# Tab-delimited text report files

Tab-delimited text files can be used for further processing.

The tab-delimited text files contain the statistics in tabulated tables. The tab characters and the operating environment-specific line endings delimit the text.

Table 1. Structure of a tab-delimited text report file
Line no. | File content | Description
--- | --- | ---
1 | <report title>, <start time> - <end time> | Start and end time define the reporting period in format YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm:ss.
2 | <empty line> |
3 | <section content for each section> | Each section of the report follows the format described in the following table.

Line no. | Section content | Description
--- | --- | ---
1 | <section name>[; <section comment>] | Optional section comment with a leading semicolon (;) might follow the section name.
2 | <empty line> |
3 | <section data> | “No data” | Section data follows the format described in the following table. If the section contains no data, the text “No data” is displayed instead.
Section's last line | <empty line> |

Line no. | Section data content | Description
--- | --- | ---
1 | <table heading> | Tab delimited column labels. Some columns might not have a label, and labels might be padded with trailing spaces.
2 | <empty line> |
3 | <table rows> | Tab delimited values. Value in any given column can be empty. The column values are not padded.
Section data's last line | <empty line> |