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Report Email
When you run a report, BarkeepApp automatically creates an email. The email contains both an HTML
version of the report, which is embedded in the text of the email, and an attached Excel spreadsheet version
of the report. By default, the email is sent to the email address specified in your Account Settings.
Note: In order to generate a report, your Device must be capable of sending email. Please verify that you
have set up an email account on your Device and that you are able to send email using the default iOS Mail
program before attempting to run a report in BarkeepApp.
Report Formats
Barkeep’s default setting is for all reports to be generated as Excel spreadsheets. The reports are set-up to be
read in Microsoft Excel. If you do not use Excel or are having trouble opening reports, you can generate
reports as comma-separated value (CSV) files.
To switch to CSV reports, launch BarkeepApp and press Settings, General Settings. There is an option for the
setting “Generate Reports as CSV” to generate reports as comma-separated value (CSV) files.
Note: CSV files can be opened by various iOS apps, Microsoft Excel, Open Office, Apple Numbers, etc.
BarkeepApp has the CSV option because there is no Microsoft Excel API available for iOS Apps. Excel reports
that are generated by BarkeepApp are generated in XMLSS format. XMLSS is an XML-based representation of
an Excel spreadsheet that was introduced by Microsoft in 2002. Spreadsheets in XMLSS format can be
opened by most of the recent versions of Microsoft Office. However, Numbers or most versions of Open
Office cannot read XMLSS files. If you are using a product other than Microsoft Office, or are using an old
version of Office, and you are having trouble opening spreadsheets generated by BarkeepApp, you should
consider turning on the "Generate Reports as CSV" option.
Note: CSV files are very simple text files. They do not support formatting (colors, currency, etc.). They also
do not support formulas.
Reports in BarkeepOnline
Subscribers to BarkeepOnline can run Usage Reports and Pour Cost reports from their desktop computer or
laptop. Reports can be viewed online and users can immediately access their data as well as exporting data to
Excel spreadsheets.