Files

To upload a file, do the following:

1. While Viewing a Thing, click the FilesTab.
   
2. To upload a file, click Add File
   
   Add File screen appears. 
3. Click Attach File
   Opens a File Explorer window to choose a file from your computer and click Open
   The file is now attached.
   
4. (Optional)If you select the check box Is an icon, the file will be saved as icon.ico and will be shown in the Overview of a Thing tab.
5. (Optional) If you want your file to be publicly available, check Public
   
   If Public option is selected, then you will be able to share this file and is accessed without being authenticated.  For more information on downloading a file, see  Understanding files.

6. (Optional) If you want the file to be Private and secured by a token (password), check Private.

   If the Private option is selected, you must capture and store the token separately. It will not be recoverable. The Private option cannot be used in conjunction with the Public option, they are incompatible. For more information on downloading a file, see Understanding files.

7. (Optional) If you want to bypass retention, check Bypass retention. For more information on Retention, see Retention.
8. Select the Tags and Security Tags, if required.  For more information on Tags and Security Tags, see Using Tagsand Using Security Tags
9. Click Upload.

   When you upload a large file to the deviceWISE Cloud, the file gets divided into smaller chuncks by the deviceWISE Cloud. If you try to download or delete a file that is being uploaded in chunk, you will get a File <filename> not found error.