Input and Output Files
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This table shows file type combinations supported by DOcplexcloud:
| Model type | Input file type |
Output file type |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPLEX | .lp |
.xml |
The output format can be specified using the API. For DropSolve the output format is .xml only.Files of type .lp, .mps, and .sav can be compressed using gzip or bzip2, and uploaded as, for example, .lp.gz or .sav.bz2. |
| CPO | .cpo |
.xml |
The output format can be specified using the API. For DropSolve the output format is .json only. |
| OPL | .mod |
.xls |
In DropSolve, an .xls file is returned if at least one .xls is submitted, and a .json file is returned if at least one .json file is submitted. Using the API, .json is the default output format, you can specify .xls or .txt output format. |
| DOcplex | .py*.* (input data) |
Any output file type, specified in the model | Python files are executed in a docker container running Anaconda 4.0 and Python 2.7. |
More Information
File name restrictions
DOcplexcloud has certain restrictions on file names. A file name
- is limited to 255 characters;
- can include only ASCII characters;
- cannot include the characters
/\?%*:|"<>, the space character, or the null character; and - cannot include _ as the first character.
CPLEX file formats
The schemas for the CPLEX formats for solutions, conflicts, and feasibility files are available to download. Click here to download them in a .zip archive.
CPO file format
The native file format for CPO models is documented on the Knowledge Center: CP Optimizer file format syntax.