TapeTrack has many command line utilities to create reports and output them in different formats to cater for clients needs.

This page is to guide you on how to create a PDF report, using the utility TMSS10Inventory to demonstrate the process and variables available to customize the output.

Other report formats available

• Text
• CSV
• Excel
• HTML
• JSON

Ensure TapeTrack Server Utilities are installed on the computer you want to run the report on.

Methods to check:

Open a command prompt and run the command TMSS10Inventory, the output will show the utility options starting with TMSS10Inventory © GazillaByte 1998-2020 if Server Utilities have been installed.

If the output shows TMSS10Inventory is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. you will need to install the Server Utility package, available for download here.

Decide on the report required.

In this example we are using TMSS10Inventory, for other report utilities available see Server Utilities - Reports

Create a batch file in the desired location and name it with a descriptive name, eg C:\tapetrack_reports\run_InventoryReport.bat

Open the batch file in Notepad or other plain text editor.

Variables set different parameters relating to how the report is configured and what output gets written to or dropped from the report.

Batch file code example:

set TMSSREPORTFORMAT=PDF
set TMSSPDFORIENTATION=landscape
set TMSSPDFPAGESIZE=letter
set TMSSPDFOUTPUTPATH=./Inventory_Report_US01.pdf

set TMSSPDFCOLORHDR=FF0000
set TMSSPDFLOGOPATH=
set TMSSREPORTTITLE100=US01 Inventory

When outputting to PDF, as the report includes a lot of data, you may find columns overlap on the report.

The reason there is to many columns for the space available in a PDF format is because the report is customizable, the choice of which columns to include or discard is left to the client to decide rather that make the choice for you.

If all columns are required, outputting the report to text, CSV or EXCEL is advised.