When you extract members in a flat file format, you can select whether to include a header for the file.
Example: Flat File with Header
Scenario=Actual Year=2009 Period=[Year] View=YTD Entity=CORP_OPS Parent=GROUP Value=[Parent Total] Possible Duplicated Records=No SalesIC;CHINA;[None];[None];[None];[None];100000 SalesIC;CHINA;[None];AllCustom2;[None];[None];100000 Scenario=Actual Year=2009 Period=[Year] View=Periodic Entity=CORP_OPS Parent=GROUP Value=[Parent Total] Possible Duplicated Records=No SalesIC;CHINA;[None];[None];[None];[None];100000 SalesIC;CHINA;[None];AllCustom2;[None];[None];100000
Example: Flat File No Header
!Data Actual;2009;[Year];YTD;GROUP.CORP_OPS;[Parent Total];SalesIC;CHINA;[None];[None];[None];[None];100000 Actual;2009;[Year];YTD;GROUP.CORP_OPS;[Parent Total];SalesIC;CHINA;[None];AllCustom2;[None];[None];100000 Actual;2009;[Year];Periodic;GROUP.CORP_OPS;[Parent Total];SalesIC;CHINA;[None];[None];[None];[None];100000 Actual;2009;[Year];Periodic;GROUP.CORP_OPS;[Parent Total];SalesIC;CHINA;[None];AllCustom2;[None];[None];100000