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Comet Data Express is a utility program for Comet2003 and greater. This program provides a menu of the views and reports that have been defined, and provides a quick and convenient way to launch them with Crystal Reports and Excel.

Before using Comet Data Express, you must define your files with the DB Manager. Before using the Excel option, you must define your view(s) with the View Manager.

Using Comet Data Express

Please note that Comet Data Express requires that you have the following directories accessed:

COS TMP

There are three ways to start Comet Data Express:

  1. Click on the "Comet Data Express" hyperlink in QMONITOR.
  2. From the READY prompt, type DBX and press Enter.
  3. From the Comet Utility Programs menu, select item #37. 

Program options:

   * To display the list of reports for Crystal Reports, select the "Crystal Reports" tab.
   * To display the list of views for Excel, select the "MS Excel" tab.
   * To run the View Manager, click on the "View Manager" button.
   * To run the DB Manager, click on the "DB Manager" button.
   * To exit from the program, click the "Close" button. 

Crystal Reports tab

The Crystal Reports tab contains the following options:

   * Preview Report
   * Print Report
   * Edit Report
   * Create Report
   * Add
   * Remove