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output in web format, to PDF, CSV, as XML or Excel.</p>

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This section allows you to choose the media format of your completed report.

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The following formats are available:

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  Web                

  • The web format is the default interface for all report types. The results are displayed in a new browser window which contains a combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript content.

  • To navigate through a report consisting of multiple pages, click on the

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    icons at the top-right corner of the screen.

  • Universally-accessible, the web format provides a mixture of graphical charts and tabular data, whose column headers are click-able to allow dynamic sorting of results.

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  PDF           

  • The PDF format guarantees an identical look across all operating systems, making it an ideal report format for printing out on paper, or for e-mailing to colleagues inside and outside of your organisation.
  • Due to the static nature of the PDF format, dynamic sorting of column headers is not available, although results can be pre-sorted using the filters and options available during report creation.

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The Excel format is useful for onward manipulation of the data contained in your reports, or for including results in popular spreadsheet packages.

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The CSV format allows report results to be arranged in comma-separated lists of data.

CSV files are often used for transferring data between different applications, such as databases, spreadsheets, and other third-party programs.

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The XML format can be useful when transferring the structured data from your report results to third-party applications, such as billing, accounting and time management applications.