Save a database as a zip file. When you format the file name, you can add a variable to insert the date, time, or counter. Adding the date or time will save the date and time when the zip file was created. Inserting a counter will automatically increment the counter value to show the next available number each time the file is saved. Here are a few examples of how Connect will format the date, time, and counter in a file name.  

 

Date and Time Variables

Anycity_Database_{DATE} {TIME}.zip

Anycity_Database_2021-11-18 093209.zip

 

Counter Variable

Anycity_Database_{COUNTER}.zip

Anycity_Database_0001.zip

Anycity_Database_0002.zip

Anycity_Database_0003.zip

 

Using variables in a file name will allow you to reuse a file name without typing in the date, time, or version every time you create the zip file. For example, City ABC uses Anycity_Database.zip as the file name for the Connect database zip file. Instead of renaming the zip file each time, City ABC inserts the date and time variable in the file name so the file name will format as  Anycity_Database_{DATE} {TIME}.zip. When City ABC runs the Send Database view, Connect will create a zip file that includes the date and time in the zip file name. 

Anyone who use Send Databases can insert the date, time, or counter variables into the zip file name. 

 

This view was updated in the 2024.08 release.

 

Adding variables to file name

1. Open Connect System Management > System Tools > Send Databases. 

2. Place the cursor in the file name at the location where you want to insert the variable. 

3. Click  at the end of the File Name box. 

 

 

Select the variables to insert into the file name. 

 

 

Example: C:\Users\SAW\Desktop\Temp\Anycity_{Counter}_{Date}_{Time}

 

{Date}

Insert YYYY-MM-DD. YYYY is a four-digit year. MM is a two-digit month. DD is a two-digit day. 

 

{Time}

Insert HHMMSS. H (hours), M (minutes), and S (seconds). 

 

{Counter}

Insert ####. Where each time the zip file is saved, the variable will use the next number in the file name. 

 

 

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