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Prerequisites

You can download a report to a file and thus enable it to be made available to either the presentation server or the application server.

Procedure

Choose Export or   Report   Export.  

For export to the presentation server (the computer workstation with which you are working) enter the following parameters in the window Export to Presentation Server .

– Export format

– File name of the output file

– Parameters to start the PC application

To output to the application server (the network server where the system is running) enter a File name in the field and choose Application server . In the Export to Application Server dialog box, enter the Export format .

The following table provides an explanatory overview of the export parameters:

Export Parameters

Export Parameters

Description

Export format

For output to the presentation server, you can use the following Export formats :

1. Spreadsheet

In spreadsheet formats, all formatting codes are removed.

2. Word processing

3. DBAS format

⇒4. Microsoft ® Excel

The file is exported in Excel format.

4. HTML format

The file is exported in HTML format.

WK1 format

Spreadsheet format

For export to the application server, you can use the Spreadsheet and Word processing export formats.

File name

The File name describes the file in which you write the report data.

Program

In the Program field you can enter the name of a program which should be executed on the presentation server upon completion of the data export.

Example: C:\EXCEL\EXCEL

Parameters for application

In the Parameters for application field you enter the parameters required for program execution on the presentation server.

 Example: When you enter the program parameter &&, this parameter will automatically be replaced by the current file name upon program execution.