7.1. Uploading Files to EKM

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## 7.1. Uploading Files to EKM

There are three Upload actions for transferring files from your local computer or the compute server to the EKM repository. The table below describes the available options and can help you decide which action to choose.

Table 7.1: Options for Uploading Files

Action | Considerations
--- | ---

Upload Files/Archives Using Browser

Use to transfer single or multiple files from your local computer to the EKM repository.

Best used for:

- Archive files (.zip, .tar, .tgz or .tar.gz files)

- Transfers under 2 GB

See Uploading Files/Archives Using the Web Client Browser.

Pros

- Can be faster than the File Transfer Client (for smaller files)

- Does not require the launch of a separate application

- Provides an option to extract content from archive files upon upload

Cons

- Cannot be used to transfer a folder

- Not designed for large transfers (2 GB max)

- Cannot add two files with the same name to the staging area

- Upload errors can occur if temporary folder for staged files becomes full

- No access to cache service

Upload Files/Folders Using EKM File Transfer Client

Use to transfer files or folders from your local computer to the EKM repository.

Best used for:

- Larger files (single or multiple)

- Single or multiple folders

- Cached uploads

- Transfers over 2 GB

See Uploading Files Using the File Transfer Client.

Pros

- Can handle large transfers (larger than 2 GB)

- Can upload folders

- Maintains folder structures

- Provides option to exclude selected files

- Provides additional transfer controls

- Provides visual feedback of transfer progress

- Permits the use of a cache service

Cons

- Requires launch of separate application

- Does not provide option of extracting archives upon upload

Upload File/Folder from Server Use to transfer files or folders from the server to the repository. The server refers to the machine where files are generated when a job is executed using EKM and RSM. See Uploading Files from the Server. | Provides specific access to the compute server

Important:

- Upload actions are not available on a tablet device.

- Upload actions are not available in Shared Data if you only have `Basic` or `Analyst` access. For more information see Licensing and Access in the EKM Installation Guide.

You can upload files to a repository folder if the following conditions are met:

- You have `Create` permission on the folder.

- The folder is checked out to you if it is under version control.

- No other user has exclusive control of the folder.

As files are uploaded, EKM recognizes them as built-in types or custom types that are defined for your workspace and assigns them an object type. Once files have been uploaded, EKM automatically begins extracting metadata from them and creates simulation details reports for selected file formats. You can view the status of data extraction on the Data/Extraction Monitor page.

Note:

- If you upload a Workbench archive (.wbpz file) that was created in a previous version, the archive file will maintain its version information. This means that if you were to download the archive from EKM, you could open it in that previous version. For example, if you uploaded a version 15.0 .wbpz file to EKM 18.2, and then later downloaded that file, you could still open it in version 15.0.

- If you upload a Workbench project (.wbpj file) to the repository along with its project files, EKM will create an archive file (.wbpz file) for the project and upload only the archive to the repository in lieu of the project. This occurs even if you are uploading a folder that contains a Workbench project. You can specify whether or not you want to compress archive files prior to transfer. See Specifying General Preferences.

  Note that the archive file will have the same version number as the version number of the original Workbench project. For example, if you were to upload a version 15.0 Workbench project to EKM 18.2, the archive created would be a 15.0 file as well. This means that if you were to download the archive from EKM, it could still be opened in version 15.

- If you upload .cas, .sum and .avz files to the repository, you will only see the .cas file in the repository once the upload is complete. For this type of upload, EKM automatically associates the .sum and .avz files with the .cas file, and uses the data in those files to create the simulation details report and image for the .cas file.

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