Report files are divided into three sections, the system header, the individual data report header, and the report data.

System Header Field Names
System Header Field Values
<Blank Line>
Data Header
data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data <cr><lf>
…
…
data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data, data <cr><lf>

As shown in Figure 2-1, the first line in a report file contains the system header field names, followed on the second line by the system header field values. The third line is left blank to separate the system header section from the data sections. The fourth line is the data header, and subsequent lines contain the data. There is no blank line between the data header and data.

The system header size varies depending on the embedded data. A size of 250 bytes is used in all calculations, but this value can be as high as 331 bytes.

The report header size varies depending on the report type, but is always the same size for a specific report type.

The size of the report data section varies depending on the number of entries being reported.

For the estimates given in this document, 10 characters are assumed for each ASCII value and 3 bytes for each integer value, plus the comma delimiter. The file sizes could be significantly larger or smaller, depending on the configuration of a particular system.