The Missing Files Error

Tutorial: How to handle missing input files

1. Launch DRAINMOD.

2. Open your project file.

3. Immediately after opening your project a box pops up indicating a missing file.

4. Make a note of the missing file(s). The .RAI (rainfall) file is missing. Other file extensions and section screens are listed below.

File Extension	File Contents	Navigation Tree Section
.RAI	Hourly rainfall	Weather
.TEM	Temperature	Weather
.PET	PET	Weather
.GEN	General system design settings	Hydrology
.OVR	Contributing area runoff data	Hydrology
.SIN	General soil data	Soil
.MIS	Detailed soil water characteristic data	Soil
.WDV	Water Table - Volume Drained data	Soil
.CIN	Crop data	Crops
.DMN	Nitrogen parameters	Nitrogen
.DMS	Salinity parameters	Salinity

5. Close the message box by clicking 'Close'.

6. Expand the Manage input files section in the Navigation Tree.

7. Click on the appropriate sub section. In this case, click on the Weather section.

8. Click 'Change'.

9. Choose the correct input file and click 'Open'.

10. Repeat steps 7 - 9 for any other missing input files.