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The
directory is used to manage configurable reports.Configurable reports offer you a convenient way to view data on operations performed as well as data about your business’s activities. For example, you can view data in tables, graphs, or diagrams; display it on a screen; or create a print layout and print it out.
Location of the directory:
– .The directory contains a tree list of reports and their groups. Report groups are nodes in the list of reports. Each report group can be composed of reports and other groups of reports. In the data grid, the displayed attributes are applicable only to reports. As for report groups, only their titles - i.e. no other attributes - are made available here. Other report group attributes can be viewed in the directory data grid.
Data grid columns:
Name indicates the name of the report or report group.
Description is a brief description of the report.
Based on designates the baseline report upon which the current report is based.
Security level denotes the security level assigned to the report.
Type denotes the type to which the given report belongs.
Date changed indicates the date when the report was changed last time.
Preview denotes whether you can preview the data of the report that is used to save data to an XML
file.
System is a tag identifying system objects.
The context menu of the directory contains the following commands:
(Ins) – adds a report to the directory.
The command becomes available if at least one report group exists in the data grid.
(Alt+Ins) – adds a group of reports to the directory.
– creates a report based on another report from the directory.
This command is only available if you select one report.
(F2) – edits reports or groups of reports.
The command becomes available only when you select items of the same type: either reports or report groups.
(Del) – deletes reports and report groups from the directory to the .
– menu with the commands to export files into an external file or update package.
(Ctrl+P) – generates print layouts.
– menu with the commands to manage the summary functions of the data grid.
– menu with the commands to operate the data grid.
The and entry windows are used for adding one or more reports. The and editor windows are used to edit reports.
In order to add a new group of reports to the directory, use the and entry windows. To edit attributes, use the and editor windows.
When removing reports and groups of reports from the
directory, a confirmation prompt appears.To view report contents, use the report viewing window with the title corresponding to the relevant report name.