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Preformatted Reports

Preformatted reports are output options that allow you to request file-specific reports of a particular kind of information, such as a summary or synopsis; importer or exporter; or media expenditure, sales or billings. In preformatted reports, the usual two-letter codes are replaced by specific keywords, the columns are predetermined, the data is automatically aggregated, and a report title is automatically generated. Generally, the data is sorted by predetermined criteria.

Because a preformatted report can aggregate data from multiple records, the last element in a preformatted REPORT command frequently specifies the number of records being aggregated. After aggregation has occurred, a preformatted report can contain fewer entries than the number of records in the original set.

For an online display of preformatted report information, enter HELP PREFORM. For information on the cost of a preformatted report, enter HELP RATES n (where n is the file number).

In the Dialog Finder files (Dialog Company Name Finder™, File 416 or COMPFIND; Dialog Journal Name Finder™, File 414 or JRNLFIND; and Dialog Product Code Finder™, File 413 or PRODFIND), preformatted reports are available. Use /COMPANY in File 416; /JOURNAL in File 414; and /PRODUCT in File 413.

Following are two examples of preformatted reports.

• To create a preformatted "journal" REPORT in Dialog Journal Name Finder™ (File 414):

File 414:DIALOG Journal Name Finder(TM)  2008/Jan
       (c) 2008 Dialog
 
      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?expand jn=natural science

Ref Items  Index-term
E1      1  JN=NATURAL SCIENC // SHIZEN KAGAKU TO HAKUBUTSU
E2      2  JN=NATURAL SCIENC // YEN NIEN C NATIONAL MUSEUM
E3      2 *JN=NATURAL SCIENCE
E4      1  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // ARCHAEOLOGY AND
E5      1  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // DIRASAT
E6      1  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // DONGGUK JOURNAL OF
E7      2  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // ECOLOGICAL BULLETINS SWED
E8      1  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS ACADEM
E9      2  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // FUDAN JOURNAL
E10     1  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // HIYOSHI REVIEW OF
E11     3  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // INDIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICA
E12     1  JN=NATURAL SCIENCE // JOURNAL OF CHENGDU UNIVER

          Enter P or PAGE for more
?s e3
     S1       2  JN="NATURAL SCIENCE"
?report s1/journal
     S2       2  Sort 1/ALL/JN,TY,D,RC,D
          DIALOG(R)File 414:DIALOG Journal Name Finder(TM)
            (c) 2008 Dialog 
 
                     2 Journals  Available
 
    Journal             File Number   Type    Record Count
----------------------------------------------------------
  1 NATURAL SCIENCE             10  BIBLIOGRAPHIC     73
  2 NATURAL SCIENCE            144  BIBLIOGRAPHIC      1
 
Enter item number(s), P for next page, or EXIT to end 
Report:
?exit

 
Leaving Report/JOURNAL...

• To create a preformatted "synopsis" REPORT in TFSD Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions (File 551):

File 551:TFSD Worldwide M&A 1980-2008/Feb 21
       (c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data

      Set  Items  Description
      ---  -----  -----------
?s aq=microsoft?
      S1     222  AQ=MICROSOFT?

?report s1/synopsis/1-2  
                  DIALOG(R)File 551 :TFSD Worldwide M&A
             (c) 2008 Thomson Fin Sec Data All rts. reserv.
                        SYNOPSIS Report 
***********************************************************
Ann. Date    Target                           Acquirer
Eff. Date    Type of Transaction              Status
Deal Value
Price/Share
Attitude     Deal Terms
***********************************************************
  02/11/08   Danger Inc                      Microsoft Corp
  NA         Acq. of Assets                  Pending
  NA         US - Microsoft Corp agreed to acquire Danger
  NA         Inc, a developer of mobile Internet software.
  Friendly

  ---------------------------------------------------------
  01/10/08   Logitech International SA       Microsoft Corp
  NA         Merger                          Rumor
  NA              SWITZERLAND - Microsoft Corp of the US
             was rumored to be planning to launch a tender
  NA         offer to acquire the entire  ordinary share
  Not Appl.  capital of Logitech International SA, a
             Romanel-Sur-Moges-based manufacturer and
             wholesaler of computer peripheral equipment.

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(Defaults and Restrictions for Reports) 

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