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Introducing Report Writer 3.5
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Report Writer Security and Formats
Introduction
This section provides a brief overview of how your reports are secured and a
description of the different report formats and types.
description of the different report formats and types.
Your Reports are Secure
Access to DNCS Report Writer requires that your user ID and password are different
and unrelated to the DNCS system user ID and passwords.
and unrelated to the DNCS system user ID and passwords.
Report Formats
Report Writer uses HTML and pipe-delimited text (.dat) file formats to generate
reports.
reports.
HTML Format
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.
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
screen, a message will appear on the screen. When this occurs, it is recommended
that you view the DAT file. See Pipe-Delimited Text (.dat) File Format, next in this
section, and the Web Browser Unable to Display Data section in Chapter 4 for
information about DAT files.
screen, a message will appear on the screen. When this occurs, it is recommended
that you view the DAT file. See Pipe-Delimited Text (.dat) File Format, next in this
section, and the Web Browser Unable to Display Data section in Chapter 4 for
information about DAT files.
Pipe-Delimited Text (.dat) File Format
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.
the pipe-delimited Report Writer file for the Zero Credit report.
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.
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.