General Details Group

General details

This group of fields is part of the File Transfer Editor. It contains basic information about the file transfer.

Description: Purpose of the file transfer, Rentals import for example

Manufacturer: Two-character code identifying the manufacturer to which the record relates

Note: When you create a file transfer record, Autoline automatically populates Manufacturer with the correct code.

Disabled: A tick inhibits transfers using this record. This enables you to process a transfer without actually sending the file, which is useful when testing a file transfer process without actually transmitting data. If it is ticked, a warning to that effect is displayed when the record is validated.

Company: Identifies the Autoline company to which the transfer record relates

Tip: Click the Company ellipsis button to set or remove a company. If this field is empty, the record is applied to all companies.

Module: Identifies the module to which the record relates in the Autoline company

File direction: Direction of the file transfer

Note: Because you can transfer files both to and from the computer systems specified in the file transfer record, you must specify in which direction the transfer operates.

One of:

GET Retrieve a file: Retrieves a file from the PC terminal or remote server from which the transfer is run and stores it in your Autoline system

PUT Send a file: Sends a file from your Autoline system to the PC terminal or remote server from which the transfer is run

Tip: Click the File direction and Method drop-down buttons to select from lists.

Method: Identifies the file transfer method. One of:

A API copy: Copies files between Autoline and a client system, such as local PC

C Copy file only: Copies files within the Autoline system

Note: Copy file only automatically sets the File direction to PUT, this being the only valid direction for that transfer method.

F FTP: Transmits files between Autoline and a remote server