Data Output

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Data Output

• A Survey of Methods

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Output Methods

• OPAC
• Export
• Web Management Reports
• Download
• Create Lists
• Export
• Output delimited files

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Output Methods

• File Transfer Software (FTS)
• FTS printing
• Using Read/Write MARC records
• Circulation
• Output to a bursars office

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Output Methods

• Acquisitions
• Output vouchers for accounting office
• Output payment history file to disk

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Output Methods

• Web Management Reports
• Opening downloads in Excel
• Create Lists
• Output user-selected format
• File Transfer Software (FTS)
• Output user-selected format
• FTS File Save
• Read/Write MARC records

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Web Management Reports

• Use the Download button to save a report as a
  delimited text file
• The file can be opened in another application
  like Excel or Access

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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Web Reports and Excel
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Create Lists

• Export
• Works exactly like export in the character-based
  OPAC
• Release 2000 - Output user-selected format
• Allows output of selected fields in a delimited
  text file
• Files are output using FTS

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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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Create Lists
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File Transfer Software

• FTS is an FTP client
• Requires an FTP server running on another
  computer
• You must know the IP address or host name of the
  FTP server
• You must have a username and password
• Talk to your system administrator

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File Transfer Software

• Where can I find an FTP server?
• Talk to your system administrator
• Take a look at http//www.tucows.com
• FTP servers are sometimes called FTP daemons

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File Transfer Software
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File Transfer Software
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File Transfer Software
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File Transfer Software
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Using FTS

• FTS file save
• Create Lists, output user-selected format
• Read/write MARC records

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FTS File Save
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FTS File Save
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FTS File Save
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FTS File Save
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Read/Write MARC Records

• From the Main Menu Additional system functions gt
  Read/Write MARC records
• Use to output FTS file save files
• Use to output files of MARC records
• OCLC
• RLIN
• Union Database

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Read/Write MARC Records
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Read/Write MARC Records
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Read/Write MARC Records
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FTS
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FTS
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FTS
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Opening the FTS File