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Kai
New Contributor III
2 years ago

Application Database Folder and System Database Folder

I am wondering where are the files in the Application Database Folder and System Database Folder physically stored? I am able to find the files under FileShare in the directory where OneStream is ins...
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    MarcusH
    2 years ago

    These refer to the databases that OneStream maintains. If you go to the System tab and select Tools | Database you will see something like this:

    Expand Tables and then go to the table FileContents in either of the databases. That is where the data resides.

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MarcusH
Contributor III

These refer to the databases that OneStream maintains. If you go to the System tab and select Tools | Database you will see something like this:

Expand Tables and then go to the table FileContents in either of the databases. That is where the data resides.

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Kai
New Contributor III
2 years ago

Hi Marcus, 

Thank you for your response. This is what I am thinking as well. In the table structure, there are three relevant tables - FileContents, FileInfo and Folder. In the FileContents table, the ContentFileBytes column saved file data in Bytes. I guess OneStream stores files such as word, excel, pdf as Bytes. Do you think this is the case? Thank you

 

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    MarcusH
    Contributor III
    2 years ago

    You are correct - they are stored as bytes. You use the XFFile and XFFileInfo functions to read and write the documents.

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      Kai
      New Contributor III
      2 years ago

      This is wonderful. Thank you very much Marcus

      Kai