Copy, move, delete, or download attached files

Use these instructions to manage attached files residing in system folders. If there are schedules, rate files, and translation table files you can use from other contract version(s), you can either move a file or make a copy from another folder location by dragging and dropping from the Files tab of Edit dialogs for attached files. You can also download a file, make changes to it and then upload it.

NOTE: These instructions apply to files attached at the clause and term levels.

To move, copy, download, or delete a file:

  1. Navigate to the desired clause or term and then, in the applicable open the Edit dialog for the attachment. For example, if working with a rates file, then in the Rates column, click the Edit icon ().

  2. In the Edit dialog, click the Files tab.

    The left side of the tab displays the Rates Library and the folder system leading to the attached file.

    NOTE: To see the folder structure for all simulations, above the folder structure, select the Show all folders option.

  3. Drill down through the clause/term calculation basis to the desired document, select the file, and then do any of the following:

    IMPORTANT: Although information imported from files is retained when you delete or move a specified file, if you import another file and attach it to the clause or term, the previous information is replaced with the new information.

    1. Below the folder tree, in the Drag/Drop section, select the Copy check box.

    2. Drag the file to the destination folder. The original file stays in the source folder.

    1. Below the folder tree, in the Drag/Drop section, select the Move check box.

    2. Drag the file to the destination folder.

    NOTE: If the file is in use (the file icon to the left of the name is solid), you can delete it without removing the information from the clause or term as long as the imported file was the last one attached. You can also reattach a file before deleting it from the server.

    1. Select the file, and then click the Delete button below the folder tree.

    2. Click Delete in the confirmation dialog.
    1. Select the file.

    2. Click the Download button below the folder tree. The downloaded file displays at the top of the page, as in the following example:

      From here, you can open the file, make changes, move the file elsewhere on your computer, or upload the file to the Axiom Contract Management system.

  4. Close the Edit dialog.
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