Function access to AZ FileShare?

Kinetic ERP
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Anyone know whether an Epicor function can read/write to Epicor managed Azure File Share? Like the one Epicare sets up for Bartender (KB0132856)?

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Who manages the AZ File Share? If it’s your tenant, then you can use Azure’s Roll-Based Access Control to grant write access from an Azure Function to, well, any kind of storage - from cheap blob storage to more expensive Azure File Shares.

It would be nice if we could grant access to the Epicor managed identity to our tenants.

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Epicor manages the FileShare for bartender and sends a script with cert to connect on prem. So I assume at least their bartender reports can write to it but don’t know how their processes are siloed.

I wonder if the cert can be used somehow in erp-function to enable file io instead of more complicated rest based file handling.

Say for example user attach to ‘local’ image (not really local cuz az file share) and erp-function loads ‘local’ image from file share, converts base64, displays in kinetic. No api just disk io.

I assume my own file share cannot be accessed from erp cloud except via rest.

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Are you doing a Bartender application or something different?

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Bartender plus more if possible.

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The file share is used for Bartender and EDI files.

Yes you can use a function to save files to the AZ Share.

I am doing just that to save a Trial Balance CSV and then picking up the AZShare trialBal.CSV to upload to another system.

I do not know if this is a “sanctioned” execution - but for now . . . it works.
DaveO

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Thanks, have you tried sandbox.io or system.io?

Looks like this will be supported via sandbox, curious whether it now is.

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Yes, it is available with 2025.1. You can use ServerFolder.FileShare. Examples can be found here:

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Thank you @Epic_Santiago for your reply.

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I gave it a try and it indeed apears to be working. (2025.1.8 cloud w Epicare provisioned AZ file share per KB0132856)

this function:

var newPath = new FilePath(ServerFolder.FileShare, this.input);
this.output =  $"{newPath.ToString()}";

{
  "input": ""
}
{
    "output": "FileShare\\"
}

{
  "input": "test.txt"
}
{
    "output": "FileShare\\test.txt"
}

and this function:

var newPath = new FilePath(ServerFolder.FileShare, this.input);
this.output = Sandbox.IO.File.Exists(newPath) ? 1 : 0;

{
  "input": "test.txt"
}
{
    "output": 1
}

{
  "input": "nosuchfile.txt"
}
{
    "output": 0
}