Exporting
Once Duplicate File Detective has finished generating the results of a duplicate file search, the Export button in the Results Processing section of the application Ribbon Bar will be enabled.
Duplicate result reports can be exported in five different formats:
- HTML - HyperText Markup Language. This option also copies the "style.css" cascading style sheet file from the "template" sub-folder of your Duplicate File Detective installation directory to the file export target path (and links it to the generated HTML file). You can customize the appearance of HTML exports by modifying the "style.css" template file (knowledge of CSS syntax required).
- CSV - Comma Separated Values. The resulting report can be opened directly within most spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Excel.
- PDF - Portable Document Format. Provides an excellent, consolidated document that is easy to print and share. Recommended for small to medium sized duplicate search result sets.
- Excel - Exports directly to MS Excel file format, without needing the product to be installed. Large result sets are handled automatically: additional worksheets are created as needed to capture data beyond a single worksheet's capacity.
- XML - eXtensible Markup Language, consumable by a large array of third-party applications. Reports exported in XML format can be re-imported later. Note that XML export files also contain duplicate report summary data (such as report run time, files scanned, etc.) so that the Summary Report function will work correctly when data is re-imported.
Export scope: The HTML, CSV, PDF, and Excel formats export the current view - they retain the report's current sorting, and honor any active results filter. The XML format instead exports all duplicate search results (retaining current sorting, but not filtering), since its purpose is complete round-trip re-importing.
You can also select precisely which duplicate file report columns you wish to export. Check the box adjacent to the name of each column you wish to include in the export file. Importantly, when exporting duplicate search results in XML file format, all column data is exported (regardless of what column selections you make). This behavior is necessary in order to support duplicate search result importing.
Other export options:
- Open report after generation completes - Will attempt to open the target file once the export process has completed. Note that this process uses the default Windows operating system file association.
- Warn if target file path already exists - When this setting is disabled, the export target file will always be overwritten, without prompting.
- Close this window when export completes - Close the export window when the export process completes.
- Merge CSS template into HTML export file - Merges the contents of the CSS export template directly into the HTML export file. When disabled, the CSS file will be placed adjacent to the HTML file and linked to it.
- Email results to - Emails the generated export file to the recipient(s) you specify once the export completes. Requires that outgoing email be configured in the Email settings.
To export a duplicate results report, simply select the export format, provide a destination file path, and click the Export button.
Note: Report export capabilities are also accessible through the command line interface.
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