Running the Templates in Batch Mode

Running the templates in batch mode

As well as running the templates interactively they can also be run in batch mode, in which case the user is not prompted with questions, but must supply the information through a command line argument.

To run a template in batch, type in the following at a command prompt:

reporter 22.exe -batch -file= template_name -varTEMPLATE_ARGS= args_filename

[Add the -pdf, -html, -pptx command line arguments to write the report out in the format you want].

Where:

The args_filename is a CSV file containing the arguments to pass to the template in comma separated 'arg_name','arg_value' pairs. For the EuroNCAP Front ODB Impact template the file can contain the following:

KEYWORD_FILE,<keyword_filename>
CSV_FILE,<csv_filename> [OPTIONAL]
RESULTS_DIR,<results_directory> [OPTIONAL]
IMAGES_DIR,<images_directory> [OPTIONAL]

As with the interactive case where the template behaves differently depending on the users response to the questions, the interactive case will work differently depending on what arguments are supplied, e.g.:

If RESULTS_DIR or IMAGES_DIR are not specified then they are set to the keyword file directory.

A description for each argument is given in the table below:

The list of arguments required for each template is given in the table below. Note that for the single analysis templates, CSV_FILE is required unless the input data is stored in your keyword file as post-*END data.