Adding export destinations

 

When creating schedules for report exporting, a user must enter the pathname of a destination folder where the data files will be placed, you select a destination for the export data from the displayed list of destinations.

 

 

The destinations are added to the system using the program CCSDESTINATIONS.EXE, found in the ../ccs400/programs folder. This is done because there is no way an app running in a browser can validate a folder pathname, so we have to add them using this external program.

 

Two default destinations are added during the installation process, '../ccs400/data/reports' and '../ccs400/data/temp'. It's likely that at some point you will want to add your own folder pathnames to the list. Run the exe and the dialog below will be displayed, or something similar depending on your OS version (win10 in the following screenshots).

 

 

Use the browse button to select or create a new folder.

 

 

When you are happy, click OK. The folder pathname is now in the pathname field below the list of destinations.

 

 

You have to click the 'Add' button to actually add the pathname to the list of destinations.

 

 

If you change your mind just select the pathname in the list and click the 'Remove' button.

 

 

A dialog pops up warning you that if you remove a destination, any schedules that reference that destination may not work as you expect.

 

 

Click 'Yes' and the destination is removed. You will not be able to remove the first two default pathnames in the destination list.