Output formats

An Output Format is a text expression to format the data of a particular index field into an output value. Transform Expressions are used to define the output format for an index field.

Output format: when a batch is output, the index data for the batch and for each document in the batch will be reformatted based on the output format. For instance, a date index with a value of MMddyy can be reformatted to: MM/dd/yyyy.

The syntax can be one or a combination of the following formats:

Text formats

Number formats

Time formats

Fixed string formats

Combination formats