Saving and Reusing Your Report Output

When you run a report request, by default the data values are collected and presented in a viewable form, complete with column titles and formatting features. Instead of viewing the data values, you can save them to a special data file to:

• Display as a webpage, as a printed document, or in a text document.
• Process in another application, such as a spreadsheet, a database, a word processor, or a 3GL program.
• Send to another location, such as a browser or PC.
• Extract a subset of the original data source in order to generate multi-step reports.
• Extract a data source to a structured extract file that retains information about the segment relationships in order to facilitate migration of data sources and reports between operating environments.