You must define input and output settings for the File Update utility. Optionally, you can define input or output conditionals. The File Update menu has the following options:
To set up the File Update utility
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In the Navigation or Project View, right-click a process and select Insert new process. Alternatively, you can add a process by right-clicking an entity and selecting Add process branch. The Create Process window opens.
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Select File Update from the Process selection window, and click OK. The new process is inserted before the process you selected in the Project View (in the Navigation View, the new process displays at the end of the list of processes). By default, the output of the previous process in the flow is used as the transaction file. If you add a process branch, the new process is added to the entity you selected and that entity becomes the transaction file.
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Right-click the new File Update process and select Add new inputs. The Add Input Process window opens.
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Select an entity you use as the master file and click OK.
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Right-click the new File Update process and select Edit Process. The Inputs window opens.
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From the menu, select the option you want to customize and fill in the appropriate attributes. Repeat this step for each option you want to customize.
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Click Finish when you have completed the setup. You can now run the File Update utility.
Note: To optimize performance, be sure that your master and transaction files are
sorted by match key.