External File Storage

Form ID: (SM202540)

In MYOB Acumatica, the imported files are stored in the MYOB Acumatica database by default. Alternatively, you can use this form to select where files should be stored—in a local folder on the machine running the MYOB Acumatica website or in a public storage service, such as Azure Blob or Amazon S3. For more information, see External Storage: General Information.

Note: File storage configuration cannot be changed in a cloud environment; however, MYOB Acumatica business partners can change it in their desktop test environments.

On this form, you configure external file storage providers, specify the location for storing newly imported files, and move the files between the database and the external file storage.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes standard and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands are listed in the following table.

Button Description
Enable Provider Enables the provider you have configured. After you click this button, you cannot change provider settings, and from now on, all newly imported files will be stored in the specified folder.
Switch Direction Toggles between the database and external storage without disabling the current provider. When the files are stored to the database, the Allow Saving Files check box in the Selection area is cleared. When the files are stored to the external storage, the Allow Saving Files check box is selected.
Disable Provider Disables the currently enabled provider, so you can either modify the current provider settings or configure settings for an alternate provider.

This button is available when all the files are moved to the database.

Move Files to Database Moves all the files from the current external storage to the MYOB Acumatica database.

This button is available when you switch the storage direction to the database and the external storage stores at least one file.

Move Files to Storage Moves all the files from the MYOB Acumatica database to the current external storage.

This button is available when you switch the storage direction to the external storage.

Selection Area

You use this area to specify which provider will be used and whether saving files is permitted.

Element Description
Provider The provider of the external file storage. MYOB Acumatica supports the following built-in providers:

To use the selected provider, specify the provider settings in the table.

Allow Saving Files

A check box that indicates whether files are being saved to this provider. If it is selected, the system saves files to this provider as specified in the Provider Settings table. If it is cleared, the system saves files to the default storage in the MYOB Acumatica database.

The check box is unavailable when the provider is enabled. To select or clear the check box without disabling the current provider, click Switch Direction on the form toolbar.

Provider Settings Table

This table holds detailed information about the selected provider.

Table 1. Table Columns
Column Description
Name The setting for the selected provider. The system fills in these settings based on the provider you have selected.
Value

The values for the setting in the Name column. The values depend on the provider you selected in the Provider box in the Selection area.

If the files will be stored in the Azure Blob storage, provide the following values:

  • Account: The name of the storage account in the Azure Blob storage service—such as myaccount
  • Container: The name of the container to store files in the Azure Blob storage service—for example, files
  • Key: The 512-bit storage access key to your account in the Azure Blob storage service—for example, ubYUHyb8PUdy7R7yDITILMp5NN9usQYeS5?0RPAO70ikBO09t4nVYbJeuGILN/qS72p9AmOtXb4MUh+wMu$GKnwC

If the files will be stored in the Amazon S3 storage, provide the following values:

  • AWSAccessKey: The access key ID of the storage bucket—for example, AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
  • AWSRegionEndpoint: The short name of the AWS region—such as us-east-1
  • AWSSecretKey: The secret access key of the storage bucket—for example, wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
  • BucketName: The name of the storage bucket to be used to store MYOB Acumatica files—for example, files
  • PathPrefix: The root folder in the selected storage bucket that is used to group the stored files—such as mycompany/acumatica

If the files will be stored in a local folder, specify the following value:

  • Local Folder: The path to the folder—for example, C:\Temp