6.3 Single-file Sales/Usage Reports

The Sales/Usage Reports defined in the DSR standard are delimiter-separated value plain text files. Sales/Usage Reports created in accordance with the various parts of the DSR standard comprise the following sequence of Records:

  1. Exactly one HEAD Record as defined in Part 8 of the DSR standard;

  1. One or more Records defined in accordance with the relevant profile that provide summary data about the transactions listed in 3 below;

  1. None, one or more Blocks of Records defined in accordance with the relevant profile that provide detailed data about transacted releases, resources and/or musical works, and the sales and/or usage data relating to such transacted releases, resources and/or musical works; and

  1. Exactly one FOOT Record as defined in Part 8 of the DSR standard.

This structure is shown in Figure 2. The indentation is for illustration purposes only.

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Figure 2 – Overall structure of a Sales/Usage Report created in accordance with the DSR standard

It is permissible to send a Sales/Usage Report with just a HEAD Record, at least one summary Record and a FOOT Record, and no other Records. This would indicate that no sales and/or usage data is being reported.

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