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By the end of this chapter you will be able to:

• Set up a File Exporterfile exporter

In this exercise you will create an export of the customer summary report, to a file:

1. In your model, to add a new

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1. file exporter hover over the stream Customer Summary by Region, and

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1. press Image Added Add a new File Exporter
2. Give the new exporter the Name: Send Customer Summary Report
3. Press Image Modified
4. You will now see the new

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1. file exporter on the modelling pane
2. Save your model layout. 

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 with your email address:

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1. In the

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1. top-

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1. right hand of the application, go to the User menu
2. Select My User Details
3. Update the Email Address with your email address
4. Press Image Modified to save your changes

To complete configuration of the File Exporter:Complete settings for the file exporter.

1. Double-click on the new

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1. file exporter icon on your model view

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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

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1. Header

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2. Go to the Send By Email

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1. 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:

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1. • tick
2. Go to the User Recipients

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1. section
   • Press Image AddedShow the list of Users
   • Drag the user Train (the user you are currently logged in as) into the list of recipients

2. In the

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1. file exporter configuration form, press Image Modified

   Note that the pipe to the

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1. file exporter is dotted – this means that it is a Push pipe. When linking a

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1. stream to a

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1. file exporter you must always use a

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1. push pipe. This is because you cannot run a

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1. file exporter on its own; it must always be driven from a

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1. stream (otherwise, it has no data to process)

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2. Run

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1. analysis on the

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1. stream Customer Summary by Region
2. Check the log

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1. messages generated in the

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1. console – in particular scroll to the end; you should see messages telling you that a file has been exported
2. Now find your file - you should have received an email with the file attached
3. The file

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1. has also been exported to the PhixFlow server