Using the Storage Navigator CLI 5-13
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Hitachi Storage Navigator User’s Guide
Spreadsheets
This section explains general conventions for creating spreadsheets for use
with Storage Navigator CLI.
Spreadsheet templates are provided with Storage Navigator for your use.
Make a copy of a template and edit it to write a spreadsheet. For details about
the template file names, see the documents for program products that support
the Storage Navigator CLI.

Spreadsheet File Conventions

Create a spreadsheet according to the following conventions.

Table 5-3 Spreadsheet Conventions

Item Conventions
File type Text file
File name The extension mu st be “.spd”.
The maximum number of characters for the file name is 32
including the extension.
The following symbols cannot be used for the file name:
\ / : , ; * ? “ < > | and space.
The maximum length of the file path is 240 characters.
Maximum number of
rows in a spreadsheet
65,536 rows, including comment rows.
End-of-line symbol Add a linefeed code at the end of each line.
Maximum number of
letters in a row
512 bytes, including the linefeed code at the end.
Case sensitivity Case-insensitive.
Format Separate each parameter w ith a comma ( , ).
Add a semicolon ( ; ) at the end of the line where a parameter
is written.
Tab codes and a series of spaces before or after comma are
ignored.