VISTA Plus for MPE User's Guide

VISTA Plus for MPE User’s Guide
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Downloading Reports ..........................................................................................................................3-19
Downloading Text Files...................................................................................................................3-24
Downloading Comma Delimited Files to a PC Spreadsheet..............................................................3-25
Downloading Reports with Sheetmate..............................................................................................3-27
Downloading Merged Files..............................................................................................................3-29
Working with Columns .......................................................................................................................3-30
Creating Columns............................................................................................................................3-33
Saving Columns ..............................................................................................................................3-34
Sorting a Report by Columns ...........................................................................................................3-34
Calculating Within Columns ...........................................................................................................3-35
Calculating..........................................................................................................................................3-36
Merging Files to the Hold Buffer .........................................................................................................3-37
Window Management..........................................................................................................................3-38
Creating Windows...........................................................................................................................3-39
Saving Windows for a Report ..........................................................................................................3-39
Configuration Options.........................................................................................................................3-40
Configuring VISTA.........................................................................................................................3-42
Chapter 4 - Searching a Report..........................................................................................................................4-1
Indexing a Report..................................................................................................................................4-2
Search Index Management ....................................................................................................................4-3
Saving a Search Index .......................................................................................................................4-5
Searching ..............................................................................................................................................4-6
Searching for Text.............................................................................................................................4-8
Searching for All Occurrences ...........................................................................................................4-8
Searching by Column.......................................................................................................................4-10
Searching by Window......................................................................................................................4-11
Searching for Last Occurrence.........................................................................................................4-11
Searching an Index..........................................................................................................................4-12
Searching for Multiple Text Strings.................................................................................................4-13
Searching for a Text Range..............................................................................................................4-14
Searching for a Numeric Range .......................................................................................................4-15
Extracting A View...............................................................................................................................4-16
Chapter 5 - Extracting Records..........................................................................................................................5-1
Extracting Records Window ..................................................................................................................5-2
Extracting Records ................................................................................................................................5-6
Extracting Records Using a Set of Rules................................................................................................5-8
Deleting Lines From a Temporary Report..............................................................................................5-9
Saving a Temporary Report.................................................................................................................5-10