Config.ini [SYSTEM] Section Variables for Report Generation

The following list of variables belonging to the Config.ini configuration file's [SYSTEM] section pertain to report generation.

DefaultEmailSubject 

Indicates the default text to be placed in the subject line of an e-mailed report if a subject is not defined by the user.

Default: DefaultEmailSubject = Trihedral VTS System

EmailServer 

Indicates the name of the e-mail server for e-mailed reports (e.g. mail.trihedral.com).

Default: EmailServer =

ReportBrowseDir 

Indicates the default directory in which to start browsing when selecting a destination for report output files.

Default: ReportBrowseDir =

ReportDateFormat 

Sets the date format (see: VTS Date Formats) to be used in reports and report names.    For report filenames, the slash character (/), will be replaced by a dash (-).

Default: ReportDateFormat = 30    (YYYY-MM-DD)

ReportOutputDir 

Indicates the default directory in which to store automatically generated reports.

Default: ReportOutputDir =

ReportTempDir 

Indicates the default directory to use for temporary file storage during report generation.

Default: ReportTempDir =

ReportTemplateDir 

Indicates the default directory to use to browse for Excel screen report templates.

Default: ReportTemplateDir =

ReportTimeZoneAware

Indicates that reports viewed on clients in time zones other than that of the server should be adjusted to the local time.

Default:  ReportTimeZoneAware = 1

ReportXPos

(VTScada) Indicates the horizontal position (number of pixels from the upper left corner) or the on-screen window that displays report data when Screen Display is selected as the output format.

Note: This variable only applies if Microsoft Excel is not configured to display data when Screen Display is selected, or is not installed on the PC in question (please refer to the ScreenReportsInExcel variable described below).

Default: ReportXPos = 10

ReportXSize

(VTScada) Indicates the width of the on-screen window that displays report data when Screen Display is selected as the output format.

Note: This variable only applies if Microsoft Excel is not configured to display data when Screen Display is selected, or is not installed on the PC in question (please refer to the ScreenReportsInExcel variable described below).

Default: ReportXSize = 900

ReportYPos

(VTScada) Indicates the vertical position (number of pixels from the upper left corner) of the on-screen window that displays report data when Screen display is selected as the output format.

Note: This variable only applies if Microsoft Excel is not configured to display data when Screen Display is selected, or is not installed on the PC in question (please refer to the ScreenReportsInExcel variable described below).

Default: ReportYPos = 10

ReportYSize

(VTScada) Indicates the height of the on-screen window that displays report data when Screen Display is selected as the output format.

Note: This variable only applies if Microsoft Excel is not configured to display data when Screen Display is selected, or is not installed on the PC in question (please refer to the ScreenReportsInExcel variable described below).

Default: ReportYSize = 800

ScreenReportsInExcel 

Indicates whether VTScada reports whose chosen output format is "Screen Display" should be displayed in a window, or in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

If set to 0 (false), then the report data is displayed in a window.

If set to 1 (true), then the report data is displayed in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Note: This variable is maintained for backwards compatibility only. VTS version 6.6 and later now feature a "Use Excel to display report" checkbox that can be selected to display a screen report using Excel.

Note: If you wish different workstations to respond differently to the Screen Display output format, set ScreenReportsInExcel in the workstation.ini file for each workstation you wish to behave differently.

Default: ScreenReportsInExcel = 1

StartOfWeek 

Enables you to specify the starting day of the week for previous week report generation (i.e. when "Previous Week" is the selected time period for a report).

The available options are:

1 Monday (default), 2 Tuesday, 3 Wednesday, 4 Thursday, 5 Friday, 6 Saturday, 7 Sunday

Default: StartOfWeek = 1