Default Path for File Download

FILE_DOWNLOAD

* Allevo version 3.0 and later

When the planner leaves the Excel user interface, a query appears by default asking whether and where the actual file has to be saved. The default value for the directory as well as the relevant file name can be defined through the following constants:

▪ Default symb. name:        ALLEVO_DOWNLOAD

▪ Constant:                         FILE_DOWNLOAD

The constant FILE_DOWNLOAD defines the symbolic path- and file name, under which the backup file will be created. The constant is activated by entering X in column Value from. A respective symbolic name is to be entered in column Value to (can be regulated via the button |File.Assistant| in the settings dialogue of the constant).

If a backup path is the same for all users, the symbolic name ALLEVO_HELP can alternatively be applied via the button |File.Assistant|. In this case a separate entry in the constant is not required.

The information about the physical path- and file name will be automatically divided by Allevo into a directory path and a default value for the file name. E.g.:

Z:\Public\Download\Allevo_<OBJECT>_<YEAR><MONTH><DAY>

Z:\Public\Download\<OBART>\Allevo_<OBJECT>

Thus, in the first example the same directory will be always proposed; in second case with an additional subdirectory in accordance with the object type. The determined path must be always presented in the system; otherwise the SAP default path is used.

In both examples the object number (e.g. cost center) is stated in the file name; in first case it is additionally differentiated according to date. 

Note:

The path- and file name always refer to the default value. Thus, in the selection dialogue a user can always enter another directory or a name.

Note:

If the constant is activated but no name is entered in column Value to, Allevo uses the general naming conventions for the search. The following schema is applied: ZIPP_(OBART)_DOWNLOAD_(KOKRS)_(LAYOUT) In earlier versions of Allevo the backup path was to be defined by the SAP Customizing-transaction FILE. Entries from there remain in use if no file name can be determined via the constants or the default value described here.