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As well as exporting the file to a directory on the PhixFlow server, you will email the file to yourself. Before you set this up, you need to update the user Train train with your email address:

1. In the bottom right of the application, go to the 

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2. Update the Email Address with your email address
3. Click 

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    to save your changes.

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1. Double-click on the new file exporter icon on your model view
2. Tick the flag Enabled

3. In the field File Name (Expr) enter the value:

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   "customerSummaryByRegion.txt"

   
   

4. In the field Output Directory (Expr) enter:

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   "customerReports/customerSummaryByRegion"

   
   

5. Tick the flag Overwrite existing file
6. Tick the flag Header
   
7. Go to the Send By Email section, and set the following:
   
   • Email from: system@PhixFlow.com
   • Subject Expression: "Export of customerSummaryByRegion.txt at " + now()
   • Message Expression: "Please find file customerSummaryByRegion.txt attached. Generated at " + now()
   • Attach File: tick
8. Go to the User Recipients section and click 

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9. In the New User Notification Rule. properties that opens, set:
   
   • Email As: To then click 

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   • In the Users section, click 

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      to open a list of users.
   • Drag the user Train (the user you are currently logged in as) into the list of recipients.
   • Save and close the notification rule. PhixFlow adds the user to the list of User Recipients.

10. In the file exporter configuration form, click 

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    Note
    The pipe to the file exporter is dotted to indicate that it is a Push pipe. When linking a stream to a file exporter you must always use a push pipe. This is because you cannot run a file exporter on its own; it must always be driven from a stream. Otherwise, it has no data to process

    
    

11. Run analysis on the stream Stream Customer Summary by Region
12. Check the log messages generated in the console – in particular scroll to the end; you should see messages telling you that a file has been exported
13. Now find your file - you should have received an email with the file attached
14. The file has also been exported to the PhixFlow server