<p>This allows to define the format of the output. Simply click on your 
preferred output format to determine whether you would like the report 
output in web format, to PDF, CSV, as XML or Excel.</p>

<img src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/formats.png" alt="Formats" />

<p>To select, simply click on your chosen format from the drop-down list as
 shown above. Note that any report can be run several times with 
different formats selected for theoutput if required.</p>

<h4><img id="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/web_icon.gif" /> Web</h4>

<p>When a report is run, its output is displayed in the Report Output 
window, which is a mini web-browser containing the HTML output generated
 by the report engine.  It is the common interface for all reports.  The
 report body is shown in a window that can be panned around by using the
 horizontal and vertical scrollbars.  If the report is made up of 
multiple pages, you can navigate it by using the <span class="button">Back</span> and <span class="button">Fwd</span> buttons at
 the bottom.  You can print the report by pressing the <span class="button">Print</span> button, or 
save the report to an HTML file by pressing the <span class="button">Save</span> button and choosing
 a filename and location.</p>

<p>Universally-accessible, this format provides clickable column headers 
for dynamic sorting of table data, with clean graphical charts in the 
popular Flash format, so you can zoom into them for more detail.  Each 
report is fully customisable - right down to the individual table 
fields.  To view these reports, all that's needed is your favourite web 
browser - with no need for obscure add-ons!</p>

<h4><img id="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/pdf_icon.gif" /> PDF (Portable Document Format)</h4>

<p>PDF is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document 
exchange.  PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a 
manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating 
system.</p>

<p>PDFs will run over several pages depending on the report selected. 
Because of the nature of PDF reports, headers are fixed and not 
selectable as in web reports above.  You may however pre-sort before 
running or scheduling using the filters available in the <span class="reference">Options</span> 
section. PDFs are ideal for producing reports like <span class="reference">Phone Bills</span>. PDFs 
are ideal when distributing to colleagues inside and outside of your 
organisation - while guaranteeing they'll look identical across all 
operating systems when viewed on the screen or printed out.</p>

<h4><img id="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/xml_icon.gif" /> XML (Extensible Markup Language)</h4>

<p>XMLs purpose is to aid information systems in sharing structured data, 
especially via the internet, to encode documents and to serialise data. 
  XML, in combination with other standards, makes it possible to define 
the content of a document separately from its formatting, making it easy
 to reuse that content in other applications or for other presentation 
environments. Most importantly, XML provides a basic syntax that can be 
used to share information between different kinds of computers, 
different applications, and different organizations without needing to 
pass through many layers of conversion.</p>

<p>Since all reports are derived from this native format, we pack each one 
with all the data you'd ever need, so you'll always be able to extract 
the report data into your favourite reporting packages, such as Business
 Objects, Crystal Reports, or even your favourite Office spreadsheet.</p>

<h4><img id="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/csv_icon.gif" /> CSV (Comma separated values)</h4>

<p>A CSV file is used for the digital storage of data structured in a table
 of lists form, where each associated item (member) in a group is in 
association with others also separated by the commas of its set. Each 
line in the CSV file corresponds to a row in the table. Within a line, 
fields are separated by commas, each field belonging to one table 
column. CSV files are often used for moving tabular data between two 
different computer programs, for example between a database program and a
 spreadsheet program.</p>

<p>This option is ideal for interacting with your own back office systems, 
all CSV data is fully customisable using XSLT from the report's original
 XML format.</p>

<h4><img id="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_enterprise/excel_icon.gif" /> Excel</h4>

<p>Select Excel as your preferred report format, if you would like to 
manipulate the data and possibly integrate with data in other Excel 
spreadsheets.</p>