Instruction manual

SECTION 3. REPORT: SPLIT
PC208W, Version 2.3, Instruction Manual 3-25
3.3.6.1 Description of Output Option
Commands
File Format
There are four File Format options to choose from:
No File, Field, Comma, and Printable. If No File is
chosen, then no output file is saved to disk. The
Field, Comma, and Printable options produce files
formatted as Field Formatted, Comma Separated,
and Printable ASCII, respectively. An example of
each of these file types is given in Table 3.3-1 in
the Input Files section.
Column Widths
The Column Widths field is used to set the
width of the columns. Valid entries are 6,7,8,
and 9. The default width is 8. High Resolution
Final Storage data requires a minimum column
width of 8.
Screen Display
The Screen Display field controls writing the
processed data to the screen. To write to the
screen, check the box. To omit writing to
screen, for faster execution, uncheck the box.
The data will then be written to the file only.
Report
A report, with page and column headings, can
be sent to a file or printer. Select the
appropriate option in the Report field. A report
sent to a file has the extension of .RPT. If the
report is sent to a printer, the printer must be
on-line. The default Output File is also created.
FIGURE 3.3-2. Other Output File Options
Other
The Other button allows the settings below to
be modified:
Replace bad data with - The text in the
field, to the right of this option, is entered
into the data set if data are blank, bad, or
out of range. See Table 3.3-9 for definition
of blank or bad data. Whatever the user
enters in the field will be entered if a blank
or question mark is in the data or if data are
out of range. This option is useful when the
Output file is imported into a spreadsheet
program, such as Excel.
TABLE 3.3-9. Definition of Blank or Bad
Data for each Data File Format
File Format Definition of
Blank or Bad Data
Printable ASCII ????
Comma Separated ASCII blank or any
character except
numeral or space
Field Formatted blank or "" (double
quotation marks)
Only display lines with bad data -
Outputs only those arrays containing one or
more Out of Range elements. If a report is
generated, an asterisk precedes the Out of
Range value in the .RPT file.
Trigger and Stop condition - Changes the
meaning of Stop Condition to trigger Time
Series processing output. The Stop
Condition is included in the Time Series
processing if it satisfies the Copy line.
If the Trigger and Stop Condition is
selected, a Time Series output will occur
each time the Stop Condition is met. See
Select line elements (Section 3.3.3.2).
Match files - This option compares two
files of the same data. If good data exists
in one and not the other (question marks),
then SPLIT will fill the OUTPUT file with the
good data. This is used to get a more
complete record from an error ridden file
(e.g., one recorded at freezing