Downloading Reports and Other Files

If you select E-mail Attachment or E-mail Notification as the delivery type for your report, you can simply check your e-mail to see if the report is complete.  You can also choose to View Report Requests to check the status of your report online.  This function is most useful if you choose Chainlink as the delivery type for your report.

If a report you ran was over 2MB (a large report) or if you selected E-mail Notification or Chainlink as the delivery type for a report, you will need to download the report from distribuLink.  

Note:  Report files are only displayed in the File Download window for 45 days.  After that time, the reports are placed in an archive.  Contact Prescient Client Support if you need to download a report that is older than 45 days.

The steps listed here are from Internet ExplorerÒ 5.5 and NetscapeÒ 4.6.  Your browser version will be similar.

Download a report file using Internet Explorer

Download a report file using Netscape

Internet Explorer is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. Netscape is a registered trademark of the Netscape Communications Corporation.

Note:  This task can be used to download other types of files.

 

Download a file using Internet Explorer

A.

Click Download and select the file

  1. Click Download from the main distribuLink window.

This window displays the reports that have run and are waiting for download. It includes any reports that were too large to send as an attachment. Reports that have run and successfully been sent as an e-mail attachment will not appear.

  1. Select the file you will download by clicking the option button to the left of the File Description.

  2. Click Download.

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B.

Click Download and save the file

  1. Click Download. The Internet Explorer File download window displays.

  2. Click Save this file to disk.

  3. Click OK. The Save as window displays.

If you require a path (folder) or filename different than the one displayed, change it in this step. Choosing a path and file name is done using the normal Windows 95/98/2000/NT methods.

  1. Click Save. The file downloads and the Download complete displays when the file has transferred.

  2. Click Close.

  3. Click Continue. The Download Confirmed window displays.

  4. If you need to download another file, click Another Download and repeat these steps. Otherwise, click Go to Main Menu.

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Download a file using Netscape

A.

Click Download and select the file

  1. Click Download from the main distribuLink window.

  1. Select the file you will download by clicking the option button to the left of the File Description.

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B.

Click Download and save the file

  1. Click Download. The Save As window displays.

If you require a path (folder) or filename different than the one displayed, change it in this step. Choosing a path and file name is done using the normal Windows 95/98/2000/NT methods.

  1. Click Save. The file downloads.

  2. A list of the folders that are available on your computer display in a separate window. Click the X in the upper right-hand corner to close this window.

  1. Click Continue.

  2. If you need to download another file, click Another Download and repeat these steps. Otherwise, click Go to Main Menu.

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Updated 12/10/2002