In order to permit openFT data (e.g. log records) to be automatically processed further by external procedures or programs, openFT offers the so-called CSV (Character Separated Values) output format. The CSV-format is available for all display commands of openFT. In this format, each block of information is output to one line of text, with the individual items of information in an "output record" being separated by semicolons. The first line is a header and contains the names of the items of information, also separated by semicolons.
Such output could then be processed further by programs which support CSV formats (e.g. Microsoft ExcelTM under Windows) and could hence be used, among other things, to easily implement an accounting system for the used resources (e.g. transfer requests).