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<h1>Report Templates<img src="../../../shared/menu-arrow.jpg" alt=" &gt; " />Change</h1>

<ul class="direct"><li>Note: this feature is only included in the standard edition of Simon, not Simon Express and Simon Free.  <a href="../../editions.html">Learn more...</a></li></ul>

<p>This page has information about the <b>Change</b> block, and variables valid within this scope.  See the <a href="./index.html"><b>Report Templates</b></a> page for more information about Simon's report templates.</p>

<p>The <b>Change</b> block includes variables about a change - i.e. values displayed in Simon's <b>Monitor</b> window in the <a href="../../monitor/changes.html">changes</a> table.</p>

<p>Variables are tags in the file that are replaced by another value when the report is used.  Variables are enclosed in curly braces, and have a variable name optionally followed by any number of parameters, e.g. <b>{difference length="100"}</b>.  See the <a href="./params.html">parameters</a> page for information on the available parameters.</p>

<p>The variables that are available in this scope include:</p>

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<tr><td nowrap><b>Variable:</b></td><td nowrap><b>Outputs:</b></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Date</td><td valign="top">The date and time of the change.</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Difference</td><td valign="top">Text used for the <a href="../../test/filters/index.html"><b>Filters</b></a> feature (old name; new templates should use <b>DifferenceWithHTML</b> instead).  Recommend using the <b>length</b> parameter to truncate it to a suitable size.</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">DifferenceWithHTML</td><td valign="top">Text used for the <a href="../../test/filters/index.html"><b>Filters</b></a> feature, with HTML tags included.  Recommend using the <b>length</b> parameter to truncate it to a suitable size.</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">DifferenceWithoutHTML</td><td valign="top">Text used for the <a href="../../test/filters/index.html"><b>Filters</b></a> feature, with HTML tags stripped out.  Recommend using the <b>length</b> parameter to truncate it to a suitable size.</td></tr>
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