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Create and customize Excel templates


infra CONVERT allows you to export the contents of a test plan directly into a Microsoft Excel workbook. All you need is an excel template file (.XLT) formatted as described below and Microsoft Excel on the computer on which the export is performed. Using the template, infra CONVERT creates an Excel file (.XLSX, more file formats coming soon) with the test plan parameters you specify.


The supplied test report templates are installed by default in the location opposite.

%ProgramData%/ELIAS GmbH/infra-Convert/ExcelReports

Excel templates can be set up and formatted according to your wishes. You can customize the templates provided or create new templates. Place the templates in the folder named ExcelReports above. When exporting test plans, these templates are available, see Functions > Export > Export test plan > Step 2d.

infra CONVERT writes the inspection characteristics line by line, this means among themselves. Name the first cell in the column to be filled with a value with one of the variables from the table below. How to define names in Excel is described in Microsoft Office Help here: Defining and Using Names in Formulas.


Various variables are available to describe the inspection characteristics with their properties.

Name Description Reference
StampText Stamp inscription More > Terms > Stamp/stamps
Requirement Complete requirement, individually formattable for each feature class. Administrator's Manual > Configuration and Import > Parameter file “CharacteristicClasses” > Formatting the export variable "Requirement"
NominalValue Value of the nominal value* More > Terms > Measurement (sizes-)
UpperTolerance Upper Tolerance* More > Terms > Measurement (sizes-)
LowerTolerance Lower Tolerance* More > Terms > Measurement (sizes-)
CharacteristicType Merkmalstyp (variabel, attributiv) More > Terms > Characteristic (test-, quality-)
Class Characteristic class More > Terms > Class (characteristic-)
Fit Tolerance class (specifiction of fits) More > Terms > Tolerance table
Comment Comment User interface > Function window > Characteristic properties
ToleranceTable Tlolerance table More > Terms > Toleranztabelle
ToleranceTableColumn Tolerance class in Tolerance table (column) More > Terms > Toleranztabelle
DrawingQuadrant Field division More > Terms > Drawing sheet
SpecialCategory Category More > Terms > Category (characteristic-)
Tags Label/Tag More > Terms > Label

* Nominal and tolerance values are output as a text string to match the representation in the specification on the drawing. If you want to continue calculating with the numeric values, it may be useful to convert the strings into numbers. You can use the Excel VALUE function for this.


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