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Report Formats
HTML Format
The HTML format allows you to view and/or print reports from any workstation on
The HTML format allows you to view and/or print reports from any workstation on
your network. You can view reports generated in HTML format online with any web
browser and print them from the web browser.
Note: If the web browser is unable to display all of the columns and rows on your
Note: If the web browser is unable to display all of the columns and rows on your
screen, a message will appear on the screen. When this occurs, it is recommended
that you view the DAT file. For more information about DAT files, see Pipe-
Delimited Text (.dat) File Format (on page 15) and Web Browser Unable to Display
Data (on page 32).
Note: For security purposes, reports are not available using web browsers from
Note: For security purposes, reports are not available using web browsers from
remote workstations on your network. Access to the reports is limited to the
Administrative Console or by executing the firefox command from an xterm
window on the ISDS.
Pipe-Delimited Text (.dat) File Format
Pipe-delimited text files have a .dat extension. For example, ZeroCredit.html.dat is
Pipe-delimited text files have a .dat extension. For example, ZeroCredit.html.dat is
the pipe-delimited Report Writer file for the Zero Credit report.
Report Writer automatically generates pipe-delimited text files for internal
Report Writer automatically generates pipe-delimited text files for internal
processing and/or importing into other software programs such as Excel. The "pipe"
delimiter is the | symbol. Each field in the pipe-delimited text files has the pipe
symbol separating it from the next field. Pipe-delimited text files reside in the
/dvs/RepWriter/current/webspace/reports directory on the hard drive, and you
can view them as text files using a text editor.