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Get an Excel inventory of FTP folders in one request
For data and IT teams planning an audit, clean up or migration who want FTP folder contents in a spreadsheet.
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Connector
Connect FTP Server, pick your AI tool and paste the prompt.
The problem
Nobody knows what is on the FTP server any more
Years of transfers leave FTP servers full of old folders and files nobody owns. Working out what is there for a clean up, audit or migration means crawling directories and pasting listings into a spreadsheet.
Without PopdockAI
- Crawl each FTP directory by hand
- Copy listings into a spreadsheet
- Tidy names, sizes and dates by hand
- Repeat for every folder
With PopdockAI
- Ask for a folder's contents in plain words
- The listing comes back as an Excel file with a set name and worksheet
- Results can be narrowed by name or date
- It is read only and covers only the folders your admin exposes
Who it's for
One answer, three teams that use it
Data analysts
Get a listing you can sort and filter
An Excel file of the folder contents is ready to analyse, without copying listings by hand.
Export the file listing for the exports folder on FTP to Excel.
IT administrators
Plan a clean up or migration
Inventories by folder show what is there before you archive, delete or move anything.
Give me an Excel list of files older than 2023 in the partners folder on our FTP server.
Compliance officers
Document what is stored for an audit
A shareable listing of a folder's contents gives auditors a clear record of what is held.
Create an Excel inventory of the Fabrikam contracts folder on FTP for our audit file.
How it works
What PopdockAI does when you ask
You name a folder and your AI assistant returns its file listing as an Excel file, ready to sort and share. Nothing on the server is changed.
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Ask
You name a folder, and optionally narrow it by name or date.
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Read
It lists the files in the folders your admin exposes.
03
Export
It returns the listing as an Excel file with a set name and worksheet.
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The outcome
A shareable FTP inventory in one request
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