Previewing Reports

1 - From the Archive  window, select the report you want to view in the right-hand pane. If you select a report generated by Sybase, the Report Options window will display allowing you to customize your report before printing it.

NOTE: If you select a CSV type of report, the report will be generated in a WordPad window, in text format.

2 - Define the filter options: enter a text string in the Search description  field. The report will be sorted leaving only events containing the specified text string. You may refine your filter:

•   Contains: All events which contain the specified text will be included in the report.

•   Starts with: All events which start with the specified text will be included in the report.

•   Ends with: All events which end with the specified text will be included in the report.

•   Exact words: All events containing the exact specified text will be included in the report.

3 - Click on the Preview button , select a printer  from the drop-down list and click OK . The system displays the result of the report. From that window, you can:

•   Search text within the report

•   Print a report

•   Save a report in various formats such as PDF, RTF, HTML and TXT

•   Load a report (in a.QRP format)

4 - Click Properties to access the Reports details window where detailed information is displayed:

•   Report file name : Displays the whole path where the report was saved as well as its name.

•   Report title : Displays the title of the report.

•   Start date :  Reports are created for a selected time frame. This option specifies the starting date of this time frame.

•   End date :  Reports are created for a selected time frame. This option specifies the ending date of this time frame as well as the time.

•   Requested : Displays the date and time at which the report was requested.

•   Delivered :  Displays the date and time at which the report was produced and printed. 

•   Requested by :  Displays the name of the operator that requested the report.

•   Count : Displays the number of transactions (lines) in the report.

•   Output process : Displays a list of the possible templates used for this report.