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What is the Monarch Application?
Datawatch MonarchTM (Monarch) is a multi-component application that allows you to model and extract analytical assets from both structured and less-than-structured sources, such as PDFs, reports, and EDI streams, and then use the data obtained in a self-service manner on your desktop for broader analytical use.
When a computer generates a report, it creates a report file that contains all of the characters and control codes required by a printer to produce the actual report printout. Monarch reads that same report file. Instead of producing a hardcopy printout with words and numbers frozen on the page, however, it creates a softcopy of the report on screen, with live data you can work with.
Monarch reads report files created within any computing environment. These files are commonly known as print or spool files, but they are also referred to as text (TXT), formatted text, PRN, PDF, and SDF files. Monarch can also read a wide variety of input files, such as delimited (e.g., pipe, comma, semi-colon, etc.) text, HTML, MS-Excel, MS-Access, dBase, PDF, and XPS, among others, and is able to connect to OLE DB and ODBC sources.
The complete features of your Monarch application depend on the license you purchased. In this learning guide, these licenses may be referred to as “Monarch versions.” Click here to learn more about the different Monarch licenses available.