NovaStar Program Reference / Data Export / Overview

Data export programs typically run on the scheduler (cron) and export data to specific file formats.

• Summary
• Alarm Data Export
• Data Export
• SHEF Export
• XML Export

See also:

• Data Import Programs

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Summary

TODO smalers 2017-10-12 Need to insert summary of export programs.

An alternative to data export programs is data web services (need to link to documentation).

Alarm Data Export

• nsalarmdataexport - export alarm data

Data Export

The nsdataexport script controls export by calling other export programs.

• nsdataexport - general data export

SHEF Export

TODO smalers 2017-10-15 need to understand difference between ftpshefxfer and nsexportshef.

Standard Hydrologic Exchange Format (SHEF) is a common format used for data exchange. SHEF was developed by the National Weather Service.

• nsexportshef - export SHEF data to remote servers

XML Export

• xmldataexport - export data in XML format
• xmlrptexport - export XML report file