User`s guide

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Preface
Describes this manual’s audience, organizational structure, and typographical conventions, user
prerequisites, elated SPECTRUM documentation, and how to get information or submit comments
about SPECTRUM documentation.
Welcome to the SPECTRUM Data Export User’s Guide . This guide
describes how to use SPECTRUM Data Export (Data Export) to
extract data from SPECTRUM databases and convert it to either
ASCII, SAS, or SQL format.
Who Should Read This Guide
This guide is intended for network administrators and qualified users
who use Data Export to export data from SPECTRUM for analysis
using a report generator, database, spreadsheet, or statistical analysis
application.
Prerequisites for Users
Prior to using Data Export, users should be familiar with the following
information-system components involved in a data export:
• The capabilities of the platform on which SPECTRUM is running:
-NT
- UNIX (Solaris)
• The administrative and operational capabilities of SPECTRUM
Enterprise Manager:
- SPECTRUM database concepts, including the data types
stored in the database
- SpectroGRAPH graphical user interface
• The application (e.g. , DBMS) to which data is exported