Data requests

A data request gets data from, for example, a model object, catalog part, or connection, and defines the quantity type and the format string to use for showing the information to the user.

Data requests have a standard structure:

r1;r2;r3

where

• r1 defines the target of the request which can be an attribute tag, a tag in a header file, or a tag from the Dimension Table.

• r2 defines the quantity type as defined in the configuration object [library] > Configuration > Common > Quantity definitions and their units of measure.

• r3 defines the format string for presenting the information, using either a one-character format code or customized printf formats.