.

Set permissions

If your tenant is set up as a Private tenant, access to this folder can be managed in this menu. Users, user groups, and service accounts can be assigned access to a folder.

1. From the dropdown select a user or user group. You can also type characters to filter the dropdown list.

2. After adding the user or user group, the default permissions granted are read only.

3. Select the boxes for create, execute, update, delete as required. Reference Spark entity permission types to assign the appropriate permissions to each user or user group depending on what you need each user to do.

4. Once selected, the permissions are automatically applied.