Output Directory Options

The Output Directory Options setting enables you to select one of three output modes for the report output, with regard to the directory specified in the Report Output Directory field.

• If the Overwrite option is selected, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications will attempt to delete all of the files (although not any subdirectories) in the output directory before it writes to the directory.

• With the option using time-stamped subdirectories,FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications will not delete any files. For each report run, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications creates a new directory with a timestamp as the directory name and copies the generated report to the new subdirectory. For example, for a report run on June 3, 2006, at 10:08:53, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications creates a subdirectory named “060603100853.”

• With the option using report names and time-stamped subdirectories, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications will not delete any files. For each report run, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications creates a new directory with the report name as the directory name and the timestamp as the subdirectory name, and then copies the generated report to the new subdirectory. This way, the output is sorted in the file system by the report configuration. For subsequent reports run from the same report configuration, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications will copy the reports to the same report name directory, but will create a new timestamp directory for each report. For example, for a report run from a report configuration named “Monthly Summary Barchart” at June 3, 2006, at 10:08:53, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications creates a directory named “Monthly Summary Barchart” and a subdirectory named “060603100853.”

You must specify one of the Output Directory Options in order to activate the external copy of the report.