Format Tools - Format as Text

The Format As Text Tool is used to create a Task Step that creates single or multiple textual documents, primarily utilising information provided by Input Tools such as the Database Query (ODBC) Tool and requires no global settings.

The Step uses merge fields to merge data objects into the document from a source to produce dynamic documents such as alerts and notifications or data formats such as .CSV for spreadsheets or uploading to other systems.

These textual documents can then be delivered using many of the Output Steps such as Send Message (SMTP) as body and/or attachment, Send SMS (m:science SMS Server), Send Fax(Tobit), File Transfer (FTP) and Save to File. </po&g

<h2> Works with other Tools

These are other Tools that this Tool will interact directly with whether by exposing information to it or consuming information from it.

• Query Database
• Format as Text
• Format as HTML
• Run Crystal Report
• XML to Recordset
• XML Document Import
• Flat File Import Tool

Dependencies

These are other products, technologies, protocols or systems that are required for the tool to work.

• Input Tools (such as the Database Query (ODBC) Tool)

Exposes

Objects that the Tool exposes that can be utilised by other tools. Match these with `Consumes' in other Tool specifications.

• As body and/or attachement (the Send Message SMTP Tool)
• As text message (the Send SMS Tool)
• As fax (the Send Fax Tobit Tool)
• As file (the File Transfer FTP Tool)
• As file (the Save as File Tool)