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Format Tab
On the format tab, you set options that fine tune the report output. There are
several options.
Enables a single report to output multiple files, and
determines how to handle them. You can specify a
Multiple files
property to use as the naming convention for created
files. Valid properties include any property that appears
as a column in the Table tab.
Specifies, in descending order of importance, columns
used to sort the report data. Valid column numbers are
Sort by column
dependent on the columns that appear on the Table
tab. Enter at least one column number.
Specifies a placeholder when blank or repeated values
are used consecutively in a single column. You set the
Placeholder
text or character string to use as a placeholder in the
report.
There are also several print options listed:
Writes the options selected in the Filter tab to the re-
port.
Print filter informa-
tion
Writes the name of the .cfg file and the directory in-
formation to the report. Clear the box to exclude this
information from the report.
Print header
Writes the text in the Info Tab to the report. Clear the
box to exclude the Info Tab text from the report.
Print information
Includes the column headers as defined on the Table
Tab in the report. Clear the box to exclude the column
headers from the report.
Print column headers
NOTE We do not recommend that you enable the Print filter information, Print
header, or Print information options when you create reports for tables on the
nailboard drawing since they affect the parsing of the data when the table is
created.
Generate Reports
To generate a report, you select one or more configuration files to use, and
then click OK to generate the report. The output file is saved to the specified
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