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Run Monthly Download

 

1.   From the System Support Menu, select the Forecasting Interface option.

2.   From the Forecasting Interface Application Menu, select the Monthly Download option.

The Monthly Download Request screen is displayed.

3.   Specify what data should be downloaded.  Please refer to the screen section for more information.  The download data is created.

4.   Print FFMNTER on the output queue to see if any errors occurred during download.

5.   On your personal computer, type DWNTOFOC at the DOS prompt and press the ENTER key.

DWNTOFOC is a PC program written specifically to handle the IBM PC/Support functions for the monthly download.  It runs an IBM PC/Support file transfer request to download the intermediate file to the PC, where it can be used by the forecasting application.

6.   On the PC, run the monthly download option within the forecasting application.  Enter FF110M.TXT for the name of the file with new data.  Please refer to the forecasting application's user manual for details.