try {
            connection = sftp.createConnection({
                username: 'xxx',
                passwordGuid: myPwdGuid,
                url: '<http://xxx.com|xxx.com>',
                directory: '/relative/filepath',
                hostKey: myHostkey
            });
        } catch (e) {
            log.error({
                title: 'connection error',
                details: e.message
            });
            context.write({
                key: 'connection',
                value: e.message
            });
        }
        //loops through values array and builds master string
        var results = context.values;
        var final = "";
        for (var i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
            final = final + results[i];
        }
        //used for naming the file
        var date = new Date();
        var tdate = date.getDate();
        var month = date.getMonth() + 1; // jan = 0
        var year = date.getFullYear();
        var currentDate = month + '.' + tdate + '.' + year;
        var fileName = 'file upload ' + currentDate;
        //file creation to post to SFTP and save in file cabinet
        var fileobj = file.create({
            name: fileName,
            fileType: file.Type.PLAINTEXT,
            contents: final,
            folder: someid,
            isOnline: true
        });
        var id = fileobj.save();
        try {
            //attempt to upload to SFTP
            connection.upload({
                directory: '/',
                filename: fileName,
                file: fileobj,
                replaceExisting: true
            });
        } catch (e) {
            log.error({
                title: 'upload failed',
                details: e.message
            });
            context.write({
                key: 'upload',
                value: e.message
            });
        }