The Report Viewer presents reports in an interactive environment that permits keyword searches, printing and export to Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Microsoft Excel 2007 or later (.xlsx), Rich Text Format (.rtf), HTML (.html), Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or later (.pptx), OpenOffice Calc (.ods), CSV file (.csv) or Image files.
1.Reports are accessed from the Main screen by clicking the Reports icon. A list of all reports will appear.
2.Click on the desired report. The report will open in the Report Viewer.
The Report Viewer Tool Bar (shown below) provides a variety of functions. These are described below.
•First Page takes you to the beginning of the report.
•Previous Page
•Next Page
•Last Page takes you to the end of the report.
•Print launches the Print form.
•Refresh updates the report with current data.
•Export allows you to save the report as your choice of any of the following formats: Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf), Microsoft Excel (.xls), Microsoft Excel 2007 or later (.xlsx), Rich Text Format (.rtf), HTML (.html), Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or later (.pptx), OpenOffice Calc (.ods), CSV file (.csv) or Image file.
•Filter opens the Report Filter Setup form.
•Content Map opens the report map panel.
•Find - finds the text in the current report using the "Find Text" dialog.
•Page Setup edits the page settings.
•Watermark edits the watermark.
•Edit Report edits the current page in the designer.
•Zoom Whole Page zooms to fit the whole page.
•Zoom Page Width zooms to fit the page width.
•Zoom In.
•Zoom Out.
Depending on the number of transactions in your database, the Report you have selected, and the performance of your PC, Report Viewer can remain blank for quite some time while it access the database and dynamically builds the Report for display.