The order file for an ERP — gull system handbook

The new order file in an output structure: file type, one file per order or one shared file, delimiter, the list of generated files, columns and encoding.

The order file for an ERP

An order file is a CSV, TXT or .xlsx with the input values, which a structure writes on every order without the CAD. It is the way to hand an order to another system.

Procedure

In the main menu Output documentation open the structure, select a folder and click New order file.
Choose the File type: CSV, TXT or Excel (.xlsx). For CSV the default Delimiter is a semicolon, for TXT a tab; a comma is also offered.
Choose the Mode. One file per order creates a new file every time. One shared file appends one row to the same file — an order list for production.
Leave Write the list of generated files on if the ERP needs to know where the drawings are. It adds a Files column with pipe-separated paths.
Name the file — fixed, or by formula like any other document — and save.

What is in the file

Column: Order number - Content: the value of the input filled by the Value node, if any
Column: Date - Content: when the order ran
Column: Source - Content: a form, an Excel sheet or a page
Column: Configurator - Content: the configurator's name
Column: every input - Content: one column per input, under its name
Column: Files - Content: paths to the generated files (optional)

An input named like one of the built-in columns wins. The file is UTF‑8 with a BOM, so Excel opens it with accents intact; it is written under a temporary name and renamed when complete, so a watching system never reads a half-written file. In an .xlsx the sheet is called Orders.

What it is for

A row in an ERP: let the ERP watch a folder with one shared file.
An order back into gull system: a file with headings from input names can be read directly by an Excel source, so orders from a page can be processed the same way as a sheet a salesperson fills in.

gull system hands orders over as files. There is no direct write into a specific ERP, no e-mail sending and no BOM sync into an ERP in the app; the API / ERP add-on is not available yet.