Report UI

Editor Tab

• Reporting is for designing and generating reports with rich text editing features.

• Many of the options are available in the Reporting main toolbar:

 

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Description

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Description

 

Format: used to select desired paragraph format

Font family: used to select desired font family

Font size: used to select desired font size

Text Color: used to select desired text color

Background Color: used to select desired background color

Bold: makes selected text bold

Italic: makes selected text italic

Underline: draws an underline below selected text

Strikethrough: makes selected text strike through

Align text left: used to set the text alignment with the left margin

Center text: used to set the text alignment to the center of the page

Align text right: used to set the text alignment with the right margin

Justify: used to set the text alignment evenly between the margins

Line Spacing: used to add spacing between the line of text.

Unordered List: used to create a bullet list

Ordered List: used to create a numbered list

Outdent: used to outdent the text

Indent: used to indent the text

Insert Hyperlink: used to insert a URL

Insert Image: inserts an image in text area

Create a Table: inserts a table in text area

Clear Formatting: used to clear current formatting

 

 

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Editor Tab (selected)

contains all the options to edit the report

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Editor Tab Toolbar

contains options about the queries including:

 Save Report: to save the report (done automatically)
 Refresh: to update the report
 Run: to generate the report
Save as Template:
for saving the current report as a template, for reuse

Insert Smart Part: for inserting the desired query in the report

Report Designer: for filtering out data (from queries) as required

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Rich Text Toolbar

contains rich text options to visually design the report

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Report Design Area

Although Report design Area is a single entity, its contents are made up of the following two:  

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Report's static text

User types in the desired text here and applies formatting using the rich text controls

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Inserted Query

User inserts the desired query(s) at the selected location. This shows up in the minimal form in the Editor Tab and as a data set in the Report Tab

 

Report Tab

 

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Report Tab (selected)

contains all the options to show the generated report

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Report Tab Toolbar

contains options to:

 Save As: to save the generated report in Word or PDF format
 Refresh: to regenerate the report

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Report Area

Shows the generated report