SI Explorer Process Menu - Export Submittal Register
Click here to see this page in full context

SI Explorer Process Menu - Export Submittal Register

 

In this Topic HideIn this Topic Show
  1. Format Options
    1. Create Web File
    2. Create Spreadsheet File
    3. Create Comma-Delimited File
    4. Color for Web and Spreadsheet File
  2. File Name Options
    1. File Name (No Extension)
  3. E-mail Options
    1. Attach Exported files To E-mail Message When Finished
  4. Using this Feature
    1. How to Export and E-mail the Submittal Register:
  5. Additional Learning Tools
  6. Technical Support Information

 

 

This command can be executed from the SI Explorer's Process Menu and Right-click Menu.

 

This feature is used to Export the Submittal Register data to either a web, spreadsheet or Comma-delimitedRefers to the accessibility of a computer system to all people, regardless of disability type or severity of impairment. The term accessibility is most often used to in reference to specialized hardware or software, or a combination of both, designed to enable use of a computer by a person with a disability or impairment. file. These files contains the Job or Master's Submittal information that is generated through the File > Process & Print/Publish > Reports Tab or through Process > Export Submittal Register functions.

 

Illustration SI Explorer's Process Menu - Export Submittal Register

Format Options

Create Web File

This format is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file that can be opened with any Web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, etc.) for viewing.  It may also be opened with any spreadsheet application for editing, if required.  The default output file name will be UFGS4288.htm.

Create Spreadsheet File

This function will create a Submittal Register spreadsheet file, Microsoft Excel is required.   The default output file name will be UFGS4288.xlsx.  

Create Comma-Delimited File

This file contains the Job or Master's Submittal information in a tabular data separated by commas.  The use of the comma as a field separator is the source of the name for this file format.  The default output file name will be UFGS4288.txt and can be opened with Notepad or Microsoft Excel.

 

The Comma-delimitedRefers to the accessibility of a computer system to all people, regardless of disability type or severity of impairment. The term accessibility is most often used to in reference to specialized hardware or software, or a combination of both, designed to enable use of a computer by a person with a disability or impairment. text file is primarily used for the creation of the Submittal Register however, it is also used for importing the Submittal Register data into Army's Resident Management System (RMS).

 

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To NoteYou can export a single or multiple files within the same session.  After processing, the exported files are placed in the SI Explorer's Exported Files folder located below the selected Job or Master.

Color for Web and Spreadsheet File

Provides the capability to produce the Web or Spreadsheet File with or without color.  The options provided will add color options

File Name Options

File Name (No Extension)

By default the file name for the Exported Submittal Register is UFGS4288 however you can change the name by typing the new name in the text field.  Microsoft Windows reserved characters to avoid when naming files or folders are the left and right angle brackets, colon, quotation, forward and back slash, pipe symbol, question mark and asterisks as indicated here:  < > : " / \ > ? *  

 

The file extension should not be entered, since the software will automatically insert the correct extension based on the selection below Format Options.

E-mail Options

Attach Exported files To E-mail Message When Finished

After the Exported file is generated, this function will create a new e-mail message with the UFGS4288 file(s) attached.

 

Illustration Icon Indicating Important Information To NoteThis feature supports MAPI e-mail clients, such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.  Web-based e-mail clients that use POP3 and IMAP such as  Gmail, Yahoo and AOL use POP3 and IMAP are not supported.

 

Illustration Icon Indicating How To StepsUsing this Feature

How to Export and E-mail the Submittal Register:

  1. From SI Explorer, select the Process Menu
  2. Select Export Submittal Register
  3. Below Format Options, choose either web, spreadsheet and/or comma-deliminted file
  4. If you are exporting the web or spreadsheet file, choose the appropriate color options below Color for Web and Spreadsheet File
  5. Below E-mail Options, select Attach exported files to e-mail message when finished.
  6. Select OK
  7. When prompted the file has been exported, select OK
  8. When the e-mail message opens with the files attached, modify the message as necessary and select Send

Additional Learning Tools

Illustration Icon Indicating eLearning ModulesWatch the Export Submittal Register eLearning Module within Chapter 8 - Additional Tools and Techniques.

 

 

Users are encouraged to visit the SpecsIntact Website's Help Center for access to all of our User Tools, including eLearning Modules (video tutorials), printable Guides, Knowledge Base containing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), Technical Notes and Release Notes, and Web-Based Help.  For additional support, contact the SpecsIntact Technical Support Desk at (321) 867-8800 or KSC-SpecsIntact@mail.nasa.gov.