This page is for administrators who need to set up an area location where PhixFlow can save exported configuration zip files.

Set the Download Location

When PhixFlow generates CSV or Excel exported configuration zip files, it saves them to a secure folderarea in the PhixFlow database, called the download area.   Set You can set the location of the download area in System Configuration → System Directories → File Download Location. 

Processes that save zip files to the download areaarearea are:

• exporting a configuration or stream data.
• running an analysis model that exports a file
• running an action in an application that exports a file.

Users can access the area to download their files. 

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can open the download area from the task bar, by clicking 

Set Download Expiry Time

PhixFlow automatically deletes files from the download area after a period of time. By default, files are available for 24 hours. You can set a different time period in System Configuration →  General Settings → File Download Expiry

You can configure PhixFlow to prompt users to specify a password when they start the process that generates the file. This causes PhixFlow to encrypt the file. You can also require users to supply the same password before they can download the file. to do this

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Set Encryption Required

To configure PhixFlow so that exported configuration files are encrypted as they are downloaded by the user:

1. In System Configuration → Advanced → Export Password Policy select a Password Policy. This can be the same as the default password policy, used to specify the rules when users log into PhixFlow. Alternatively, you can create a new password policy with rules specific to exported configurations.
2. Ask users to set their default password using their User Details, or set it passwords in the User account properties, in the Export Password section, set the options as required.

The password policy means users must specify a password when they download a zip file from the download area. Specifying the password causes the file to be encrypted and the password is associated with it. When a user imports the  zip file to another PhixFlow instance, they must provide the same password; see Using the Download Area.