Scenario Selection Options Menu

 

This menu appears when you do one of the following:

§   Select a scenario in the Scenario Export Details Window.

§   Complete your replies when amending an entry in the Scenario Export Details Window.

Purpose

This menu gives you options to make amendments to the selected scenario, or to initiate the export of the data.

The options are:

Amend

Return to the Scenario Export Details where you can change the details at the following prompts: Style, Data folder, File name, Program folder, Parameters. Þ Scenario Export Details Window.

Note

If you need to make more extensive changes to the scenario, or to set up a new scenario, use the Maintain Scenarios Window.

Export

Initiate the export process using the selected scenario. A window displays the progress of the export process. When the process finishes:

§   If a program has been specified for the scenario, it is invoked in the host environment.

 

§   Otherwise Þ Scenario Export Details Window.

Export errors

If the file specified in the scenario already exists and the scenario's data path is configured to prompt when this happens Þ Output File Exists Menu.

 

If any of the following occur Þ Export Error Options Menu:

§   The file specified in the scenario is in use.

 

§   The specified data path is invalid.

 

§   The file becomes full as the exported data is being written to it.

Note

If you use the sample templates when exporting data to Word, an error can occur in Word if the 'Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file-types that are registered' option is selected in Windwos. To check or change this setting in Windows:

§   Select 'Options' from the View Menu in Windows Explorer

 

§   Select the View Tab and deselect the 'Hide MS-DOS file extensions for file-types that are registered' option.

Exit

Þ Scenario Export Details Window.