Setting Options for Exporting to Spreadsheet Format

Use the Export Options window to set the options for exporting results sets to spreadsheet format.

To set options for exporting to spreadsheet format:

1.         From the Export Options screen, in the Field Delimiters section, indicate what will be used as a field delimiter. Select the Tab radio button to have a tab used as the field delimiter. Select the Comma radio button to have the comma used as the field delimiter. Select the Semicolon radio button to have the semicolon used as the field delimiter. Select the Space radio button to have the space used as the field delimiter.

2.         In the Value Delimiters section, indicate what will be used as a value delimiter. Select the None radio button to have no value delimiter. Select the Quote radio button to have the quotation mark used as the value delimiter. Select the Apostrophe radio button to have the apostrophe used as the value delimiter

3.         Indicate when results should be delimited in the Delimit When section. Select Always to have the results delimited all the time or select When needed to have the results delimited only when necessary.

4.         In the Null Value field, type what you want to be used to indicate that a cell has a value of null

5.         Check the Include row number in output check box to have the row numbers from the DB2 Table included in the XSL output.

6.         Check the Include column headers in output check box to have the column headings included in the XSL output.

7.         Check the Format columns using fixed width output check box to have the text exported into columns of a fixed width.

8.         In the Formatting section specify the type of formatting that you want to use. To have your XML documented formatted based on ISO standards, select the ISO radio button. To have your XML documented formatted based on locale, select the Locale radio button, then select your locale from the Locale menu and select the stile that you want to use from the Style menu.

9.         Click Save.

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