Data Export elements

Table 3-37 describes the elements on the Administration > Remote Servers > Data Export [Insert/Edit] form.

Table 3-37 Data Export Elements

Element	Description	Data Input Notes
Task Name	Periodic export task name.	Format: Textbox Range: Maximum length is 40 characters. Valid characters are alphanumeric, minus sign, and spaces between words. The first character must be an alpha character. The last character must be an alpha character or a number. Default: APDE Remote Server Copy
Task Description	Optional periodic export task description.	Format: Textbox Range: Maximum length is 255 characters. Valid characters are alphanumeric, minus sign, underscore, and spaces between words. The first character must be an alpha character. The last character must be an alpha character or a number. Default: None
Remote Server	Name of export server.	Format: Textbox Range: Maximum length is 255 characters. Valid hostname characters are alphanumeric, minus sign, and period. The Hostname must start with an alphanumeric and end with an alphanumeric. The top level domain (TLD) must be alphabetic. Note: Must be a valid hostname, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address. Default: None
Username	Username used to access the export server.	Format: Textbox Range: Maximum length is 32 characters; alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, and 0-9). Default: None
Directory on Export Server	Directory path on the export server where the exported data files are to be transferred.	Format: Textbox Range: Maximum length is a 4096-character string. Valid characters are alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, and 0-9), dash, underscore, period, and forward slash. If no directory is specified, the username's home directory on the remote server is used. Default: None
Path to rsync on Remote Server	Optional path to the rsync binary on the export server.	Format: Textbox Range: Maximum length is a 4096-character string. Valid characters are alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, and 0-9), dash, underscore, period, asterisk, and forward slash. Note: If no path is specified, the rsync-path option is not used.
Files to Transfer	Path to the files in the file management area on the local server to be transferred to the remote export server.	Format: Text combobox Range: Maximum length is a 4096-character string. Valid characters are alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, and 0-9), dash, underscore, period, asterisk, and forward slash. Default: None Note: Combo box allows for several predefined options a user can select, or the user can type in a specific path. Path must be a subdirectory of backup/ or export/. If no directory is provided, the default directory is set to export/*.
Upload Frequency	Frequency at which the export occurs.	Format: Options Range: fifteen minutes, hourly, daily, or weekly Default: weekly Note: Depending on what upload frequency is selected, some scheduling choices may become inactive and the buttons or lists are grayed out.
Minute	Select the minute of each hour when transfer begins. Enabled only if Upload Frequency is hourly or fifteen minutes. For a frequency of fifteen minutes, transfers occur four times per hour, and this field displays the minute of the first transfer in the hour, a value between 0 and 14.	Format: Scrolling list Range: 0 to 59 Default: 0 Note: The Minute selection is only active if the selected Upload Frequency is either Fifteen Minutes or Hourly.
Time of Day	Select the time of day when the data will be written to the export directory. Enabled only if Export Frequency is daily or weekly. Select from 15-minute increments, or fill in a specific value.	Format: Time textbox Range: HH:MM with AM/PM Default: 12:00 AM Note: The Time of Day selection is only active if the selected Upload Frequency is either Daily or Weekly. Select from 15-minute increments or fill in a specific value.
Day of Week	Select the day of week when the data will be written to the export directory. Enabled only if Export Frequency is weekly..	Format: Options Range: Sunday through Saturday Default: Sunday Note: This field is active only if Weekly is selected.