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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.