Select Data Folder Window

 

This window appears when you press <F1> at the Data Folder prompt in the either the Maintain Scenarios Window or the Scenario Export Details Window

Purpose

This window lists data folders which contain data paths valid for your operator id. It enables you to select one for the scenario and to amend data path details.

Note

The data paths which are valid for your operator id are:

§   All those for fixed path data folders.

§   All personalised ones containing your operator id.

Further information

For an introduction to data folders and paths, see Data Folders and Data Paths - Introduction.

Move through list

You can move through the list using the cursor and <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys in the standard way.

Select

To select a data folder, move the cursor to the required entry and press <Return>. The prompts are described in detail below.

The prompts are:

Folder

(Display only.) The id of the data folder.

Description

(Display only.) Up to 30 characters of description.

Fixed path

(Display only.) Y for fixed path data folders, N for personalised data folders.

Pathway for operator

(Display only.) For personalised data folders, the operator id is shown. For fixed path data folders, this is blank.

Note

If you entered this window when exporting data, any changes you make to the following details are used for the subsequent export. However the data path itself is only updated with the changes if it contains your own operator id.

(Description)

The description of the data path.

Global or open file

(G/O.) Enter one of the following:

§   G to create or update a GSM text file in the Global file-system.

 

§   O to create or update a file in the open (host) file-system.

If it exists

The action to be taken if the file being exported to already exists. This must be one of the following:

§   A to append exported information to the existing file.

 

§   O to overwrite the existing file.

 

§   P to prompt during export for the action to be taken.

Note

To avoid the need for operator input, set this prompt to A or O, for scenarios used for EDI spooler exports

Unit

(Only if you entered G at the 'Global or open file' prompt above.) The three character GSM unit-id the file is to be exported to or imported from.

Path

(Only if you entered O at the 'Global or open file' prompt above.) Up to 140 characters defining the server, volume and directory (folder) on which an exported file is to be updated or created, or an imported file resides.

Note

If you are running Windows 95 and you use long folder names (i.e. in excess of eight characters), you need to use the alternative short names recognised by MS-DOS. You can find out what these are through the MS-DOS 'DIR' command, or by right-clicking on the folder in Windows Explorer and selecting 'Properties'.

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On completion

Þ File Name prompt in the Maintain Scenarios Window.

On exit

Þ Maintain Scenarios Window