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The Eurotrace File System
The Eurotrace file system Under MS ACCESS
EUROTRACE generates several different files when you create a domain
The EUROTRACE files will be stored in the directories that you specify
when you create the EUROTRACE Domain and related Datasets.
Some files can only be opened by the EUROTRACE application others can
be opened outside EUROTRACE by using Microsoft Access.
Files that can only be opened by EUROTRACE: .dom
All the definitions and structures of the EUROTRACE Domain including:
- Links between the dictionaries and datasets.
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 Files that can be opened by the MS Access DB engine:
– .plc
This file contains the nomenclatures and the Scope definitions.
– .dta
This file is where the actual data are stored as well as the:
– Error table This stores any error records that occur when you import data to your
EUROTRACE Dataset.
– History table Stores relocated and updated records when you import data.
– Flow table This file store the flow of the records per fields and operation
– Operations table This is a log table that keeps track of all operations performed
within a dataset, including user name, time and date, …
– .bak Backup files are created automatically when you delete a Dataset or change the
structure, and will be stored with the ‘.bak’ extension.
 Files that can be opened by any text Editor:
– .bki
This file contains schema for text file importation.
– ESEXPParameters.txt This file contains schema for text file exportation with add in
EstatExport.
– Rangeparameters.txt This file contains schema for running the add in “Range”
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The Eurotrace file system Under ORACLE
 For Oracle DB, users will have to specify the Driver to use as well as the
name of the database (where the dedicated table space is available)
 The Test button enables you to check if parameters enable you to connect
properly to the database.
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Oracle storage parameters
Parameters
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Oracle storage parameters
indexes alternate table space
Index Start size:
Index Extend size
Generate log file
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The Eurotrace file system Under SQL Server
specify the Driver to use
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user ID and the password
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