| Summary | This article describes how to automate task by command line in askiasurf. |
| Applies to | askiasurf |
| Written for | Data processor |
| Keywords | command line; automate; task; surf; askiasurf; commandline |
askiasurf can be used via command line which is extremely useful with askiavista's scheduled tasks.
Note: Do not specify an extension to the application filename; use: SurfRU
Definition
Here the list of arguments which can appear in the command line to start askiasurf:
| Argument | Description |
/source:"path" |
Specifies the source QES file(s) to add to the campaign |
/target:"path" |
Specifies the QEW to add the new wave to. If one is not specified, a new QEW will be created |
/output:"path" |
Specifies the file where results of the (attempted) reconciliation will be saved |
/LINKQ:"shortcut" |
Identifies the link question for the volumes |
/A: |
Specifies that new questions and/or responses may be added to the campaign |
Q |
Allow new questions |
R |
Allow new reponses |
/X: |
Specifies that existing question and/or response matchings may be broken |
Q |
Break question matchings |
R |
Break response matchings |
/I: |
Ignore unmatched source questions and/or responses |
Q |
Ignore unmatched questions |
R |
Ignore unmatched responses |
/M: |
Specify question matching methods, in order |
I |
Internal code |
S |
Shortcut |
C |
Short caption |
L |
Long caption |
U |
User data |
/N: |
Specify response matching methods, in order |
I |
Internal code |
E |
Entry code |
C |
Short caption |
O |
Response order |
U |
User data |
/R |
Do not save changes to the QEW, generate a report only |
Examples
Merge & publish an HTML report
SurfRU /target:"\\Data\Sample\Sales.qew" /source:"\\Data\McDonalds\June.qes" /output:"\\Data\McDonalds\Report.html" /A:QR
Theoretical command sample
Without specifying any real files, the above commands & arguments can be layed out as follows:
SurfRU /source:"path" /target:"path" /output:"path" /LINKQ:"shortcut" /A:QR /X:QR /I:QR /M:ISCLU /N:IECOU /R
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