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  • Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
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A format string consists of codes contained within curly braces to indicate which fields to import or export. Each code is contained in its own set of braces.

For exports, any text not contained within a set of curly braces is treated as static text and included in the exported record verbatim. The table below shows the available codes and their definitions.

Note: A number can be included along with the code inside a set of curly braces to indicate that the field is to have a fixed width in the file.

Code

Definition

t

Tag – {t} or {t32}.

v

Value – {v} or {vn.d}.

Where:

  • n is the total number of characters to use to format the value.

  • d is the the number of decimal digits to use.

    If no character or decimal precision value is provided, the standard fixed point numeric format for the current locale is used.

d

Date:

  • {d}

    OR

  • {d30}

    OR

  • {d:dateformat }

    OR

  • {d30:dateformat }

    Where:

    dateformat = one of the supported date formats (refer to Date format.)

    For example, {d:DD-MMM-YYYY hh:mm:ss}.

    If no format is specified, the default format is MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm:ss.

s

Status – {s} or {s12}.

b

Binary Text – {b} or {b10}.

x

Description – {x} or {x50}.

a

Area – {a} or {a20}.

u

Group – {u} or {u20}.

m

Meter Number – {m} or {m10}.

i

Ignore (for import only) – {i25} = ignore 25 spaces.

Examples

The table below shows the resulting output of several format strings entered into the Format field of the ImportExportConfig Row Edit dialog box.

Format String

Output

{t},{v6.2},{d},{s}

SAGVLT, 76.23,4/15/2003 18:36:42,NORMAL

Tag:{t}, Value:{v}

Tag:SAGVLT, Value:76.232

{t16}/{v}/{b8}

SAGVLT /1.0/On