Export files

From almost all screens, the data, as shown on the screen, can be manually exported to various file formats. From a screen in list view the data can be saved to a pdf, csv or - if licensed - cvt. A kml file can be created from a screen containing data about the coordinates of a ship. Finally, under license, there is the option to automatically export files once every 24 hours.

Export file manually

To export the data from the screen, choose in the menu File → hover on Export → click on the desired format.

Only if you make an export to csv, pdf or cvt and a filtering or sorting is active, the following message appears to verify whether you want to export the data:

If you want this, click on OK. If you do not want filtering or sorting, click on Cancel or X to return to the screen and remove the filtering and/or sorting, see …

In case the file already exists, you will be asked if you want to replace the file. If you want to replace the file, click on Yes. The file will be saved immediately [LINK]. Clicking on No will open a dialog where the location of the file and file name can be changed.

After the export you will be asked if you want to open the file. Choose Yes to do this, No to return to the screen.

Export file automatically

Only available under license FAE

If the option is enabled in automatic export settings, an export of the selected file(s) will be made once every 24 hours at the specified time.

Note: the service station must be open to make automatic exports.

Location export files

All exported files are saved in the export folder of the chosen path, see User settings. Within this export folder there are separate folders for the different types of export files.

The naming of the export files depends on which window the export is made from:

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Date times are written in the form yyyy-mm-dd_hhmm. If a filter is active, the suffix 'FILTER' is added at the end of the file name.

Content files

Csv files

Csv files are comma separated text files that can be edited in Excel or a similar program. An export to a csv file contains the information visible in the list view from the screen where the file is exported, including filters and sortings. Groupings will not be included.

Pdf files

Pdf files are text files that cannot be edited. An export to a pdf file contains the information visible in the list view from the screen where the file is exported, including any groupings, filters and sortings.

Kml files

Depending on user rights standard available in: BSS

Kml files are XML files containing geographic information. An export to a kml file contains all the information that is visible in the view from the screen where the file is exported. Grouping, sorting and filters therefore have no influence on the content of a kml export.

Note: If deviations are exported, the pre- and post-run time set will be included. These can be set and changed in Station settings.

To open a kml, Google Earth must be installed. For Windows, this can be downloaded from: https://www.google.com/earth/download/gep/agree.html.

GPS track

The beginning of a track is indicated with an arrow, the end with a flag. The date and time at the beginning and end of a track are also displayed.

Colours of the track

The track can consist of different colours depending on the ship status:

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Under Station settings you can specify whether a date-time stamp is displayed in the kml export for every change of ship status and whether the registration points should be shown.

Colours of areas

Areas appear as a polygon with a transparent fill. The colour depends on the zone of the area:

Zone	Colour
0	blue
1	light red
2	light blue
3	Orange

Cvt files

Only available under license FAE

Cvt files are text based files that are mainly used in third-party applications such as Canvas.

Three different objects are described in the cvt file, with several parameters:

1. Marker: an “external symbol” at specific coordinates;
2. Text: an “information label” at specific coordinates;
3. Line: a “track” list of coordinates.

The objects are separated with a <;> (semicolon, 0x3B).

All object parameters and object separators ends with Carriage Return and Line Feed <CR><LF>.

Marker object

The marker object has the following parameters:

• Object=External Symbol
• Color=<color name> (see, color names)
• Type=<marker type>
• <coordinates> (see, coordinates)

The fixed start <marker type> is '58' and corresponds to a plus symbol '+'. The fixed state change <marker type> is '63' at each change of status and corresponds to a point symbol '∙'.

The marker color is based on the new (next) state.

Text object

The text object has the following parameters:

• Object=Text
• Color=<color name> (see, color names)
• Text=<date/time> <shipname> <shipstate> <speed>
• <coordinates> (see, coordinates)

The text label contains the following information: <date/time> <shipname> <shipstate> <speed>:

• <date/time>: date and time in format dd-mm-yyy hh:mm:ss
• <shipname>: the name of the ship
• <shipstate>: the new ship state name based on registration data and configuration
• <speed>: the ship speed in knots

Line object

The line object has the following parameters:

• Object=Line
• Color=<color name> (see, color names)
• Style=SOLID
• Point0000 <coordinates> (see, coordinates)
• Point0001 <coordinates>
• …
• Pointxxxx <coordinates>

<coordinates> are in degrees and decimal seconds. Leading zero’s in position are printed as <space> (0x20).

Latitude and longitude are noted with 4 digit positions, for example: Lat<space><space>54ø45.490000N<space>Lon<space><space><space>8ø17.710000E

Color names

The following colors as a parameter for <color name> are available:

• RED
• GREEN
• BLUE
• MAGENTA
• ORANGE
• CYAN
• BLACK
• LIGHT BLUE
• LIGHT GREEN
• LIGHT RED
• LILAC
• YELLOW
• DARK BLUE
• DARK GREY
• DARK YELLOW

Text and line color are based on the current state.

Export chart

A chart can be exported to several files. Via the menu item Export in the screen in which the graph is displayed, the preview screen of the document below is first displayed. For example, it can rotate the page, adjust the background color and add a watermark to the document.

Generating the document with the chart in it, can be done in the following ways:

• under File → on Export Document or Send via E-mail → click on desired format;
• clicking on the arrows next to the icon or . Clicking directly on the icons automatically creates a pdf file.

Next, a dialog opens offering various options to customize the export to your liking. The options vary by file type. For a pdf, the screen looks like this:

After clicking on OK, the export is made and a dialog opens in which the location of the file and the file name can be changed.

If you want to cancel the export in the meantime, click on X or Cancel.