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KB439403: What is the purpose of the "File Name Delimiter" character in the Subscriptions and Send Now dialog box?


Bernardo Avalos

Product Manager • MicroStrategy


This article explains the purpose of the textbox options “File Name” and “Delimiter” found in the “Send Now” and “Subscription” dialog box in MicroStrategy 9.4.1 and above. It also describes slight differences, (enhancements), of this feature between 9.x and 10.x versions of MicroStrategy.

The purpose of the Delimiter field near the File Name field is to replace all blank spaces in the file name with a predetermined character.
Note that spaces that are created by expanding macros, such as a space between the time and date in a timestamp, are not replaced by the space delimiter.
This is the list of characters that cannot be used as space delimiters: * / \ < > | ?
In Strategy 9.4.1, the File Name Delimiter field was only applied to File Subscription deliveries on a disc or network location but not to Email Subscriptions or Send Now deliveries, even though the Delimiter field was available:
In the screenshots below, notice how the delimiter character  "/" is not applied to the name of the attached PDF file:  

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In Strategy 10.3, however, both File and Email Subscriptions as well as Send Now deliveries do take into account this field
Send Now:

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Send Now delivered attachment:

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Email Subscription
 

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Email Subscription delivered attachment

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Published:

December 28, 2017

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December 24, 2018