downloadInputs Statement

Added: v4.1

Purpose

Specifies that clients should re-download input variable values from Analysis Server after calling "Reload Templates" or "reinitialize()" methods

Applicability

This statement should be used in the global section of the file.

Additional Information

The value of this variable is just a hint to the client. The client may choose to ignore its value
If your client is ModelCenter or ModelRunner, you must be using v6.1 or greater for this to have any effect

Syntax

downloadInputs: <true|false>

Arguments

Name	Description
value	True if the client should download input values after calling "Reload Templates" or "reinitialize()"

Options

none

Example

The user wants to be able to swap out a template file at run-time using a userVariable. When the new template is loaded, the developer would like the end-user to get the values out of the template file as well as the structure.

userVariable: inFileName string default=in1.template
downloadInputs: true

RunCommands
{
   generate inFile
   run "myProg in.dat out.dat"
   parse outFile
}

RowFieldInputFile inFile
{
   templateFile: $inFileName
   fileToGenerate: in.dat
   ...
}