That makes more sense.  Given my circumstances I might not be able to test this and might have to use Workbench to get a similar outcome, but I'll mark as answered.  If I do test and wrap my brain around it, I'll update this thread.Thank you very much for your help.

Thanks for the reply on an old post.  I made a new thread with my full question since I think I'm getting into something different. Regarding your suggestions, I don't believe I am or should be dealing with subfolders beyond including "input/" in the workflow input.  I don't how to tweak folderPath ...

(AEM Forms 6.4 on JEE)I am using a watched folder configured with an OSGi workflow that has a single OOTB Forms 6.4 step "Secure Document" that applies ARES credentials.  My goal is to drop a PDF with a variable file name into the watched folder and get an extended PDF with the same name as output.T...

This has frustrated me for weeks, so thank you for sharing.Setting workflow input to "input/<file.extension>" seems to work only if you know what the input file name is.  Is there a way around this?I've tried "input/%F.pdf", "input/%F.%E", "input.pdf", "*.pdf", "input", the 'use payload' setting, et...

Yes, the Forms 6.4 add-on.I pointed the workflow to "...(/.*/)renditions/original" on example and two other forms and all extended successfully.  Seems odd that the 'output under payload' mode can look to the parent node while 'overwrite' can't, even though one is overwriting and one is not.  Maybe ...

OOTB.  Input is simply 'use payload'.  No encryption, locking, or signatures.

I have a one-step workflow that Reader-extends uploaded PDFs using the Secure Document step.  Payload is a single PDF of type 'dam:Asset'.  When the workflow output is set to "Overwrite Payload File", the job fails.  Last lines in the failure details:Caused by: com.adobe.granite.workflow.WorkflowExc...

Solution was to not use "Custom" authentication but "LDAP" for the enterprise domain.

I am trying to authenticate Active Directory users on a turnkey install of AEM Forms 6.4 on JEE.  Previously, I was able to authenticate successfully on an OSGi-only instance by following these instructions.  On JEE, I made a new Enterprise Domain and added a directory and authentication provider us...