SHEF* Primer

Objectives

The SHEF Manual

The Three Types of Reports

A Simple Example

.A Reports

.A Positional Fields

Format Specifiers

Location ID

Date

Time Zones

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Data String

Time

Time Relative

Date Relative End of Month

Parameter Codes

Physical Element

Physical Element

Duration

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Be Careful with PPP

Be Careful with SF

Type

Source

Extremum

Probability

Send Codes

Values

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Putting the Report Together

Other Data String Elements

Other Data String Elements

Comments

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The .B Format

.B Reports

.B Header

.B Parameter Control String

.B Body

.B Terminator

Another .B Example

First: Create the Header

Now: Add the body

Each Line of the .B Body

The Complete .B Body

Commented Body

Packed Body

Add the Terminator

The Complete .B Report

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The .E Format

.E Reports

.E Data String

Time Interval

Time Interval End of Month

Values

More .E Examples

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Review

SHEF Decoding

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In Conclusion