Specifying parameters for download

Define Interface - A summary of the activity

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The “Specify Parameters For Download” page appears. The system displays the following:

Date format

The date format applicable to the login user. Tell me more

Interface Definition Unit

The organization unit where the Data Transfer Setup component is deployed.

Interface Group Description

The interface group description.

 

The “Interface Type“ field displays either “upload” or “download”, depending on whether the interface group type is Upload or Download.

Interface Code

The unique code of the interface.

Interface Description

The description of the interface.

Interface Method

The method of data transfer used by the interface. It will be one of the following: “BCP“ (Bulk Copy Processing), “ASCII“ or “Direct“.

To enter the download parameters

Parameter Code

Enter the code of each field that will serve as an input for filtering the data to be retrieved .

Examples of parameters are empcode, empname, sal and PF.

Parameter Name

Enter the name of the field.

Examples are employee code, employee name, salary and Provident Fund.

Type

Enter the data type of the parameter.

Examples of data types are char, decimal, datetime, float,  image, integer, money, numeric, text and varchar.

Length

Specify the length of the parameter.

Default

Specify the default value of the parameter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page overview

This page is used to specify the input parameters, for filtering the data to be downloaded.

For example, from a specific employee table, we need to fetch only those employees whose ages are greater than 50 and whose salaries are less than Rs 30000. The input parameters for filtering data, in this example, are Age and Salary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page objective

Use this page to define the download parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What you can do in this page

To define the download parameters