Transferring Files in Data Exchange

You can transfer MARC files to and from your Innovative system using the following methods:

• Get PC—Retrieves a file from the local PC.
• Get—Retrieves a file from a tape, such as a backup tape. The location of the tape is set up by Innovative staff. To set up a backup tape location, contact Innovative.
• Get FTS—Retrieves a file from a remote source using FTS (File Transfer Software).
• Put PC—Sends a file to the local PC.
• Put—Sends a file to a tape, such as a backup tape. The location of the tape is set up by Innovative staff. To set up a backup tape location, contact Innovative.
• Put FTS—Sends a file to a remote source using FTS (File Transfer Software).

Getting Files

Before you load a MARC file into the system, you must Get a file from your local PC or from a remote source. To get a file in Data Exchange, choose a loading process from the Select Process drop-down list, for example Load Bibliographic Records, and then choose the appropriate Get function.

• Get PC—Retrieves a file from the local PC.
• Get—Retrieves a file from a tape, for example a backup tape. The location of the tape is set by Innovative staff. To set up a backup tape location, contact Innovative.
• Get FTS—Retrieves a file from a remote source.

Get PC

To get files from your local PC:

1. Choose Get PC. The Upload dialog box appears.
2. Navigate to the appropriate directory and select the file(s) you want to transfer from the local PC to the system. You can select multiple files using Shift and Ctrl.
3. Choose Upload. The Rename File dialog box appears.
4. Make any desired changes to the name of the file and choose a file extension that ends in fts, for example .catfts of .bfts. When you are satisfied with the file name, choose OK.

Get

To get files from a tape source, you must choose a process that indicates tape as a possible source in the process name, for example Load Bibliographic Records From Tape or FTS, and then:

1. Choose Get.
2. Choose Start.The Output Messages area of the window displays the status of the retrieval.
3. When the file is retrieved, choose Close.

Get FTS

You can use the FTS (File Transfer Software) client to transfer files between the Innovative system and a remote machine for which you have a valid username and password. See Transferring Files Using FTS.

Putting Files

When you are ready to export a file containing MARC records from the system, you must Put the file to a local PC or to a remote source. To put a file in Data Exchange, choose the appropriate output process from the Select Process drop-down list, for example Output MARC Records, and then choose the appropriate Put function.

• Put PC—Sends a file to the local PC.
• Put—Sends a file to a tape, such as a backup tape. The location of the tape is set by Innovative staff. To set up a backup tape location, contact Innovative.
• Put FTS—Sends a file to a remote source using FTS (File Transfer Software).

Put PC

To put files to a local PC:

1. Select the output file in the Data Exchange file list.
2. Choose Put PC. The Save dialog box appears.
3. Navigate to the directory where you want to put the file and choose Save.

Put

To save files to a backup tape, you must choose a process that indicates tape as a possible source in the process name, for example Output MARC Files to Tape or FTS, and then:

1. Select the output file in the Data Exchange file list.
2. Choose Put .
3. Choose Start. The Output Messages area of the window displays the status of the output.
4. When the file is saved to tape, choose Close.

Put FTS

You can use the FTS (File Transfer Software) client to transfer files between the Innovative system and a remote machine for which you have a valid username and password. See Transferring Files Using FTS.