Writing a Report › Tailor Reports Using Secondary Commands › Create Multiple Tailored Reports

Create Multiple Tailored Reports

You can use the same secondary command for each report you create. For example, if you are printing ten reports, you can use the SHIFT command with each primary report command to specify the period you want each report to cover. Generally, you cannot use the same secondary command twice for the same report, even if you specify two different periods. The exceptions to this rule are the COST, EXCLUDE, GROUP, INCLUDE, RANGE, and SELECT commands, which can be repeated in the same report.

Examples: Incorrect and correct use of secondary commands in a stream.

• Incorrect Command Stream

  GRAF variable 
  SHIFT 08:00:00 12:00:00 
  SHIFT 13:00:00 17:00:00
  END
  
  PLOT variable
  END
  
  RUN
  

• Corrected Command Stream

  GRAF variable
  SHIFT 08:00:00 12:00:00
  END
  
  GRAF variable
  SHIFT 13:00:00 17:00:00 
  END
  
  PLOT variable 
  END
  
  RUN
  

Reports with a File Type of CSV

You can save your report to a file type of CSV and download the CSV report to a PC.

After the report is on the PC, you can further process and format your reports using a PC spreadsheet program. CSV formatted reports can be only of type TAB, TAB2, and FLASHBACK.

Note: Reports with the option DATAONLY set to YES cannot be saved as a CSV formatted report.