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The Report Viewer

The Report Viewer lets you view reports created using a reporting tool. For example, Crystal Reports. It opens when you select a report to generate on the Tools menu. It provides a way to view the report you selected to run, and work with options for exporting and printing the report.

Use the following features to work with the Report Viewer:

Export Report

Specifies to export the report to a folder you specify. After it is exported, you can share the report with others. The default format is as a Crystal Reports report (.rpt), but you can specify one of the following additional formats:

• Adobe PDF (.pdf)
• Microsoft Excel (97-2003) (.xls)
• Microsoft Excel (97-2003) Data-Only (.xls)
• Microsoft Word (97-2003) (.doc)
• Microsoft Word (97-2003) - Editable (.rtf)
• Rich Text Format (.rtf)
• XML (.xml)

Print Report

Specifies to print the report.

Refresh

Specifies to refresh the information in the report.

Toggle Parameter Panel

Lets you toggle the display of the parameter panel. The panel shows the input parameters as provided to generate the report. If the report contains no parameters, the view is empty.

Toggle Group Tree

Lets you toggle the display of the tree hierarchy of the objects on which you generated the report.

Go to First Page

Goes to the first page of the report.

Go to Previous Page

Goes to the previous page of the report.

Go to Next Page

Goes to the next page of the report.

Go to Last Page

Goes to the last page of the report.

Find Text

Opens a Find dialog so you can enter a text string to search within the report.

Zoom

Lets you specify the magnification of the report text.