Where can the AsciiDelete function be used?

TurboIntegrator

Which TM1 Server version is the AsciiDelete function available for?

Version 11 and 12

What is the syntax for AsciiDelete?

ASCIIDelete(FileName)

• ​FileName = The full path and name of the file to be deleted. If the file path is not provided, the TM1 data directory is used.

Relevant Functions

• AsciiDelete: Deletes an ASCII file
• AsciiOutputOpen: Appends or overwrites content in a specified existing file that you would use in conjunction with functions that write to a file like AsciiOutput and TextOutput.
• AsciiOutput: writes data to a file to a directory the TM1 Server can access, using data sources from a cube, an ODBC source or no data sources.
• DatasourceAsciiDecimalSeperator: Sets the decimal separator
• DatasourceAsciiDelimiter: Sets the delimiter
• DatasourceASCIIHeaderRecords: sets the header records for a text file.
• DatasourceAsciiQuoteCharacter: Sets the quote character
• DatasourceASCIIThousandSeparator: sets the thousand separator for a text file.
• DatasourceCubeview: sets the cube view in the data source.
• DatasourceDimensionSubset: sets the dimension subset in the data source.
• DatasourceNameForClient: sets the name of the data source from the client’s perspective when creating or editing the process.
• DatasourceNameForServer: sets the name of the data source.
• DatasourcePassword: sets the password used for the data source
• DatasourceQuery: sets query for the data source
• DatasourceType: sets the type used for the data source
• DatasourceUsername: sets the name used to connect to the data source
• DatasourceODBOCatalog: sets the name of the ODBO database collection that you want to connect.
• DatasourceODBOConnectionString: sets the connection parameters required to connect to the OLAP server.
• DatasourceODBOCubeName: sets the cube name you want to connect to from the OLAP Server.
• DatasourceODBOHierarchyName: This function is used for OLAP products like SAP BW and sets the name of the hierarchy from a dimension.
• DatasourceODBOLocation: sets the name of the OLAP server’s location.
• DatasourceODBOProvider: sets the name of the ODBO provider installed on your server.
• DatasourceODBOSAPClientID: sets the client ID that connects to the SAP Server.
• DatasourceODBOSAPClientLanguage: sets the language specification from the SAP Server.
• NumberToString: convert a number to a string
• NumberToStringEx: Convert a numeric value into a string based on a specific numeric format string
• SetInputCharacterSet: Specify the encoding used in the data source.
• SetOutputCharacterSet: specifies the character set when writing to a text file using TextOutput.
• SetOutputEscapeDoubleQuote: Retains or removes double quotes when outputting element names or data values to a text file
• STR: convert a number to a string
• TextOutput: Writes and generates a text file in the specified path
• ViewExtractFilterByTitlesSet: Skip or include elements in the title axis when exporting a view using ASCIIOutput.
• ViewExtractSkipCalcsSet: Skip or include consolidated values when exporting a view using ASCIIOutput.
• ViewExtractSkipConsolidatedStringsSet: Skip or include strings on consolidated values when exporting a view using ASCIIOutput.
• ViewExtractSkipRuleValuesSet: Skip or include ruled values when exporting a view using ASCIIOutput.
• ViewExtractSkipZeroesSet: Skip or include zeros when exporting a view using ASCIIOutput.