Defined MDS Reports for the Delivered Project
- Last UpdatedJan 13, 2026
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Read the following information in conjunction with details at the top of MDS-REPORT-DEFS file.
MDS-REPORT-DEFS contains the pre-defined MDS Reports available for the Project.
Note: The maximum length of any line in this file must not exceed 256 Characters. If more than 256 characters exist, the MDS Report Utility will error on initialization with:(41,319) ERROR - Cannot access file /<%projcode>DFLTS/MDS-REPORT-DEFS - RSE.
The format of the file is typically as shown in the following table:
|
Fields |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Description |
Output File Name |
Report Title |
Heading Numbers and optional sorting, totaling and subtotaling controls in parentheses () |
Main Report Filter |
List Types |
|
Example |
MDS Summary |
Support Index Summary |
1(),2(),3(),4(),5() |
(match(name of spref,/MDS) eq 1) |
Atta stru |
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Field 1:
The filename on the operating system to which the report will be sent. -
Field 2:
The title of the report appearing on the top of the Report. -
Field 3:
The required heading numbers as selected from the MDS Report Headings form. This field also controls the associated column sorting, subtotaling, and totaling options (see Field 3 Sorting, Totaling and Sub-totaling Options). -
Field 4:
The database extraction functions for the required data. -
Field 5:
The database element types to be searched for the data required in Field 4.