Appending Files

If you maintain policy information on multiple data processing systems, you will have multiple ASCII files to process.  Allocator will only process one ASCII file at a time. Allocator allows you 3 methods to append files.

Steps to Append ASCII Files Together Before Processing

1. Select Tools from the main menu and choose Append Text Files.
2. Select “Create a new file to append to” if you want to append multiple files to a new file.  Select “Append to existing file” if you want to append multiple files to a pre-existing file.
3. Click the Browse button to locate and select an ASCII source file.
4. Select one or more ASCII files to append to the first file.
5. Click the Append button.

You may now process premiums using the ASCII file from step 2.

Steps to Append ASCII Files After Processing

1. Open an existing report file.
2. Go the File Menu and select Append Data To Existing ALO File.
3. The Process Premium dialog appears.
4. Choose Select File and chose a new text file.
5. Click Start to begin processing.

Steps to Append ASCII Files During Processing

You can process multiple ASCII files at one time.

1. Select New File, then Process File from the File Menu.
2. Follow the steps for processing your file outlined earlier in this chapter.
3. Click the Select File button.  You may select multiple files.
4. You will be prompted to append the ASCII files to one report file. Click yes.  Each file will be processed. When completed, that file will be appended to the file that was processed before it.