https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/29883/create-zip-fileHi All, I am trying to create a zip file using create zip file smart service. After configuring the parameters (documents,folder,file name) i tried to execute the smart service but getting this error. Exceptionnet.lingala.zip4j.exception.ZipExceptionen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.appian.com/thread/118666?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:54:17 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:8fdd11bc-77b8-4285-8de8-21a782961407Mike Schmitt<p>My trick for this is usually using a &quot;filename safe&quot; datestamp, like text(now(), &quot;yyyy-mm-dd&quot;) (bonus, it&#39;s ISO 8601 compliance and sorts correctly).<br /><img src="/resized-image/__size/320x240/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/19/pastedimage1693925604816v1.png" alt=" " /> (h/t: XKCD)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/118647?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:59:12 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:0f088914-dcbc-44bc-bf8b-19512e4fafa1pradeepb568219<p>Thanks for the suggestion,replaced today() with text and it worked.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/118645?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:50:48 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:81b6e88b-cf9a-49df-81ad-c6ec96e907f1Stefan Helzle<p>today() becomes &quot;9/5/2023&quot; and the slash is an invalid character in file names. You will have to create the file name in a save way.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/118643?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:48:41 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:12964e22-c1f4-44ec-8d02-5e9967ee0ec8pradeepb568219<p>This is the file name&nbsp;<strong>TestZip Attachments&amp;today() i have given.</strong></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.appian.com/thread/118641?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:44:19 GMTd3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:afb72b40-1d76-439b-a48c-d0c9de6c4347Stefan Helzle<p>The slashes in the file name look suspicious. Is that provided by you?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>