Transferring Data

Select the “Transfer Data” activity under the “Configurator” business component.

The “Transfer Data” page appears.

The system displays the following:

Date & Time Format

The format in which the date and time fields are displayed. This format is displayed from the "User Preferences" business component based on the login user id. In case the format is not defined, the system displays the date format from the "Enterprise Modeling" business component by default.

Enter the following field in the “Action” group box:

Operation Mode

Use the drop-down list box to load or extract data package from main base or offline base, based on the ‘Usage Mode’.

Extract - Select this option to extract the data package from main base or offline base.
Load - Select this option to load the extracted data package in the main base or offline base.

The system displays “Extract”, by default.

Extract Operation

The system displays the “Extract Operation” section and hides the ‘Load Operation’ section, if the option “Extract” is selected in the ‘Operation Mode” drop-down list box.

The following fields are displayed:

Requested on	The date of request of latest data package extracted from the respective base. Base may be ‘Online’ or ‘Offline’ identified by the Usage Mode.
Requested by	The name of the login user who requested the latest data package extracted from the respective base.
Usage Mode	The usage mode which indicates whether the transactions are carried out from main base or offline field base. The following values are displayed based on the option settings in the “Configure Offline Parameters” activity of the current business component. Online: Main Base Offline: Offline Area #
Request #	The request number generated when the request is made for extracting data.
Status	The status of the data extraction processes. The system displays one of the following values: Extract Requested - Indicates that Request # is generated and data package is in process. Extract-Initiated - Indicates that extraction of data package is initiated. Extract In-Progress - Indicates that data extraction process is in progress. Extract Failed - Indicates that data extraction is failed. Extracted - Indicates that data package is extracted from the respective database.

Enter the following field:

Message Center

Any error message / instruction is displayed in case of extraction failures or when no data is available for the Request #.

Click the “Initiate Operation” pushbutton to initiate the data extraction process.

The system does not allow you to extract data on following conditions:

If there exists a request in “Extract-Initiated” status.
If there is no Offline Area in Operational status.
If the Offline Area is “Operational” and if all the entities (i.e. aircraft, work center) are returned.
Click the icon ‘ ’ to view the extracted data.
Click the icon ‘ ’ to view the data transfer history.

Load Operation

The system displays the “Load Operation” section and hides the ‘Extract Operation’ section, if you select “Load” in the ‘Operation Mode” drop-down list box. Load operation is performed automatically by the scheduler.

On detection of a file in the path by the file watcher, system the draws an entry in the table marking the status of File as "Load- Requested". Note that manual intervention must be avoided, unless the selected data package is a failure one.
Scheduler is set at regular intervals to read the table and ensure the presence of data. On initiation of package loading process by the scheduler, the status of selected package will be changed to "Load In-Progress".
On successful completion of loading, the status of package is changed to "Loaded".
In case of failure, the status of package is changed to "Load-Failed".

The system displays following in the “Load Operation” group box:

Loaded on	The date on which the data package is loaded in the main base or offline base identified based on the Usage Mode.
Loaded by	The name of the login user who loaded the data package.
Usage Mode	The usage mode which indicates whether the transactions are carried out from main base or offline field base. The following values are displayed based on the option setting in the “Configure Offline Parameters” activity of the current business component. Online: Main Base Offline: Offline Area #
Request #	The request number generated when request is made for loading data.
Status	The status of the data loading process. The system displays one of the following values: Load Requested - Indicates that Request # is generated and data package is in process. Load In-Progress - Indicates that data loading activity is in progress. Load Failed - Indicates that data loading is failed due to dependency / space / force shut down of laptop. Loaded - Indicates that data package is loaded in the respective database in the specified path.
Load Path	The path in which the data package is loaded.

Enter the following field:

Message Center

An error message is displayed in case of loading failures.

The system displays the following in the “Load Operation Details” multiline:

Note: The system retrieves and displays all pending load packages, in-progress packages actioned by the scheduler, in the multiline.

Offline Area #	The code identifying the offline area.
Request #	The request number generated when request is made for loading data.
Status	The status of the data loading process. The system displays one of the following values: Load Requested - Indicates that Request # is generated and data package is in process. Load In-Progress - Indicates that data loading activity is in progress. Load Failed - Indicates that data loading is failed due to dependency / space / force shut down of laptop.
From Date	The starting date / time of extraction of a data package.
To Date	The ending date / time of extraction of a data package.
Message Center	Any action related to the data package is displayed in this field. For example, relevant messages are displayed when data package is run by the scheduler, or when data package failure happens.
Loaded by / Date	The system displays one of the following values: ‘System’ / date on which loading happens, if the loading is done automatically by the scheduler without any user action. User name / date on which loading happens, if the loading happens by user action for failed packages.

Click the “Initiate Operation” pushbutton to initiate the data loading process.

Note: The system displays an error message if any concurrent user attempts to modify the records in the multiline.

Loading is initiated only for packages which are in “Load-Requested” or “Load-Failed” status. You must select at least one package in any of these two statuses.
You must select only one row of package which is in “Load-Failed” status in the multiline, for manual loading.

Note: Only failed packages can be manually loaded by the user.

Click the icon ‘ ’ to view the data transfer history.