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# About Output Format Properties

The Output Format Properties dialog box is displayed when either the Add or Edit button is selected in the Output Formats dialog box and is used to either add a new output format for the Step or edit the properties of an existing one. As previously stated, when a Run Microsoft Reporting Services Report Step is run within the Task, by default it provides outputs in a number of default formats which are then made available via the Task Browser dialog box to be utilised in other Task Steps. For complete flexibility, the outputs produced by the Step can be customised by:
|  | Adding new custom output formats and adding parameters (properties) and values for them
|  | Editing output format details
|  | Removing any custom output formats
The dialog box contains the following: | Click the image to view full size.

|  | Name — For standard default output formats this field is not editable. For custom output formats, a new name may be manually entered.

|  | Output Type — For standard default output formats the list is not active and the standard output type is displayed. For custom output formats, the drop down provides a list of all available output types for selection.

|  | Content Type — A content type may be manually entered for both the standard and custom output formats.

|  | Properties — This table is not displayed when editing a standard default output format. When creating or editing a custom output format it lists details for its properties under the following column headings:

|  | Property

|  | Content Type

|  | Add — This button is not displayed when editing a standard default output format. When creating or editing a custom output format, clicking on the button displays the Parameter dialog box through which a Name and Value may be added for the new parameter (property). Once saved the new parameter is shown in the Properties table.

|  | Edit — This button is not displayed when editing a standard default output format. When editing a custom output format, clicking on the button displays the Parameter dialog box to display details for the property selected in the table which may then be edited.

|  | Remove — This button is not displayed when editing a standard default output format. Clicking on a property for a custom output format removes the property from the table.

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